Interstate Equine Hospital

06/24/2024

Never in the muscle!

Intramuscular banamine? Heck no!

If you watch only one video while scrolling tonight, make sure it is this one created by Dr. Golden's classmate at Beasley Equine Clinic. A bit graphic, but with sound on you can hear Dr. Beasley give a wonderful explanation of why intramuscular banamine should never be given to your horse. If you have given IM banamine and not had this reaction, count yourself lucky! We are all doing the best we can until we know better, and then it is our responsibility to do better! Hopefully after watching this video you will be able to help educate others.

Follow the link to the YouTube Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtPT1dLauwQ

04/27/2024

Congratulations Dana, Trevor and Gino!!

𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟒 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞
𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐞 & 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐧
Trevor Dare came to the NRBC meaning business– repeatedly laying down high scores in the pen and setting the standard on the leaderboard.

With a score of 223.5, Dare and Spat Toy Boy Gun claimed the championship of the Level 4 Open Classic Challenge.

“He has got so much style,” said Dare. “It’s really natural for him. Whether he is being good or bad, if you’re standing at the back gate watching him, he always looks awesome.”

Spat Toy Boy Gun, affectionately called ‘Gino,’ is owned by Dana Wetherell.
Of the stallion, she said, “He’s a once in a lifetime horse, and I don’t know what I did to deserve him.”

Gino, by Spat Split And White out of Snowy River Gunner, was bred by Chiara Pelosi.

“I got in his way everywhere I could yesterday and got a 204,” said Wetherell. “For me to have shown him like that and him to turn around and do this, it’s a testament to his mind. He wasn’t what I was looking for, but God knew what I needed more than I did.”

Dare thanked Dana and Wes Wetherell for letting him ride the stallion, his team for keeping things running smoothly, and his wife, Laura, for supporting and managing his business.

*𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓼𝓮𝓪 𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓷𝓮𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓜𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓪 𝓹𝓱𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓝𝓡𝓑𝓒 𝓼𝓸𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓪 𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂. 𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓹𝓱𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓽 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓿𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓫𝔂 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓝𝓡𝓑𝓒.

03/23/2024

Big thank you to everyone who joined us for our ‘No Hoof, No Horse’ presentation tonight! We appreciate each and every one of our clients who took time out of their evenings to join us. Everyone loved it except Ladybug, our demo horse. 🙂

03/19/2024

Congratulations to the winners in our drawing from our spring wellness clinic! Jane Noble was the winner of the Solo stove and Drenda Bigham was the winner of the equine cooler.

03/15/2024

Reminder about our upcoming hoof presentation “No Hoof, No Horse” on March 22nd. Dinner at 6:00, a brief discussion to follow at 6:30 with demonstrations and raffles. Come join us! Call to reserve a spot.

Big thank you to our awesome sponsors Merck, Boeringer Ingelheim, Purcell Farrier Supply, Equimart and Alex Romeri!

03/14/2024

Nice job Ceri!!

03/08/2024

Don’t forget to call and reserve your spot for dinner and an informative presentation!

03/02/2024

Interstate Equine Client Dinner and Presentation

“No hoof, No horse”

6:00 March 22nd at Interstate Equine
Dinner at 6:00pm
Presentation by Dr. Cuttler at 6:30pm
Sponsored by Merck & BI

Space is limited. So, please register by calling the clinic at 405-288-6267

Interstate Equine Services, Inc. is a full service equine referral center located in the heart of Ok

02/24/2024

To say we are excited is an understatement!! Congratulations to Kyle, Janie and SJR Smooth Lil Oak on a fantastic job!

Kyle Noyce and SJR Smooth Lil Oak, owned by Janie Dvorak-Compton, marked a 443.5 to win the Open Bridle World Championship. The pair also picked up the Intermediate Open Bridle Champion title earlier this week. Congratulations!

📸: Primo Morales Photography

02/15/2024

Vaccines: which ones and what for?

In recognition of our Spring Wellness Clinic, let's talk vaccines! There are two categories of vaccines; 1) Core Vaccines and 2) Risk Based Vaccines.

Core vaccines protect against diseases that are endemic [native] to a particular area, are contagious, pose a significant health risk or have the potential to cause serious disease and/or they are required by law. ALL horses are recommended to receive Core vaccines.

There are 5 Core vaccines:

1) Tetanus
2) Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
3) Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE)
4) West Nile Virus (WNV)
5) Rabies

Risk Based Vaccines are those that are administered based on a case-by-case basis. These include, but are not limited to:

1) Equine Influenza
2) Potomac Horse Fever
3) Equine Herpesvirus
4) Strangles
5) Leptospirosis

Our doctors would be happy to discuss vaccination needs further. We hope to see you this spring for our Wellness Clinic!

02/13/2024

Our Spring Wellness clinic starts this week! We have some additional prizes to give away - every vaccine package gets an entry in for giveaways including a solo stove and a Duratech cooler. Call today!

02/13/2024

Don’t forget to make your appointment!

We will be having another Spring Wellness Clinic! Please call the office 405-288-6267 for an appointment. Our friends at Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck are sponsoring and providing prizes for the drawing!

01/26/2024

Horses commonly get dehydrated when it's cold outside. Why? They aren’t drinking as much! This can predispose a horse to colic. There are many things that can be done to increase your horse's water consumption.

Horses should have access to a non-frozen water source at all times. Encourage drinking by adding or offering warm water. Offering a bucket of water with Gadorade added or a small handful of sweet feed at the bottom can also entice drinking. Be sure to offer a ‘plain’ bucket of water too.

Electrolytes can be added to the diet to promote drinking. These come in many forms including powders, pastes and liquids and can often be purchased at local feed stores. Horses should always have a salt block available to them. Adding warm water to grain to make a “mash” is also another way to increase hydration.

A clean, good-quality water source is just as important in the winter as it is in the summer. Stay warm and keep them drinking!

01/19/2024

We will be having another Spring Wellness Clinic! Please call the office 405-288-6267 for an appointment. Our friends at Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck are sponsoring and providing prizes for the drawing!

01/19/2024

Have you checked your hay lately? Recently Interstate Equine discovered some patients with foxtail ulcerations in the mouth. The seed heads from this pesky plant may look harmless, but horses that eat hay containing foxtails are prone to developing lesions on the tongue, lips and gums. The horse may or may not quit eating due to pain from these ulcers. Other signs can include slobbering, difficulty chewing, or bad breath. Don’t forget to check your horse’s mouth regularly!

Posted with owner permission.

12/18/2023

Our Spooky is missing. Last time we saw him was Friday the 15th. We are hoping he just hopped in a trailer and took a ride somewhere. He’s pretty special to us so please if anyone finds him please bring him home.

12/12/2023

Congratulations Ceri!! We are so proud of you!!

💎Congratulations to the 2023 Futurity Riders Guild Championship Futurity Sale Graduate Incentive Champion! Slick Swingin Gypsy! 💲The Sale Graduate Incentive added $2,000 to Slick Swingin Gypsy's earnings at the OKC Futurity! The 2018 gelding is owned by Ceri and Reagan Ward from Woodward, OK. 💎The Sale Incentive Championship presented the Wards a Custom Crystal Championship Trophy for the title!
💎In 2022, Slick Swingin Gypsy won the Sale Graduate Incentive Championship in the OKC Rookie Futurity!
⭐Slick Swingin Gypsy is by Slick By Design and out of Hip Swingin Gypsy by Firewaterontherocks.

12/03/2023

Recognizing Tinker With Guns - Shooter (NRHA 14 Million Dollar Sire Gunner x Tinker Nic) who crossed the NRHA Million Dollar Sire mark during the 2023 NRHA - National Reining Horse Association Futurity! “We are very proud of Tinker,” said owner Michael Miola. “In my opinion, he is one of the best of the Gunner line. His mother, Tinker Nic, is by the great Reminic. This is what makes Tinker very special. While it has been a while since Tinker was in the show pen, you must not forget that he won over $346,000 when the purses were much smaller than they are today. In order to compete in the show pen these days, you have to have a horse that is as sound as he/she is talented. The Gunner/Reminic lines bring that into all of Tinkers’ foals. The incredible stopping and turning power of Tinker is unmatched.”
Silver Spurs Equine Michael N Michelle Miola
Before entering the breeding shed, Tinker With Guns led a successful show career during which he amassed over $344,000 in NRHA lifetime earnings (LTE). He initially rode with NRHA Professional Randy Paul who piloted the stallion to a top-five finish in the 2009 NRHA Level 4 Open Futurity. Then, NRHA Eight Million Rider Andrea Fappani took the reins in 2011. The duo earned nearly $275,000 together with their top win came during the 2012 National Reining Breeders Classic.

Photo International Horse Press / Martina Tonello Photography

12/03/2023

Congratulations to one of our own!! Good luck at the NFR!!!

WPRA Top 15 Countdown:

15. Paige Jones

Hometown: Wayne, Oklahoma

Horses: Famous Hayday (“Bazinga”), 2012 gelding, PC Frenchmans Hayday x Jaxsons Olympic Fame x Poco Lijerito; High Cotton Lane (“Cotton”), 2014 gelding, The Goodbye Lane x HMB Soon Tobe Famous x Dash Ta Fame

WPRA Season Earnings: $102,968.22

Rodeo Count: 57

NFR Qualifications: 1 (2023)

*EquiStat Lifetime Earnings: $646,274.82

Recent Career Highlights: 2023 Champion Casper and Cody, Wyoming; Lewiston, Idaho. 2023 Reserve Champion Casper, Wyoming. Finished No. 17 in the 2022 WPRA world standings. 2020 WPRA Resistol Rookie of the Year. 2018 BFA World Futurity Champion on High Cotton Lane, youngest person to ever earn BFA Futurity Championship at age 16. Multiple open and pro rodeo wins.

12/03/2023

Congratulations Gabriel!!!

𝐍𝐑𝐇𝐀 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟐 𝐂𝐨-𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 & 𝐒𝐒 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐆𝐮𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐨
Gabriel Diano rode Alpha Quarter Horses’ SS Whatcha Gun Doo to a 221 to tie for the NRHA Futurity Open Level 2 Championship.

“This horse is really easy to prepare,” Diano said. “He’s always trying to help and do whatever you ask, so getting him ready wasn’t a big deal. The run was really nice. He stopped big in the first rundown. When I backed up, he kind of stuck on the turnaround and that was a worry, but when I asked him in the circles and the other three stops, he was amazing. He was really there, so I’m really happy.”

SS Whatcha Gun Doo is a 2020 stallion sired by NRHA Million Dollar Sire Tinker With Guns and out of Xtra Black Magic. He was bred and nominated by Silver Spurs Equine. SS Whatcha Gun Doo is a graduate of the NRHA Markel 2021 Elite Yearling Sale.

“That horse is nothing but great for me since we bought him as a yearling,” Diano said. “He has been easy to start, easy to show. He’s been really nice for me. (When I first saw him), he had the look – that black color, that blue eye. He moved really pretty in the round pen, so that caught me, and I bought him for myself. When he was started, he was a good friend, always great-minded.”

A mistake in the first go kept Diano and SS Whatcha Gun Doo out of the Level 4 finals.

“We made Level 2, and he showed liked he should show,” Diano said. “Winning means everything.”

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11/10/2023

Our fearless leader Dr Blyden and his favorite cat Spooky. Look at Spooky, he loves Dr Blyden. If only the feeling was mutual 😁

10/29/2023

Congratulations Gabriel and team!

Congrats to Gabriel Diano and SS WHATCHA GUN DOO (Tinker With Guns - Shooter x Xtra Black Magic) on another nice run at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity picking up the L2 Open Co-Reserve Championship, along with several nice paychecks. This brings them to over $17,000 in 3 yr old earnings already, and we can't wait to watch them in OKC next month!

Bred and raised by Silver Spurs Equine- Oklahoma

10/28/2023

Congratulations Nathen, Deanna and Mark!

10/07/2023

Congratulations Isaac and Ima Jackie Rey on a great run!

This is "IMA JACKIE REY shown by ISAAC JOHNSON - 2023 Snaffle Bit Futurity (Rein, Open Futurity Prelims)" by NRCHA Video on Vimeo, the home for high quality…

10/03/2023

Congratulations Paige Jones! You’ve worked hard to get here. Good luck in Vegas!

...finalizing the Top 15 competitors in each event who have punched their ticket to the 2023 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas...

09/15/2023

Big ones, small ones and even striped ones!! We love them all! Little Zucchini was a special treat today and got a lot of love and butt scratches.

09/04/2023

Congratulations Cady!!

Veteran reiner Cady Shaw is proud to be the Novice Horse Non Pro Level 3 High Point at the 100X Reining Classic. She won the title with her new mare Faceit Sheza Digger, a 10-year-old by Pale Face Dunnit and out of TC West Coast Wendi.

“Well my NRHA number is 1915,” said Shaw. “So I’ve been competing in the reining for just a little while.”

Although she had previously competed in the hunter-jumper and cow horse disciplines, Shaw found a home in reining, even venturing into breeding.

Faceit Sheza Digger has a foal in utero, so the immediate future is uncertain. Shaw said, “She’s started getting pretty chubby, so I’m not sure where else we’ll go to show for a while.”

Shaw thanked her trainer, Matt Flarida, and her husband for helping her get here.