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Horse Caretaker Denies Cruelty Accusation

A Las Animas County, Colo., man has been arrested on suspicion of cruelty to animals and 31 horses have been removed from his care.


Ferdinand “Fernando” Santana was arrested Tuesday after authorities said some of the horses appeared to b

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Seattle Slew Fund Supports Equine Spinal Research

The memory of great American racehorse Seattle Slew will live on in active biomedical research, after a gift from the horse’s owners to Washington State University.

Seattle Slew was one of the greatest horses ever to grace American racing, and

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Judge Transfers Curlin Ownership

A judge is putting more distance between Horse of the Year Curlin and two minority owners accused of fraud.

Special Judge Roger Crittenden ordered that a company that holds a 20% share of the horse now be managed by a court-appointed receiver.

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Judge Transfers Thoroughbred Champion’s Ownership

A judge is putting more distance between Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Curlin and two minority owners accused of fraud (see below).


Special Judge Roger Crittenden ordered that a company that holds a 20% share of the horse now be managed

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Runaway Illinois Horse Killed by Vehicle

Cook County, Illinois, Sheriff’s police say a horse was killed when it ran into traffic in unincorporated Palos Township.


Sheriff’s police spokesman Bill Cunningham says the horse was on a riding trail near the Swallow Cliff Woods on

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Big Brown’s Trainer Faces Clenbuterol Positive

A horse trained by Rick Dutrow tested positive for twice the allowable level of the bronchodilator clenbuterol, which helps burn fat and promote muscle growth, the New York Times reported June 25.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority

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Scientists: Arsenic Killed Phar Lap

Forensic scientists say champion Australian gelding Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, solving a mystery that has intrigued the horse racing world for more than 75 years.

Phar Lap won 37 of his 51 starts before his death in mysterious

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Congress Debates Intervention into Racing Safety

Congress chided Big Brown’s trainer for a lack of manners and the horse racing industry for failing to do enough to regulate itself. Then it threatened to pass legislation that would make the sport safer.

Rick Dutrow’s no-show did not sit well

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Zoo Performs First Reverse Vasectomy on Horse

Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo have revealed they reversed a vasectomy on an endangered horse to allow it to reproduce naturally–the first-known operation of its kind on an endangered species.

Veterinarians said

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Court Rejects Appeal to Illinois Horse Slaughter Ban

The Supreme Court has declined an appeal from the owners of a horse slaughtering plant who challenged an Illinois law prohibiting the killing of horses for human consumption.

Cavel International Inc. closed its plant in DeKalb, Ill., last

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British Event Horse Toytown Injured, Out of Olympics

Zara Phillips, a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, has pulled out of the Beijing Olympics equestrian competition because of an injury to her horse.

The horse, Toytown, was injured during training.

A reserve rider and horse

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Big Brown Trainer Says He Feels ‘Like a Loser’

Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. says he feels “like a loser” after Big Brown’s stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, and he was still searching for answers Monday about what went wrong.

Big Brown became the first horse seeking the Tripl

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Wild Horse Adoption Planned in Jackson

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Teton Back Country Horsemen are hosting a wild horse adoption in Jackson, Wyo., later this month.


The adoption is scheduled for June 27-28 at the Teton County Fairgrounds.


The BLM

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Big Brown is Patched, Ready for Run at History

The Triple Crown trail is littered with colts whose feet failed them along the way. Less than 24 hours before the biggest horse race in three decades, favorite Big Brown and his Japanese challenger, Casino Drive, took steps in opposite

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