LIHUE, Hawaii - A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn’t considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.
The man thought the patient would enjoy seeing his stallion, said Lani Yukimura, a spokeswoman at the hospital. He and the horse entered the hospital earlier this month and rode […]

Cases of Potomac horse fever (PHF) are starting to appear in Ohio, according to Catherine Kohn, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The hospital has recently seen three cases and diagnosed another via mail-in sample. One horse was euthanatized because […]

A Niota, Tenn., horse might be confirmed as the world’s tallest when a representative from The Guinness Book of World Records measures her July 28, television station WBIR reported.
Handler Jessica Barnette told the station that Tina, a 3-year-old mare, currently stands at 20.1hh, and is expected to top out around 23hh. Her weight is […]

(AP) St. Paul - Can’t afford the $250 donation it takes to get an engraved brick at the University of Minnesota’s new Equine Center? Take heart - for only $50, you could have a painting by a horse.
Hercules, that is, the Belgian gelding who serves as the unofficial mascot at the Veterinary Medical Center’s Large […]