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Emily McNulty receives L’Heureux Memorial Equine Award

Jan 16, 2025 | harnesslink.com | Jackie Bellamy-Zions

Guelph, ON January 16, 2025 – Equine Guelph is proud to announce that Emily McNulty, a third-year student in the University of Guelph Equine Management program, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Roger L’Heureux Memorial Equine Award. McNulty will receive two online courses through Equine Guelph valued at $625 each (Certificates are available in Equine Science, Equine Welfare and Equine Business – six courses complete the certificate).
What pros at the Royal said about successful equine careers

Dec 3, 2024 | harnesslink.com | Jackie Bellamy-Zions

Guelph, ON Dec. 3, 2024 – The equine industry in Ontario is a multi-billion-dollar sector and finding one’s way to the top may seem beyond reach, especially for the uninitiated. Interviews with top competitors and industry professionals at the 2024 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto revealed key ingredients to their success stories. Spoiler alert – common threads included passion and a lot of hard work.
Researching Biomarkers to Understand Joint Health

Jul 26, 2024 | equinechronicle.com | Jackie Bellamy-Zions |Delores Kuhlwein

Filed under: Health & Training | By Jackie Bellamy-Zions, Equine Guelph:Horses, like humans, can suffer from joint diseases such as Osteoarthritis (OA) and Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), which can lead to pain and lameness. Currently, diagnosing these conditions early is challenging, and there’s no treatment that can reverse the damage.
Horse Portal Extends Free Offer to Youth

Mar 22, 2024 | equinechronicle.com | Jackie Bellamy-Zions

Filed under: Education,Health & Training | By Jackie Bellamy-Zions, Equine Guelph:Start Early with Sickness Prevention!Learning healthy habits early makes biosecurity second nature and that is why Equine Guelph is offering their Sickness Prevention in Horses short online course on TheHorsePortal.ca FREE to teenagers (14 – 17).
Merry Christmas guaranteed for dozens of rescued donkeys

Dec 23, 2023 | horsetalk.co.nz | Jackie Bellamy-Zions

Legal ownership of more than 80 donkeys who were rescued from a farm in Wales amid the Covid pandemic on a cold winter’s day in February 2021 has finally been granted to The Donkey Sanctuary. They were part of the largest ever UK rescue by The Donkey Sanctuary, which was assisted by the RSPCA and the Dyfed-Powys Police, with support from equine welfare charities Redwings, World Horse Welfare, the British Horse Society and Bransby Horses.
Top equine charity stepping up its environmental strategy

Dec 17, 2023 | horsetalk.co.nz | Jackie Bellamy-Zions |Rob Warren

International equine charity World Horse Welfare is stepping up its environmental efforts and will launch a new strategy next year. It follows the charity’s annual conference last month, which focused on the theme of horses and the environment, and the progress of its internal environmental working group that was established in 2019.
New testing standards proposed for horse riding helmets

Dec 13, 2023 | horsetalk.co.nz | Jackie Bellamy-Zions

A set of proposals to strengthen the current testing standards for equestrian helmets to improve the safety of horse riders has been put forward by an international expert panel convened by the FEI Medical Committee. The FEI Helmet Working Group was established in April 2023 and is made up of a panel of international experts including engineers, standards experts, medical doctors, helmet manufacturers, athletes and representatives from horse racing.
Kissing Spine in horses: Less invasive surgery proves successful

Nov 30, 2023 | horsetalk.co.nz | Jackie Bellamy-Zions

A Canadian veterinary surgeon says a less invasive surgery for the treatment of Overriding Spinous Process, or Kissing Spine, is showing good results. Kissing Spine can cause back pain and poor performance, especially when two or more vertebrae touch or overlap. While there is very little movement in the lumbar area of a horse’s spine, the thoracic area just in front of it has a slightly wider range.
Heroic war horses honoured at London memorial service

Nov 10, 2023 | horsetalk.co.nz | Jackie Bellamy-Zions

Ted Lasso actress Annette Badland flew the flag for working horse and donkey charity Brooke at the Animals in War Memorial Remembrance Gathering in Hyde Park, London on November 10. The event marked 80 years of the PDSA Dickin Medal — the highest award any animal can receive whilst serving in military combat.
The lame game: Diagnostic improvements lead shift in equine injury treatment

Oct 19, 2023 | horsetalk.co.nz | Jackie Bellamy-Zions |Megan Williams

Prevention is the ideal when it comes to lameness but practically everyone who has owned horses has dealt with a lay-up through an unforeseen injury at some point. Ontario Veterinary College’s Dr Judith Koenig provides tools to sharpen the eye for detecting lameness, review prevention tips and discuss the importance of early intervention. She also outlines current research on healing tendon injuries.