Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An interesting case study appeared in the most recent edition of the Equine Veterinary Education Journal, detailing resolution of ...

Belmont favorite Classic Empire will not race Saturday.The Preakness runner-up was pulled from the third leg of the Triple Crown Wednesday morning due to an abscess in his right front hoof.Trainer ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: My horse had a hoof abscess for over a week before it finally broke out. How long do you soak them before getting concerned? – Anonymous Dear Anonymous: Hoof abscesses usually form ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: My gelding had a hoof abscess that took two weeks to break open. I have never had one rupture at the top of the hoof before. Normally, they come out the bottom. Is there anything ...

Champion Classic Empire will not run in the June 10 Belmont Stakes (G1) due to a hoof abscess in the bulb of his right front, trainer Mark Casse said June 7. Casse said the abscess was discovered ...

Two-year-old champion Classic Empire continues to be bothered by a hoof abscess and will not enter the March 4 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park, the Daily Racing Form reported Sunday. Trainer Mark ...

Juvenile champion Classic Empire will not start as expected in the Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) March 4 at Gulfstream Park, trainer Mark Casse said Feb. 19. Casse said the colt's foot ...

An abscess on the left front hoof forced City by Night out of today's Kentucky Derby, reducing the field to 19, the number that ran last year. "He is tender on it, and he is going to be fine in a day ...

I REMEMBER CLEARLY the day my beautiful palomino Lacey refused to let me pick up her left front hoof to be cleaned. The sky was bright blue and I basked under the warmth of last summer’s sun as I tied ...