Equine
  • Article
  • Mar 25 2020

Animals know when to push through, when to play and how to focus. They live focused on the moment and don’t get distracted by the past or the future. They heed their instincts to stay alert to their senses and to each other. They stay focused on what is most important.

  • Article
  • Feb 18 2020

The 2019-2020 foaling season has seen an increase in reports of Nocardioform placentitis, both in cases submitted to UK’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) and in reports from equine practitioners in the field.

  • Article
  • Oct 28 2019

The UK Sports Medicine Research Institute is looking closely at jockey performance and the work has implications for jockeys and thoroughbreds.

  • Article
  • May 1 2019

The Keeneland Association continues its long-standing philanthropic relationship with the University of Kentucky with a gift of $1.3 million to the Keeneland Endowed Chair in Equine Veterinary Science.

  • Article
  • Apr 19 2019

A gift of $100,000 announced recently by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Charities will enable the University of Kentucky to further support equine surfaces and safety research under the direction of Mick Peterson, director of UK Ag Equine Programs.

  • Article
  • Jan 10 2019

Providing the very latest in equine research information is the goal of a two-day event being hosted by UK Ag Equine Programs on Jan. 25-26.

  • Article
  • Oct 12 2018

The three newest members of the UK Equine Research Hall of Fame will be inducted on Oct. 31.

  • Video
  • Aug 27 2018

Thanks to work being done at UK, pastures at an area horse farm are becoming healthier and so are their mares and foals.

  • Article
  • Aug 21 2018

UK's Gluck Equine Research Center has received a grant from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to study catastrophic injury in racehorses.

  • Podcast
  • Nov 1 2017

"UK at the Half" airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast and features the people, programs, research, health care and service that combine to make UK the university for Kentucky.