ELMONT, N.Y. -- Classic Empire, who would have been the favorite in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, is out of the race owing to an abscess in his right front hoof, trainer Mark Casse said Wednesday at ...

An interesting case study appeared in the most recent edition of the Equine Veterinary Education Journal, detailing resolution of a difficult-to-find abscess in the right hind hoof of an 18-year-old ...

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 ...

Son of Into Mischief worked a half-mile in :49.40 at Saratoga on Friday ...

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 ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: My horse had a hoof abscess for over a week before it finally broke out. How long do you soak them before getting concerned? – Anonymous Dear Anonymous: Hoof abscesses usually form ...

One of the most common calls an ambulatory equine practitioner receives is that from a panicked owner whose horse becomes three-legged lame seemingly overnight, said Ryan Penno, DVM, a practitioner at ...

New Zealand trainer Stephen Marsh is confident El Vencedor has shrugged off a hoof abscess and will be at his peak for Sunday’s Group One QE II Cup (2,000m) at Sha Tin. The four-time Group One winner ...

The news on Tuesday was that It's A Dundeel was withdrawn from Saturday's feature race, the Caulfield Stakes, because of a foot abscess. Yet earlier in the week chief steward Terry Bailey said the ...

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 ...

Barbara D. Livingston Classic Empire, with assistant trainer Norman Casse and trainer Mark Casse (right) at Belmont Park on Tuesday, was the runner-up in the Preakness. ELMONT, N.Y. – Classic Empire, ...