Horses are grazing animals; because of this, their teeth are essential to their well being. A full-grown horse has between 36 and 44 teeth, but, are baby horses born with teeth? Foals (baby...

Jockeys are easy to spot at the race track; they wear bright colored tops with white pants and are the smallest people at the track. But unless you have the opportunity to stand next to one, it’s...

If you regularly watch horse racing, you’ve may have witnessed a horse euthanized on the track. Euthanization typically occurs when a horse breaks its leg during a race. Horses with a broken...

While recently strolling through the New Orleans French Quarter, we walked by a mule wearing blinders. Seeing the blinders made me wonder why some horses wear blinders? Horses wear blinders to...

I was recently at the New Orleans Fairground race track. The speed of the horses was astounding and made me wondered how fast they could run, but not just their top speed but also at various...

Obesity is not only a health risk in humans; it also has adverse health conditions for horses. An owner's ability to know the appropriate body condition of their horse is vital to its health. To...