Fort Lauderdale, Fla., police have apologized after a resident complained that two of the department’s horses defecated on the beach.
In an e-mail sent to a Broward County commissioner, a Fort Lauderdale woman said that two officers on
The fans who prayed daily for Barbaro and sent online messages of support never were able to get together to celebrate his recovery. This weekend, those fans will put away their keyboards to meet and honor his memory.
The Kentucky
Congress is moving again to put a stop to the slaughter of horses even after legal rulings that have shut down the country’s three slaughter plants.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a bill banning horse
The House voted Thursday to prevent the government from selling off for slaughter any wild horses and burros that roam public lands in the West.
The 277-137 vote would restore a 1971 law preventing the Bureau of Land Management from selling
A stable where horses have lived among Manhattanites for more than a century will close this weekend, the owner said.
A living memento of 19th-century New York, the Claremont Riding Academy will close down at 5 p.m. Sunday, said owner Paul
Nobiz Like Shobiz. Scat Daddy. Curlin. Circular Quay.
As the countdown begins to the Kentucky Derby, these colts and a half dozen other hopefuls will be publicized, scrutinized and handicapped all the way to post time on May 5 at Churchill
Horse Euthanatized after Keeneland Fall
The Associated Press
April 22, 2007
Racey Dreamer, representing the year’s leading jockey, trainer and owner in steeplechase racing, was euthanatized Friday, as Mixed Up went on to win the $150,000 Royal Chase at Keeneland. Racey Dreamer, an 8-year-old son of A.P. Indy, BLM Plans Wild Horse Auction in Helena on June 16
The Associated Press
April 22, 2007
The Bureau of Land Management plans to auction 30 to 40 wild horses and 10 wild burros at the Helena, Mont., fairgrounds on June 16. The BLM auctions wild horses and burros captured on federal lands in the West. An estimated 32,000 wild horses Man Charged After Horse Exhumed
The Associated Press
April 21, 2007
A Bloomington, Ind., man faces charges after authorities exhumed the carcass of one of his horses and found the animal starved to death. Forrest B. Deckard, 51, of rural Monroe County, was charged Thursday with two counts of animal Despite Objection, Rolling Stones Belgrade Gig Remains on Track
The Associated Press
April 20, 2007
The Rolling Stones will rock Belgrade this summer even if their performance at the city’s main racetrack distresses hundreds of horses stabled at the venue, concert organizers said Friday. “Preparations for the July 14 concert are going Allegedly Noisy Donkey Has His Day in Court
The Associated Press
April 20, 2007
Faced with complaints that his donkey was too loud, attorney Gregory Shamoun decided to bring his case directly to the court: He had the donkey testify. Buddy the donkey appeared in a Dallas court Wednesday. He walked to the bench and stared a Illinois House Approves State Slaughter Ban
The Associated Press
April 19, 2007
After several failures, state lawmakers have advanced a star-powered measure to outlaw slaughtering horses for human consumption in Illinois. The House voted 74-41 Wednesday for the measure aimed at closing down the Cavel International Inc. Motorist Pleads No Contest in Amish Buggy Hit-and-Run
The Associated Press
April 18, 2007
A man has pleaded no contest to a drunken-driving charge stemming from a hit-and-run crash that killed an 11-year-old Amish girl and injured most members of her family. Mark Vandyke, 48, of Fremont, Mich., entered the plea Monday in Newaygo Racehorse Trainer Suspended After Horse Switch
The Associated Press
April 17, 2007
A New Zealand racehorse trainer who supplied horses to the late British Queen Mother has been suspended for three months for switching horses in a trials race, New Zealand newspapers reported Tuesday. Kim Clotworthy, who trains in Cocktail Auction for TRF to Feature Barbaro, Secretariat
The Associated Press
April 16, 2007
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