A gutted Owen Burrows revealed July 6 that Anmaat will not take on Paddington and Emily Upjohn in Saturday's Coral-Eclipse Stakes (G1) at Sandown Racecourse after an abscess developed on his foot. The ...

Every horse owner needs to know how to poultice a hoof. However good your hoof care regime is, abscesses are common and being able to correctly apply a hoof poultice is vital for drawing out the ...

An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops ...

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.

(WHAS11) -- Breeders Cup Juvenile champion Texas Red, who was an early favorite for the Kentucky Derby, is out of training with an abscess in his right front foot. The injury was first reported by ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A custom-made cast was removed and Barbaro underwent a procedure on his right hind leg Saturday, the same leg the Kentucky Derby winner shattered eight months ago in the Preakness ...

If Todd Pletcher had another week, maybe a couple more days, Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farms' Charge It might have made the $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 27.

BALTIMORE, May 13 -- -- The status of The Cliff's Edge, listed at 8-1 in the morning line of the Preakness Stakes but considered one of the prime threats to Smarty Jones, remained in limbo Thursday as ...

Cellulitis and skin abscesses are both due to bacterial infections. They may develop separately or together, and they need different treatments. Your skin is home to about 1,000 different species of ...