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Rachel Alexandra has already captivated the Thoroughbred racing world with breathtaking performances and record-setting wins. Today at Saratoga, the 3-year-old filly will seek history when trying to become the first female to win the Woodward Stakes (gr. I)—a feat that would almost certainly lock up Horse of the Year honors and stamp the 3-year-old as one of the best fillies of all

Colorado authorities came to the rescue of 24 horses yesterday that a northern Colorado man had threatened to shoot, according to the Associated Press.

Trenton H. Parker was protesting a jail sentence resulting from an

More than 780 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What drives your deworming product selection decision?”

Polk County Sheriff’s Deputies are seeking information about the shooting death of a horse in its Davenport, Fla., pasture.

Owner Jim Andrews discovered the Quarter Horse mare missing on Sept. 1 when it failed to return to the barn with its pasture mates. He later found the horse in its pasture dead from two gunshot wounds to the neck.

Police speculate someone entered Andrews’

A horse show in Wales is showing some love to “all but perfect” horses by adding special classes for equines with scars and blemishes that otherwise might keep them from the ring, Horse and Hound reported.

The Cricklands Showing Spectacular, Sept. 19-20, will offer 12 “all but perfect” classes,

Cornell University’s Equine Health Advancement Fund will get a boost from the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament’s ticket sales and silent auction.

The tournament will be held at the Oncenter Complex in Syracuse, NY, from Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2009.

Drawing crowds of more than 18,000 in 2008, this year’s tournament will feature some of the highest ranked international riders,

 Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Michael Matz, Keeneland sales inspector Ryan Mahan, Fasig-Tipton sales inspector Bill Graves, and noted bloodstock agent Buzz Chace share their knowledge and guiding principles when it comes to analyzing conformation in Conformation for Performance, a DVD released by Blood-Horse Publications.

The DVD is an hour-long, step-by-step guide for assessing

Want to spend a Kentucky autumn day watching some elite equine athletes and riders do their thing against a backdrop of Bluegrass? How about getting an inside view of the veterinary work behind the scenes at an international endurance event?

The organizers of the endurance portion of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are looking for a few good volunteers–160, in fact–to assis

The roundup of more than 190 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) horses from the Pryor Mountain herd got under way on Thursday after a U.S. federal judge ruled against a group that tried to prevent the gather.

The roundup was originally scheduled to begin on Sept. 1. But wild horse advocates sought a temporary restraining order to stop the removal on grounds that it would threaten the herd’s

Five horses in Maine have died of confirmed Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and animal health authorities are waiting on test results of another three “suspicious” cases, reported the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine CDC) and the Maine Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health and Industry Division.

EEE is a virus that is transmitted through the bite of an infected

A free Webcast on bits and bitting will be presented later this month through My Horse University and eXtension HorseQuest. Holly Spooner, PhD, assistant professor and equine Extension specialist at West Virginia University, will discuss factors such as bit selection for different stages of training and how a bit functions.

The Webcast will take place Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. EDT.

Four scientists will be inducted into the University of Kentucky Equine Research Hall of Fame Oct. 25 at Keeneland Race Course by the Gluck Equine Research Foundation.