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 ...

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 ...

Two-year-old champion Classic Empire continues to be bothered by a hoof abscess and will not enter the March 4 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park, the Daily Racing Form reported Sunday. Trainer Mark ...

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 ...

There are now two Derby horses down for the count.On Friday morning, Haikal was removed from the race.Officials said the horse is dealing with an abscess on his front left hoof.Omaha Beach is out due ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) The expected favorite for the Belmont Stakes is out of the race. Classic Empire has an abscess in his right front hoof that will prevent him from running Saturday in the final leg of the ...

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 ...

Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner, suffered a significant setback in his recovery this weekend, undergoing surgery to treat a "deep subsolar abscess" that had developed in the heel of his right hoof.

His cellphone rings and within seconds, Nick Clegg is on a video feed with a horse trainer in Ohio, viewing an abscessed hoof and giving advice on how to fix the problem. “You need to clean that out,” ...

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 ...