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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Chamberlain Bridge missed a scheduled workout last weekend because of an abscessed hoof, but he did not miss the mark in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint on Saturday. He ...