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Number of Calif. Horses Failing Drug Tests Doubled Since 2000
The number of horses that have failed drug tests in California have doubled since 2000 and the offenses rarely result in disqualification or other stiff penalties, the Orange County Register reported Sunday.
While failed drug tests
Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Facilities Progressing
The Hong Kong Jockey Club reported on the progress of its construction of new facilities for the 2008 Olympic equestrian events during the week of its Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races. While the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in
HEART Equine Ambulance Hosting Hoedown to Raise Funds
The Humane Equine Aid and Rapid Transport (HEART) Equine Ambulance is a very personal cause for many of the top equestrians. There will be a fun packed, heel-stomping hoedown held at Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in the Special Events Pavilion
2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Announces Athlete’s Advisory Committee
In order to ensure that the needs and concerns of the equestrian world?s best athletes are addressed at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), the World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc., the organization in charge of putting on the Games,
New Administrator Named for USEF Drugs and Medications Program
The USEF has announced that Dr. Stephen Schumacher of Columbus, Ohio has been selected to become the Chief Administrator of Testing Programs for the USEF Drugs and Medications Program.
Schumacher received his B.S degree from The
AQHA Cutting, Reining to be Featured on NBC
American Quarter Horses will take center stage Sunday, Jan. 7, on NBC Sports Television at 1:30 p.m. Eastern/10:30 a.m. Pacific for the America’s Horse Championships presented by Ford Trucks. The one-hour special is based at a portion of the
AHC Offering Tax Handbook for Horse Owners
This year, give your favorite horse owner the gift of a stress-free tax season with the American Horse Council’s 2006 Tax Handbook. This 1,000-page guide for horse owners and breeders explains the Internal Revenue Code as it pertains to
Ouija Board Withdrawn From Final Start Due to Soreness
Ouija Board has been withdrawn from the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase (HK-I) at Sha Tin Racecourse Sunday due to soreness in the splint bone of her left foreleg.
The mare had been expected to conclude her
Horses Injured in Barn Collapse Healing
The injuries were too much for the pregnant mare, but 20 other horses that were in a southwest Missouri barn that collapsed under the weight of ice and snow are coming along, their owner and a veterinarian said.
Robin Ramirez has been
Appeals Court Upholds Pletcher Suspension
A New York state appeals court has upheld the 45-day suspension and $3,000 fine against leading trainer Todd Pletcher after one of his horses was found with a banned substance following a 2004 race at Saratoga.
The Appellate Division of the
New Lexington Park to Honor Black Horsemen
A new park designed to commemorate northeast Lexington’s role in the history of thoroughbred racing is in the planning stages, with proponents saying it will help the city and blacks reclaim their places in racing history.
The park will be
ASPCA Exhibit on Display at Empire State Building
The ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has coordinated a historical exhibit at the Empire State Building to run through the end of the holiday season.
The five exhibit windows feature different aspects in the
Mo. Public Park to Offer Lessons on Environmentally-Friendly Horsekeeping
Workers are busy turning land that once housed a private horse farm into a public park that will feature horses, while also trying to teach environmental lessons to visitors.
The Springfield, Mo., Parks and Recreation Department’s Equine
Officials Defend Decision to Continue After Rider Death at Asian Games
While the brother of a South Korean rider killed in an eventing accident arrived in Qatar on Friday to collect the body, equestrian officials defended their decision to continue running the cross-country competition after the man died in
Underweight Horses Removed from N.H. Farm
Animal safety workers removed five “significantly underweight” horses from a property in Rye, N.H., where the owner had been convicted of cruelty to animals in 1999.
One of the horses required serious medical attention and is at a local
Zebras at Virginia Zoo Die in Accidents
A young zebra at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk, Va., has died in a freak accident following a rabies shot.
Zoo spokeswoman Alison Swank says zookeepers administered the shot with a blow dart gun, but the zebra bolted, struck a fence and fell
