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Equine Guelph unveils new website

By Jackie Bellamy-Zions ·

Guelph, ON Feb 4, 2025 – Equine Guelph is excited to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website, aimed at providing an enhanced user experience and easier access to its world-renowned equine education programs and research news. This new platform will be an invaluable resource for horse enthusiasts, equine industry professionals, and students worldwide. […]

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Emily McNulty receives L’Heureux Memorial Equine Award

By Jackie Bellamy-Zions ·

Guelph, ON January 16, 2025 – Equine Guelph is proud to announce that Emily McNulty, a third-year student in the University of Guelph Equine Management program, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Roger L’Heureux Memorial Equine Award. McNulty will receive two online courses through Equine Guelph valued at $625 each (Certificates are available in Equine […]

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What pros at the Royal said about successful equine careers

By Jackie Bellamy-Zions ·

Guelph, ON Dec. 3, 2024 – The equine industry in Ontario is a multi-billion-dollar sector and finding one’s way to the top may seem beyond reach, especially for the uninitiated. Interviews with top competitors and industry professionals at the 2024 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto revealed key ingredients to their success stories. Spoiler alert […]

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Horse Portal offering free youth course

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Guelph, ON, Mar 8, 2023 – We all cough into our elbow to try to keep our germs to ourselves and we stay at home when unwell, but what if you are a horse? TheHorsePortal.ca course, Sickness Prevention in Horses is coming up faster than event season (and fly season)! For this March 20 – […]

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Ward Wins 2022 Racing Industry Scholarship

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Guelph, ON Feb, 15, 2023 – Equine Guelph announces harness racing’s Shawna Ward as the recipient of the 2022 Roger L’Heureux Memorial Equine Award. Selected for their love of horses, commitment to their welfare and desire to learn, winners of this tuition award receive two online courses through Equine Guelph valued at $549 each (Certificates […]

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Equine Guelph announces Colic Prevention Education Month

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Guelph, ON. Feb. 1, 2023 – Each February, Equine Guelph declares the month as Colic Prevention Education Month. The number one killer of horses, colic is a topic every horse owner wants to stay current on. Equine Guelph provides many ways for horse care takers to do just that with the Colic Risk Rater, a highly popular, […]

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Free racehorse injury/lameness prevention online programs

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Guelph, ON – Jan. 5, 2023 – Standardbred Canada (SC) is partnering with Equine Guelph, Ontario Racing and COSA to offer three online courses in Winter of 2023 in priority healthcare areas of lameness, respiratory and gut health. Sponsored by SC, the Racehorse Injury/Lameness Prevention & Care – Winter ’22 – The Horse Portal will […]

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PVC usage increasing in barn construction

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Guelph, ON July 13, 2022 – With biosecurity advantages and the huge selling point of not absorbing moisture, Dwayne Job, owner of System Equine, sees the use of PVC in horse barns as a trend that will continue to gain popularity. Job has been installing Polyvinyl Chloride panels in wash stalls, isolations stalls, tack rooms, […]

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OEEEP creating new harness racing careers

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Guelph, ON June 15, 2022 – Graduates like Susan Walker are following their hearts and entering the horse industry thanks to the Ontario Equine Education and Employment Program (OEEEP). Ontario residents, 18 years and over, that are unemployed or underemployed and not in school full-time can apply by the June 24, 2022 deadline for the […]

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Ag Safety Week – a reminder of everyday safety with horses

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Guelph, ON, March 14, 2022 – Starting March 13 through the 19, 2022 is Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW) – an annual campaign held the third week of March of each year. In 2022, the aim of the campaign is to inspire farmers, farm families, and farming communities to value #FarmSafetyEveryday. This especially holds true […]

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Equine Guelph features Introduction to Forage course

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Guelph, ON, Feb. 23, 2022- With forage recommended as approximately 80% of your equine’s diet, a caretaker with straight A’s in selection and management of hay and pasture is a horse’s best friend. Join expert in the field, Dr. Paul Sharpe, for the inaugural offering of the Introduction to Forage short online course this Mar […]

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