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 […]
Izzy Hostetler Kicks Off New Partnership with Gimme Ur Best Stuff
December 18, 2025 Comments Off on Izzy Hostetler Kicks Off New Partnership with Gimme Ur Best Stuff
By Delores Kuhlwein “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca. When trainer Sara Simons picked out Gimme Ur Best Stuff at the Voge’s NSBA sale preview as a prospect for her sister, Jana Simons, they thought the gelding by RL Best Of Sudden and out of This Version Glows, […]
Continue reading …Masterson Farms LLC Announces Passing of Brandys Silver Sheik, 2000-2025
December 16, 2025 Comments Off on Masterson Farms LLC Announces Passing of Brandys Silver Sheik, 2000-2025
From Masterson Farms, LLC, 12/16/2025: Ken and Marilyn Masterson, and everyone at the Farm, are sad to announce the passing of Brandys Silver Sheik due to complications of her advanced age. This 2000 gray mare by Zippos Sheik out of Brandys Gold Finger has always been one of our most beloved mares. Bred always to […]
Continue reading …Barn Fire near New Plymouth, Idaho, Kills 28 horses and Injures 2 Employees
December 8, 2025 Comments Off on Barn Fire near New Plymouth, Idaho, Kills 28 horses and Injures 2 Employees
A pre-dawn barn fire near New Plymouth, Idaho, claimed the lives of 28 horses and hospitalized two employees for smoke inhalation, reports KTVB 7 in Boise, Idaho. Our prayers are with longtime AQHA and APHA exhibitors Chris and Colleen Riedle and their entire C & C Quarter Horses barn family as they navigate this tremendous […]
Continue reading …Katie Jo Jones and Robin Frid Show Horses Announce Sale of Im ExtremelySchmancy
December 2, 2025 Comments Off on Katie Jo Jones and Robin Frid Show Horses Announce Sale of Im ExtremelySchmancy
By Delores Kuhlwein When Katie Jo Jones came to Robin Frid in 2021 with a list of goals she wanted to achieve, included in that list was finding the right horse. Though Im ExtremelySchmancy only did the pleasure at the time, Katie Jo says she trusted Robin when he said the 2018 brown mare by […]
Continue reading …300,000-year-old Equine Genomes Reveal Deep Roots of Modern Horses
November 24, 2025 Comments Off on 300,000-year-old Equine Genomes Reveal Deep Roots of Modern Horses
Posted by Mark Andrews, Equine Science Update: For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the genomes of an extinct horse species, Equus mosbachensis, that lived around 300,000 years ago in what is now Lower Saxony, Germany. The achievement, announced by researchers from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and the Schöningen […]
Continue reading …PRCA, WPRA Announce Postponement of 2025 National Finals Breakaway Roping
November 21, 2025 Comments Off on PRCA, WPRA Announce Postponement of 2025 National Finals Breakaway Roping
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association released a joint statement Friday, Nov. 21, in regard to the postponement of the 2025 National Finals Breakaway Roping due to the ongoing outbreak of the Equine Herpesvirus (EHV/EHM). “The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association have received notice from the venue regarding […]
Continue reading …Updates on EHV-1 Outbreak from American Horse Council
November 21, 2025 Comments Off on Updates on EHV-1 Outbreak from American Horse Council
(Updated as of 6:23 pm 11/20/2025) EHV-1 Outbreak from the American Horse Council In early November 2025, an outbreak of a particularly aggressive strain of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) was linked to the World Championship Barrel Racing Finals held in the Waco, Texas area (Nov 5–9). EHV-1 primarily causes upper respiratory disease and abortions/stillbirths in […]
Continue reading …Commissioner Miller Alerts Texas Equine Industry of EHV-1 Outbreak
November 19, 2025 Comments Off on Commissioner Miller Alerts Texas Equine Industry of EHV-1 Outbreak
AUSTIN – Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) today issued an alert to Texas horsemen of an outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) reported by Texas veterinarians after the recent World Championship Barrel Racing (WPRA) Finals in the Waco area on November 5-9. Commissioner Miller is urging all horse owners, trainers, […]
Continue reading …Deceased Horses Found Locked In Stalls At Ohio Show Barn
November 5, 2025 Comments Off on Deceased Horses Found Locked In Stalls At Ohio Show Barn
A disturbing story coming from Ohio, detailed by WFMJ News and also documented by Chronicle of the Horse, reports that four horses found by deputies at Pure Gold Stables in Salem, Ohio, are suspected to have been deceased since possibly last winter, since all four skeletons have winter blankets. See the WFMJ News […]
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