A Grant County, Okla., man accused of starving horses and dumping more than 30 animal carcasses in a ravine on his farm was charged with seven felony counts of animal cruelty Dec. 19.
George Wesley Gilchrist, 43, was also charged with two
The HorseTV Channel’s January programming schedule features all new premieres from popular competitions and series including Free Rein: FEI World Equestrian Games 2006, Kleo The Misfit Unicorn, AQHA’s Best of the West, FEI World Cup
Barring an always-possible turn of events, the recent outbreak of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) in Florida might have a minimal impact on the state’s racetracks.
State officials were considering lifting the quarantine on horses at Payson
Easycare has announced the list of winners in the 2006 EasyCare $10,000 Hoof Boot Contest which ended on Nov. 30. The winners completed rides that included the Tevis Cup, the NSW State Championship 100, and 5-day 250-mile multiday rides like
Lisa Benner and her horse are endurance athletes.
They covered 100 miles across the Sierra Nevadas in less than 24 hours, and now they’re training to do it again.
“It’s you against the clock,” Benner said of the difficult
Members of a northeast Arkansas animal rescue organization say they found a “horrendous” situation on a property in the small town of Strawberry.
There, Wanda Turner of Northeast Arkansans for Animals says police and volunteers found dead
Edward Norton says he broke three vertebrae during a horse riding accident on the set of his new romantic drama, “The Painted Veil.”
Norton said a horse threw him off while he was galloping before filming a scene for the movie, directed by
A Seville, Calif., woman convicted of starving more than 80 horses on her ranch north of Visalia was sentenced to 10 months in county jail.
A Tulare County Superior Court judge also prohibited Sandra Werner, 61, from keeping any horses
A man facing charges in North Dakota for mistreating his horses has been given a deferred sentence and fined in East Central District Court.
Nicholas Paul Bergquist, 59, of West Fargo, entered an Alford plea on Tuesday (Dec. 26) to a
The following vaccination recommendations for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) were made by Julia Wilson, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, associate professor of Veterinary Population Medicine at the University of Minnesota. There is some debate among researchers
For about two decades, only occasional mechanical problems could delay polo player Owen Rinehart’s annual trip to South Florida for the start of the winter season.
This year, however, his plans to log early training time were derailed by
Three-year veteran Hank, a Thoroughbred/Quarter Horse cross, is a hit with the kids.
He’s one of about 25 animals that are part of Mobridge’s annual live Christmas Nativity, said Lauren Russell, Hank’s owner.
“The kids like him
There is no question 2006 was the year of Barbaro. The unbeaten colt was sensational on that first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs, turning in a performance in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) that lifted the hopes of racin
The 2006 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Horse of the Year winners shined during competition at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nev., Nov. 30?Dec. 9. Four AQHA
This is an excerpt from Equine Disease Quarterly, funded by underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, brokers, and their Kentucky agents.
Horses are afflicted with a number of central nervous system diseases. Diagnosis of these
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