An interesting case study appeared in the most recent edition of the Equine Veterinary Education Journal, detailing resolution of a difficult-to-find abscess in the right hind hoof of an 18-year-old ...

Trainer Bill Mott confirmed to Daily Racing Form Sept. 11 that reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty will miss a start in ...

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Classic Empire, who would have been the favorite in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, is out of the race owing to an abscess in his right front hoof, trainer Mark Casse said Wednesday at ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: My gelding had a hoof abscess that took two weeks to break open. I have never had one rupture at the top of the hoof before. Normally, they come out the bottom. Is there anything ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: My friend’s horse had a hoof abscess for over a month. Her vet came out to radiograph it and saw the horse had foundered in that foot. I thought hoof abscesses were common and not ...

Juvenile champion Classic Empire will not start as expected in the Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) March 4 at Gulfstream Park, trainer Mark Casse said Feb. 19. Casse said the colt's foot ...

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New Zealand trainer Stephen Marsh is confident El Vencedor has shrugged off a hoof abscess and will be at his peak for Sunday’s Group One QE II Cup (2,000m) at Sha Tin. The four-time Group One winner ...

Belmont favorite Classic Empire will not race Saturday.The Preakness runner-up was pulled from the third leg of the Triple Crown Wednesday morning due to an abscess in his right front hoof.Trainer ...

The news on Tuesday was that It's A Dundeel was withdrawn from Saturday's feature race, the Caulfield Stakes, because of a foot abscess. Yet earlier in the week chief steward Terry Bailey said the ...

Churchill Downs announced Friday morning that Haikal has been scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby because of an abscess on his left hoof. The Shadwell Stable runner is the second horse to drop ...