As planes flew overhead and train whistles blew in the distance, Briarcliff Elementary School students saw firsthand Friday how people got around before the age of mechanized travel.

Multiple factors are involved in the onset of developmental orthopedic disease (DOD) in young horses. Some are identifiable, while others are unknown. Genetic predisposition, conformation, unbalanced nutrition, and exercise patterns have been said to contribute to the etiology of DOD.

The Spanish Lake Blacksmith Shop and the Homestead Veterinary Hospital hosted a 2-day clinic from June 6-7 in Villa Ridge, Mo. (June 6) at the Homestead Veterinary Hospital and in Foristell, Mo. (June 7) at the Spanish Lake Blacksmith Shop, drawing 35 attendees. All proceeds from the clinic were donated to the Therapeutic Horsemanship and Animal Health Foundation.

Watch the top 10 viewed videos from the American Farriers Journal YouTube channel, AFJTV, for the month of April 2014.

Animal rights activists lobbied City Council members who are undecided on banning horse carriages in New York City.

The union that represents Central Park horse carriage drivers has announced it would be open to a compromise that keeps the horses out of traffic.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Queens) has introduced a bill that would prohibit the city from issuing fewer carriage horse licenses than it did in 2013. It would also prevent the city from altering the application process or raising the fee.

Manhattan's carriage horse industry has corralled additional support from a host of organizations and the equine expert who served as the model for "The Horse Whisperer."

For veterinarians treating livestock in the field or making house calls to pets, traveling in vehicles outfitted with much of the equipment of a brick-and-mortar hospital is a given. Yet the legality of an essential component of mobile practice has been in question since 2012 when California veterinarians with mobile practices registered to their home addresses began receiving letters from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) warning that they were in violation of federal law for transporting controlled substances.

Both sides of the raging debate over carriage horses have their work cut out for them: a majority of the City Council is undecided about banning the rides, a Daily News poll shows.