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by Fran Jurga | 19 November 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comHistory was made today in Copenhagen, Denmark when delegates from the member nations that comprise the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), the world governing body of horse sports for competitions such as the World Cups, World Equestrian Games and Olympics, voted to allow small amounts of non-steroidal medications to be

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The follow statement was received today from the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) General Assembly meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. The statement is in response to international furor over a clip of videotape from a warmup arena at an FEI World Cup dressage competition last month, as featured on this blog.The clip has become known around the world as "blue tongue dressage" and refers to a

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by Fran Jurga | 13 November 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comAll across the USA, you can hear the clippers buzzing. You can also hear horse heads hitting stable rafters, hooves scrambling, and various unprintable expletives as horse owners and grooms undertake the task of making emerging winter coats disappear or at least be manageable for horses that have to stay in training, go out

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The following announcement is from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. Equine Piroplasmosis is a contagious and very serious disease that can affect not only the horses that become infected but all horses in the state because of quarantines and interstate and international transport restrictions. If you live in the Northeast, please pay attention to this situation. New Jersey Secretary of

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by Fran Jurga | 9 November 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comThe following press release has been made available from the Bureau of Land Management and is posted here for the information of anyone concerned with or about the next major action in this important and sensitive area of horse world politics.The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Winnemucca District, Black Rock Field Office is

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by Fran Jurga | 9 November 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comHorse racing may be in a slump but you would never have known it on Saturday when the world gave a rousing unanimous roar for supermare Zenyatta as she barreled home ahead of the colts in the world's most prestigious stakes race, the 2009 Breeders Cup Classic.It was her first time against colts. Her first time going the classic

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by Fran Jurga | 9 November 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comHer name was Rosie. She was a Morgan mare. She couldn't beat laminitis.At that point, the horse owner's voice cracked. She caught her breath. Would she go on?If you have ever owned a horse who suffered from serious laminitis--especially one who didn't make it--you know the pain. Your voice probably cracks too, when you talk

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Zenyatta, originally uploaded by Rock and Racehorses. She's not just out to win the Breeders Cup Classic on Saturday. She's not just out to prove she's faster than the fastest colts in the world. She's making a grandstand

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by Fran Jurga | 3 November 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comIt's not always easy being a blogger. On Friday, October 23, I took a deep breath and posted on this blog a video I had been sent by a colleague in Europe. I posted the video and simply asked people what they saw, and explained the furor that the video was causing in Europe. Click here to read that post.American dressage fans

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by Fran Jurga | 2 November 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comEarly intervention is the best way to beat cancerous conditions of the third eyelid in horses. Look periodically for any lumps or broken skin in or around your horse's eyes, and call a veterinarian if you find anything. If treated early, they may be fully removed; if left too long, recurrence is common. The condition is

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by Fran Jurga | 1 November 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comMaybe not all eyes are on the Breeders Cup preparations at Santa Anita racetrack in California this week. Plenty of people are keeping an eye on a fund-raising auction being conducted by Kendall-Jackson Wines.Bidding is currently close to $6000 for a private visit with Herself, champion three-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra, in

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Trick or treat!!!, originally uploaded by Rock and Racehorses. Horses all over the United States are breathing a sigh of relief after surviving another Halloween. Did you dress your horse up? It seems like more and more

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by Fran Jurga | 27 October 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comHow much do you know about your horse's heart? Not much, probably. It works--but did you know that the horse's heart is one of the most amazing among all the mammal species?I always remember people saying that Secretariat's heart was massively larger than that of a normal horse, and that the heart of the great New Zealand

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by Fran Jurga | 23 October 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comIt was just a video clip posted on YouTube. But in a few days, 19,835 people all over the world had seen it.It was just a group page on FaceBook. But within 24 hours, 841 people had joined it, again from all over the world.The viewers and Facebookers are gawking at the four minutes of warmup arena action you see posted here.

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by Fran Jurga | 23 October 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comCloud: Challenge of the Stallions premieres on PBS Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 8 p.m.; check your local listings for times and re-broadcasts. This will be the third in a series of documentaries on PBS about the iconic wild stallion in the Pryor Mountains on the Wyoming-Montana border.Ironically, the documentary was filmed and

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From a press release provided today by the American Association of Equine Practitioners:The American Association of Equine Practitioners’ Foundation has announced the release of its new study assessing the opinions of AAEP members regarding priorities in equine health care research. The second study of its kind, the 2009 AAEP Membership Equine Research Study was conducted to assist the

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by Fran Jurga | 20 October 2009 | The Jurga Report at equisearch.comThe following health alert has been issued by the Texas Animal Health Commission:A tick-borne disease known as equine piroplasmosis has been confirmed on a ranch in South Texas. Additional testing is being conducted to determine the extent of infection. Horses on the ranch are quarantined to their premises, and a thorough

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by Fran Jurga | 19 October 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comLet's start the week with some good news.The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (ASPCA) has announced the winner of the 2009 Henry Bergh Award, and the winner(s) are some special friends of The Jurga Report: Steve Smith and Alayne Marker of the Rolling Dog Ranch Animal Sanctuary in Ovando, Montana, and

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by Fran Jurga | 13 Ocotber 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comH1N1 virus actually contains a cluster of genetic fragments from both European and Asian pigs, as well as from humans. (CDC photo)Everyone's talking about the flu. H1N1 is in the news and today I even saw a public health poster warning about it plastered inside the train where I was riding. Is it my imagination or am I washing

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by Fran Jurga | 13 October 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comAs the thermometer dives, the whole horse world's outlook changes. Everyone goes looking for clipper blades that aren't rusty. They want their blankets mended...by next week. That hay order had better get here quick. And where are my gloves?While most barns are very responsible about scheduling fall shots and checking into winter

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by Fran Jurga | 12 October 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comToday is the day we celebrate as the anniversary of Columbus finding himself in the New World, so let's expand on that theme a bit and talk about finding yourself, period. And in this case, our media is thanks to the book publishing company New World Library, which I thought pretty appropriate for Columbus Day.While on the

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Zenyatta, winning the Grade 1 Vanity at Hollywood Park in June, originally uploaded by Jeff (aka crystaldiamondk2). We may never know the answer to that question, but that's ok. You can only shake your head: Greatness in

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Interesting reactions from stakeholders in the wild horse community are surfacing now that Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has published his plan to overhaul the BLM's wild horse and burro management plan by establishing a series of sanctuaries around the country for wild horses.Click here to read about the actual plan announced by Salazar and my reaction to it.Wild horse advocate Madeleine

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The United States Equestrian Federation reported this afternoon that former Olympic mount and dressage horse Harmony's Mythilus was humanely euthanized early this morning as a result of complications discovered during a colic surgery conducted late last night.The 15-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding was the former partner of Olympian Courtney King-Dye. In June 2008, King-Dye and Mythilus

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by Fran Jurga | 8 October 2009 | The Jurga Report at Equisearch.comThe big news from Washington yesterday, for me, was not about healthcare or Afghanistan but about wild horses. I am printing for you here excerpts from the text of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's press release about his proposal to Congress to re-invent the way that our wild horses are managed...and where they are managed. I

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