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 ...

Champion Classic Empire will not run in the June 10 Belmont Stakes (G1) due to a hoof abscess in the bulb of his right front, trainer Mark Casse said June 7. Casse said the abscess was discovered ...

Essentially, this is true. A horse must have all four legs and all four hooves in order to survive. Unlike a dog or a cat, who can survive on three legs, horses are very large animals and must have ...

An abscess on the left front hoof forced City by Night out of today's Kentucky Derby, reducing the field to 19, the number that ran last year. "He is tender on it, and he is going to be fine in a day ...

The Horse Protection Association of Florida farm, at 20690 NW 130th Ave., Shiloh, is in a beautifully wooded area of northwest Marion County, near the Alachua County line. Unfortunately, like many ...

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 ...