THIS JUST IN: USDA Issues Permit for Santa’s Reindeer to Enter the United States
December 22, 2025 Comments Off on THIS JUST IN: USDA Issues Permit for Santa’s Reindeer to Enter the United States
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 22, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today issued a transit permit to Mr. S. Nicholas Claus of the North Pole, a distributor with Gifts and Good Cheer, Inc. The permit will allow reindeer to enter and exit the United States between the hours […]
Continue reading …LSU Vet Med Researchers Investigating Equine Herpesvirus
December 22, 2025 Comments Off on LSU Vet Med Researchers Investigating Equine Herpesvirus
Baton Rouge—In November 2025, there was an outbreak of Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1), which predominantly causes respiratory signs but can cause issues such as neurologic disease and abortion in pregnant mares. LSU School of Veterinary Medicine researchers are investigating EHV-1 to determine where the virus resides in the body during latency. This could help develop a […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day — Great Imitators
December 22, 2025 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day — Great Imitators
“Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.” — Anonymous. Thank you to Sherri Rossmiller for sharing this photo of her grand-niece at a horse show, taken by Cindy Vos! If you have a great photo of the day, please email it to: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …The Essential Foaling Kit and Care of the Neonatal Foal
December 21, 2025 Comments Off on The Essential Foaling Kit and Care of the Neonatal Foal
By Dana N. Zimmel, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP, courtesy of AAEP Routine and Emergency Care of the Neonatal Foal The best chance to improve the survival rate of a newborn foal is adequate disease prevention and planning. Daily observation of the mare in the last trimester, vaccination, nutrition and blood screening should compose the basis of a […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day — Precious Children
December 21, 2025 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day — Precious Children
“Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.” — Henry Ward Beecher. If you have a great photo of the day, please email it to: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Leah Nim and Friends
December 20, 2025 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Leah Nim and Friends
“True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.”― Nicole Richie. Pictured: Leah Nim and her friends at Trendsetter Performance Horses, Disturbing the Peace and One More Drink, in a recent, beautiful photo shoot by Ashleigh Magnus Photography! If you have a great photo of the day, please email it to: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …Trim the Tree Trail Grid from Judge Jennifer Sawyer
December 20, 2025 Comments Off on Trim the Tree Trail Grid from Judge Jennifer Sawyer
Multi Carded Judge and trainer Jennifer Sawyer of Silver Springs, Florida, brings us a unique tree trail grid, just in time for Christmas vacation riding time! Ahem – Tim Kimura, can you meet this challenge and raise us another suitable obstacle for the course? From Jennifer: For my fans of grids…it’s Christmas…so let’s “Trim […]
Continue reading …In Gratitude: An EC Blog by Paige Cerulli
December 19, 2025 Comments Off on In Gratitude: An EC Blog by Paige Cerulli
By Paige Cerulli: I grew up horse crazy in a family that couldn’t afford horses. Or, for years, riding lessons. So, I clung to horses in the ways that I could, taking out armfuls of horse books from the library and studying State Line Tack catalogs – those thick, glossy volumes gave me a look […]
Continue reading …AQHA Pro Horsemen Academy Registration Closes this Sunday!
December 19, 2025 Comments Off on AQHA Pro Horsemen Academy Registration Closes this Sunday!
Last Call to Register! Registration closes December 21 Secure Your Spot The Boehringer Ingelheim Pro Horsemen Academy is an action-packed event for horsemen and -women to learn game-changing business tips on financial success, effective customer communications, conflict resolution, marketing strategies and much more! Join us in-person at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, […]
Continue reading …Free Christmas Coloring Page from Dana’s Doodles
December 19, 2025 Comments Off on Free Christmas Coloring Page from Dana’s Doodles
Dana’s Doodles, a staple in the art industry and the horse industry, revealing the humor of living with horses, offers a free coloring page each Christmas! Here is this year’s (click to enlarge): Check out her new coloring book: Horses Make Me Merry: A cozy Christmas coloring book.: Cozy Christmas Horse Hygge […]
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