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Vermont Woman Wants Horse as Service Animal

The Central Vermont Community Land Trust usually has no objection to a service animal like a seeing-eye dog moving into its apartments. But Patty Cooper’s service animal is a horse of a different color: a black and white miniature horse, to be

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Helicopter Crashes During Wild Horse Roundup

A helicopter being used to round up wild horses at Theodore Roosevelt National Park crashed Thursday above a corral. The park superintendent said two people aboard “seem to be all right.”

The helicopter was hovering above the corral when its

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Kentucky Horse Park to Get Luxury Hotel

A private developer has received a lease from the state to build a 267-room luxury hotel at Kentucky Horse Park.

Gov. Ernie Fletcher announced Wednesday that the deal had been made with Lexington-based Bluegrass Equine & Tourism Foundation

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Horse Rescued from Tennessee Swimming Pool

A 1,200-pound horse is safe after rescuers used a wrecker to pull the animal from a swimming pool at a Knoxville, Tenn., residence.

The award-winning show horse named “Mountain” was pulled out a little more than two hours after owner Debora

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Grad School For Cowboys

Tesas Master’s degree program prepares ranch managers for a complex business


By Lynn Brezosky


Once upon a time, in the Wild West, all it took to raise cattle was land, grass, and cowboys who knew how to rope the critters

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Warm Winter, Continued Drought Forecast

The government’s winter forecast includes some bad news–continued dry conditions in an arc sweeping from the Southeast across the Gulf States and into the Southwest.

Much of that region is already struggling with drought and “right now the

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‘He Just Wasn’t John Anymore’

John Henry wasn’t the friendliest horse–far from it. However, his ability to turn a humble pedigree into the resume of a champion made him a prime attraction at the Kentucky Horse Park, where he spent his final 22 years.


“We would

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Champion Jockey Fallon on Trial for Race-Fixing

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon has gone on trial on charges of conspiring to fix races in Britain–a day after winning Europe’s most prestigious race.

Fallon and five other defendants are accused of conspiracy to defraud customers who used

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Springsteen Sued Over Nixed Horse Sale

Bruce Springsteen and his wife are being sued, accused of backing out of a contract to buy a horse worth $850,000 for their teenage daughter.

Olympic equestrian Todd Minikus filed the breach of contract lawsuit Thursday in Florida’s Palm Beach

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