Australia: Two sets of horseback riders head south on epic adventures in the name of charity and awareness

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10 December 2024 | Edwina Mason

There are a million reasons to head off the beaten track and go bush and right now two sets of horse riders are coursing their way through southern NSW in the name of charity.

It was a slightly sticky welcome to the Southern Tablelands for one couple, Steph Toms and Daniel Grubb, who with their two ex-racehorses are walking the National Trail – 5330 kilometres of Australia’s eastern seaboard – for youth mental health awareness, under the banner Freedom off the Track.

Staying overnight at Roslyn, near Crookwell, the simple task of leading one of the horses, Future, to water became a lesson learned and a story the whole district will talk about over the Christmas table...

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On horseback journey from Oklahoma-Kansas line, 'America's Amputee' stops in East Texas

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'What more can you do than start moving and moving your feet?'

Jordan Green
Dec 4, 2024 Updated Dec 7, 2024

MINEOLA — Most horsepower along the highways these days is created in a steel engine block, where fuel and fire fuse and combust to let drivers race from one place to another.

But in his months-long trek along the highways and byways of Oklahoma and East Texas, Sean Herren has relied on the kind of horse power that needs alfalfa, sweet feed, a saddle and some tender, loving care. Since leaving his home in northern Oklahoma in October, he’s ridden his trusty steed, Odyssey, with the horse’s sister, Storm, carrying supplies at his side.

The two Tennessee Walker horses are fittingly named. An odyssey is a long, arduous journey. And while a storm could refer to the weather, it better represents any number of painful challenges a human must endure.

Herren knows what it’s like to be on a long journey somewhere, and he’s spent his life fighting an uncommon battle: the results of a childhood electrocution that left him with half an arm...

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How to Prevent Gastric Ulcers in Horses

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November 22, 2024
Posted by Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc

One expert describes the best way to manage horses with a history of squamous and glandular ulcers and how to prevent recurrence.

Rather than repeatedly treating horses for equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) and spending a lot of money on medication, veterinarians and horse owners should focus on preventing the condition using better management practices. This was a key message from Ben Sykes, BVMS, MS, MBA, Dipl. ACVIM, PhD, FHEA, a veterinarian and gastrointestinal disease researcher based in New South Wales, Australia, during his presentation at the 2024 National Alliance of Equine Practitioners Convention, held Sept. 25-28 in Saratoga, New York.

“Anytime we discuss EGUS it’s important to appreciate that squamous and glandular disease are two completely different diseases,” said Sykes. A horse may have only one type of ulcer, or if they’re particularly unlucky, they can have both simultaneously.” Squamous ulcers occur in the upper third of the stomach while glandular ulcers form in the lower region.

Sykes highlighted three factors that remain crucial when preventing squamous disease:...

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