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Derby Festival to Honor New Bolton Center

The veterinary clinic that treated Barbaro will receive an award this month for its efforts to save the life of the 2006 Derby winner.


The New Bolton Center will receive the Silver Horseshoe Award, an honor bestowed by the Kentucky Derby

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Matz Has New Derby Shot, but Barbaro Memories Remain

Michael Matz could have another horse for the Kentucky Derby this year, yet nothing can replace his memories of Barbaro.


The trainer made that perfectly clear Thursday morning outside his barn at Palm Meadows training center, when he

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Vodka-Injection Charges Against Nebraska Vet Dropped

Four misdemeanor charges were dropped against a veterinarian accused of injecting horses with vodka to calm them before races after three witnesses scheduled to testify couldn’t be located.

Jay Stewart, DVM, the former president of the Nebraska

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Kentucky Governor Authorizes Horse Park Funds

Gov. Ernie Fletcher has authorized $900,000 to design a new stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park.
Fletcher gave Commerce Cabinet Secretary George Ward the go-ahead on Thursday to use money that had been set aside for a statewide campground

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Officials Impound 69 Horses from Michigan Farm

Police were searching for two men Thursday after finding 69 allegedly malnourished horses on their debris-strewn farm.

Jackson County prosecutors have issued warrants for James Henderson Jr. and Matthew Mercier charging each with anima

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Court Blocks Horse Meat Inspections

A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the Agriculture Department from providing horse meat inspections for a fee.


The decision in a lawsuit filed by the Humane Society of the United States is another setback for the horse slaughte

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Group Proposes Quarter Horse Track for Kentucky

A group wants to build a Quarter Horse racetrack in south-central Kentucky and is trying to get Kentucky’s last available racetrack license, a lawyer for the group said.


Seven partners want to build a track on Kentucky 80 in London at a

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N.H. Prepares for Another Year of Mosquitoes, EEE

New Hampshire is thawing out–and with the spring melt comes renewed worries over the return of mosquitoes and Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).

Towns in southeastern New Hampshire plan to begin their mosquito control programs in just a fe

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Kentucky Barn Fire Kills 7 Horses

A barn fire killed seven horses worth more than $1 million, authorities said.


The fire early Friday (March 23) destroyed the 12-stall barn at Hipp Farm, a division of Clifton Farm, in Lexington. Calhoun Clifton, the 23-year-old daughter

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Two Men Charged in Montana Shooting Death of Horse

Two Missoula, Mont., men are charged in the fatal shooting of a horse in the Ninemile Valley earlier this week.


David A. Moorse, 21, and Jacob C. Scharff, 25, were each charged Thursday with accountability for criminal mischief, a felony

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Queen to Attend Derby, Buckingham Palace Says

Queen Elizabeth II is bringing some real royalty to the sport of kings.


The queen and husband Prince Philip plan to attend the Kentucky Derby on May 5 at Churchill Downs, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday. The visit is part of a six-day

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