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World Cup Winner Electrocutionist Dead

Dubai World Cup winner Electrocutionist died of an apparent heart attack Saturday, several days after an abnormality was detected in the 5-year-old horse’s heart.


Dubai-based Godolphin Racing Inc. owned Electrocutionist, considered a to

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Young Equestrian and Coach Among Plane Crash Victims

Two Kansas families are mourning a teenager and her horse riding coach who were among the 49 people killed in the crash of a Comair plane Sunday in Kentucky.


Paige Winters, 16, and her riding teacher, Thomas Fahey, 26, were in

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Matthew Broderick Breaks Collarbone in Riding Accident

Matthew Broderick’s vacation in Ireland was marred when he suffered a broken collarbone after falling off a horse Sunday, his publicist, Simon Halls, told The Associated Press.


The 44-year-old actor, accompanied by actress-wife Sarah

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Florida Braces for Ernesto

By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press writer


Florida residents rushed to fill their prescriptions and stood in long lines for gasoline, food, and other supplies Monday (Aug. 28) as officials warned people not to wait for Tropical

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Barbaro’s Surgeon Unable to Save Injured Polar Bear

A polar bear operated on by the surgeon for classic winner Barbaro died just hours after surgery Monday.


Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, operated on Alcor, a 750-pound bear with two badly broken bones just above its right paw, at

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Five Montana Horses Diagnosed with WNV

West Nile virus (WNV) has been confirmed in horses in five Montana counties, state Livestock Department officials said Wednesday (Aug. 16).


Horses in Cascade, Glacier, Phillips and Yellowstone counties and a second horse in Flathead

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Oldest Known Przewalski Horse Dies

The world’s oldest known Przewalski horse, a mare called Cilka whose ancestors lived in the grasslands of central Asia, has died in the Prague zoo in the Czech Republic.


Cilka was euthanatized Saturday, zoo spokesman Vit Kahle said. The

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