Elite Equine

07/28/2025

There are some big equine events coming up in Arkansas in the next month…

1. National Championship Chuckwagon Races August 23rd through 31st
2. Arkansas State Championship Horse Show August 29th through Sept 1st

This is your friendly reminder to make sure you have all that you need for your horses PRIOR to the week/days before these events.

Please make sure you have all your paperwork in order, such as your Coggins and that they are current! If you are needing new Coggins please plan ahead.

These events are the perfect storm for respiratory outbreaks. Your horses will be commingled with many horses from unknown backgrounds and unknown vaccination statuses. Every year horses will get sick which then spreads to the other horses they come in contact with when they come back home.

PLEASE do your horse and the other horses a favor and vaccinate your horse against these respiratory viruses PRIOR to these events.

We recommend the following vaccination protocol:
1. FluAvert (Influenza) Intranasal vaccine: given 2-3 weeks prior to event. Minimum 7-10 days prior to event.
2. Prodigy (EHV-1): given 2-3 weeks prior to event.

Please call our office at 501-858-8187 to set up an appt!

06/04/2025

Breeding season 2025 is in the home stretch……(thank goodness we’re tired)

Here are a few of the future superstars we have played a role in making this year for our clients!

This year has been one of the more challenging years to date. Mares with weird cycles and lots of problematic mares that have required a ton of work. It always makes it worth it when we find these black circles on preg check days. Breeding is such a humbling part of veterinary medicine, you can feel like a hero one day and a zero the next, ultimately Mother Nature is the final decision maker.

06/01/2025

Good info for the recent EIA outbreak! As always if you have any questions feel free to reach out!

05/29/2025

Good luck to all our clients competing at the Arkansas Elite at Texarkana this weekend! Praying for fast safe runs that take ya to the pay window🤑!

05/22/2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the one that keeps us all in line here at Elite Equine!

If you know Madison, you know she’s one of a kind and we are so thankful and lucky to have her in our lives! She’s been my sidekick since 2017 and we have shared countless hours and miles together running the roads treating horses! Today we celebrate you!!

We love ya Madison!

05/22/2025

A little late to post but we want to extend a huge congratulations to a long-time client and friend, Brad Lieblong for his mare “Thunderstruck Lane” ridden by Brandon Cullins for winning the 4 & 5 yr old Old Fort Days Futurity this past weekend!

This is such an incredible accomplishment and we’re grateful to be apart of this team!

04/20/2025

Looking for immediate barn help for cleaning stalls and feeding mares during breeding season. Position will be now until July. I will only consider people that can feed AM and PM and weekends. You must have horse experience, have your own transportation and be responsible. Message me if interested.
Barn located in Ward.

04/05/2025

May have kayaked to the clinic but mares had to be taken care of, flushed and bred!

Breeding season doesn’t stop for Mother Nature’s curveballs like we’ve had over the last 4 days!

Everyone stay safe out there!

03/18/2025

We could not be more excited for Kylee Dobbins and her mare Salty. They had an incredible week at the Junior Patriot making the finals in both poles and barrels!

Kylee and Salty brought home a total of $24,418!!!

We are so proud of you Kylee and Salty and thank you for trusting Elite Equine!

03/12/2025

Attended the groundbreaking for the new Veterinary School at ASU in Jonesboro today!Exciting times for the state and we are excited to mentor students during their clinical year in the years ahead!

02/08/2025

Know normal & know abnormal. Unfortunate outcomes with foaling can happen because of lack of knowledge and lack of preparation.

Here is some very timely and important information courtesy of the horse doctors at Pine Ridge Equine Hospital:

As we are in the midst of foaling season, let’s talk about what is normal and abnormal. The placenta is made up of two major parts: the red bag (chorioallantois) and the white bag (amnion). The red bag attaches to the uterine wall, which allows the exchange of nutrients and oxygen to the fetus. In a normal delivery the amnion is visible and characterized by a white appearance. A red bag delivery is characterized by a red velvety appearance.

A red bag delivery is considered an EMERGENCY as it signifies premature separation of the placenta leading to a lack of oxygen to the fetus so **you need to intervene immediately.** The red placental membrane should be opened carefully to release fluid, the foal should be delivered/pulled with your assistance and then stimulated to breathe. Foals may develop problems associated with lack of oxygen even though they appear normal at birth.

If your mare is having or had a red bag delivery, you need to call your horse doctor ASAP!

02/05/2025

To all my clients that are planning on foaling your mare out this Spring, this is a great webinar that you absolutely should be watching!

Knowledge is power, and in the case of your mare having a foal, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE BASICS AND KNOW NORMAL! Please take the time to equip yourself with this important information!