Not all horses are willing to sit around in a sling, and the antsy ones can thrash about and break their limbs all over again. (In 1975, the filly Ruffian managed to break a second, healthy leg in ...

The horse, the first filly to run at Churchill Downs in nine years, was immediately put down. Two years ago, when Barbaro broke his leg at the Preakness, Daniel Engber explained why such an injury ...

García-López does a flexion test on a horse’s hind leg. (Tufts University) García-López: We start with exercises like hand-walking (where a person leads the horse from the ground), ...

In 2007, a 6-year-old horse named Marble became ill in the middle of the night and was about to be rushed to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University for treatment. But to ...

Injuries to the legs of horses aren't the same as leg injuries sustained by humans or other animals. Horses often have to be euthanized after such injuries.

A Brimfield horse injured in last week’s tornado has undergone surgery at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in North Grafton to have wooden debris removed from its ...

“They cannot stand on that leg. Now you have a horse with a break in one leg and can’t stand on a second." Horses cannot simply lie down for extended periods to avoid putting weight on their legs.

When a human breaks a leg, it’s eight weeks in a plaster cast, a bit of physio and you’re back in business. When a horse breaks a leg, it’s usually game over. Who can forget the shocking ...

There’s not much research to show that cold therapy has any benefit for sound horses or for the treatment of chronic injuries. Paulick Report. Is Cold Hosing A Horse's Leg Actually Beneficial?