Arsenic killed Australia’s greatest racing horse Phar Lap 74 years ago, a new scientific study reveals, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The story suggests a lethal dose of the poison was given to the Melbourne Cup champion about 35
In an innovative promotion, 20th Century Fox and the Yakama Indian Nation have joined forces to promote the new family film “Flicka” while creating a chance for people to adopt a wild horse from the tribe.
The film tells the story of a
A coyote that was beaten to death by a man cutting logs has tested positive for rabies, state Department of Environmental Protection officials said Thursday (Oct. 19).
The coyote was suspected of attacking two other town residents before it wa
A Cabinet minister Friday berated the trainers of a Japanese racehorse hailed as the nation’s best ever after it tested positive for a banned substance following a third-place finish at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
The Japan Racing
Japanese Horse of the Year Deep Impact has tested positive for banned substances after finishing third as the 1-2 favorite in the Grand Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), the Japan Racing Association said Thursday (Oct. 19).
Traces of
Firefighters in Connecticut are learning how to rescue from a burning building a different type of victim.
The Connecticut Horse Council is offering training sessions on how to remove horses from a barn on fire.
Dave Steele, a
Oklahoma City, situated in the middle of the United States and at the confluence of three major interstate highways, long has been an inviting home to equine events, enough so that some in that industry refer to the city as the Horse Show Capita
Katherine Caldwell’s husband, Tony, promised to buy her a horse when their children turned 5.
“The trouble is,” she said, “we never had any kids.”
So 12 years ago, the couple founded Indiana Horse Rescue, a nonprofit organization
When U.S. presidents receive gifts, the items are acknowledged, then packed away in a government warehouse to await the opening of his future library.
It’s been the fate of many pairs of cowboy boots and hats, expensive rugs, glinting
Angry demonstrators and rabbis as well as a ban on gambling failed to stop the inauguration of Israel’s first horse racetrack, as thousands of fans cheered the four-legged competitors.
It’s not much at this point — just a collection of
At least one dog mauled three horses at a farm, and the most severely injured, a miniature foal, may not survive, authorities and the horses’ owner said.
A loose pit bull was captured in the rural area after the attack, and its owners had
A northeast Georgia woman faces a drunk driving charge after riding a horse onto a highway, where she was hit by a car.
Authorities say 22-year-old Heather Darnell of Mountain City also was cited for entering a traffic lane. She remains
The town of Hudson recently canceled all nighttime sports, postponed a high school football game, and sprayed mosquito-killing insecticide to get rid of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
There’s just a few more weeks of bug season
Like all good detectives, Joyce Trammell worked the phones, wrote letters, traveled and ran across a little bit of luck.
Trammell, a researcher for the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, Ky., was trying to find all of the missing
Two jockeys who were thrown from their horses on opening day at Portland Meadows have been released from a Portland hospital, track officials said. One rider’s horse had to be euthanatized.
Jose Rivera Jr. was released Sunday night after
A sheriff’s deputy said he’s walking again six weeks after breaking his pelvis during a re-enactment of a War of 1812 battle that was being filmed for the History Channel.
Howard County sheriff’s deputy Richard Ferguson, 47, said he lost
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