Before you welcome home a new gelding or stallion, it's a good idea to have a few names in mind. Naming a horse can be difficult, especially if you are a new horse owner. Should you go the classic ...

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation has awarded the Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) a grant of $10,000 to support its Operation Gelding program. Operation Gelding ...

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Horse Welfare Coalition, the Minnesota Horse Council, the Animal Humane Society and the University of Minnesota in cooperation with the Minnesota Association of Equine ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: My husband and I finally broke down and bought our daughter riding lessons this past Christmas. Admittedly, I don’t know much about horses but am concerned since she just started ...

Bolbol contends that allowing only 12 or 13 stallions to breed will degrade the genetic diversity of the Conger. She also noted the gelding procedure has a mortality rate of 5 percent. Older stallions ...

Castration is normally performed on colts to make them more tractable and easier to handle. When the horse has minimal breeding value, the procedure normally takes place once the horse is skeletally ...

When Funny Cide won one for the geldings in the Kentucky Derby, it ended a 73-year losing streak that was as misleading as it was well-publicized. No gelding had won the Derby since Clyde Van Dusen in ...

Wise Dan repeated as North American Horse of the Year Todd Pletcher won his record sixth Eclipse award as Trainer of the Year The remarkable gelding Wise Dan repeated as North American Thoroughbred ...