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Day: April 19, 2011

Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center Kicks Off 2011 Season on May 2

Buffalo, New York – April 18, 2010 – Founded in 1922, the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center (BTRC) stands as one of the largest, most influential and dynamic equestrian centers in the United States.  Over the course of the year, BTRC hosts the renowned “AA” Buffalo International Horse Show to benefit the invaluable program that has found a home at the exquisite English Tudor and gothic style facility. On May 2, 2011, the BTRC will again open its doors for an exciting season of four-week sessions for kids all of disability and skill levels in the Buffalo and

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Second Monmouth County NJ horse farm quarantined amid equine herpes outbreak

A second horse farm in Colts Neck, Monmouth County, has been quarantined as part of a state Department of Agriculture investigation into an outbreak of the neurologic form of Equine Herpes Virus, Type One (EHV-1) that has led to the death of one horse and sickened five others. The disease was discovered Wednesday by a private veterinarian treating a sick horse at the first farm, Overbrook Farm. The filly was euthanized by the veterinarian after it failed to respond to treatment. Five other Overbrook Farm horses are recovering from the illnesses. The Agriculture Department’s tracing activities at

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