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 ...

Horse & Hound is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Learn more A sub-solar hoof abscess, also known ...

After his 2-year-old season, Classic Empire had the look and pedigree to be the best in his class. It hasn’t gone that way as a 3-year-old, and the bad-luck colt has been pulled from the 2017 Belmont ...

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 ...

The favorite for the Belmont Stakes race on Saturday, Classic Empire, has had to pull out after an abscess was found in his right front hoof. Trainer Mark Casse says the pocket that was discovered ...

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.

Trainer Ciaron Maher’s vet told RV on Monday that Jukebox burst an abscess in his nearside foreleg on Saturday morning, vindicating RV’s decision to scratch the horse. That decision triggered a ...

HONG KONG, Dec 9 AAP - Buffering has missed a gallop in preparation for the Hong Kong Sprint but trainer Robert Heathcote insists the four-time Group One winner will take his place in Sunday's race.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The news on Tuesday was that It's A Dundeel was withdrawn from Saturday's feature race, the Caulfield Stakes, because of a foot abscess.

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 ...