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The state Department of Environmental Protection wants to limit
A Jan. 31 barn fire believed to have been caused by an electrical malfunction claimed the lives of two Thoroughbreds boarded at Warren Lyster’s 100-acre Tarleton Farm near Paris, Ky. According to chief Lloyde Campbell of the Bourbon County Fire and
Recent temperature drops have given officials at a northern Kentucky racetrack the opportunity to review how well Polytrack surface material handles cold weather, according to a Jan. 26 report in the Lexington
Health officials are warning that a tainted form of heroin may have reached Minnesota.
Health officials suspect that a man treated at a Twin Cities hospital had used heroin cut with a veterinary drug used to treat respiratory problems in
The eight equine officers of the Minneapolis Mounted Patrol Unit could soon be sleeping in a new $1 million horse facility, according to the Minneapolis-St.Paul Star
The Kentucky Horse Council (KHC), a statewide association for all horse owners and enthusiasts, now provides a $1 million Excess Personal Liability Insurance Policy for all of its individual and family members. Effective January 1, 2007, the
The Marsh Tacky, a rare breed of horse descended from colonial Spanish horses and renowned for its ability to navigate through swampy terrain and remain calm under gunfire, has been nominated as the state horse of South Carolina, the
Traffic police in Zhengzhou, capital of China’s Hunan province, stopped a man riding a horse on the expressway, China Daily reported yesterday
Winter brings rain. And rain brings mud, especially if you have horses on a small acreage.
Hundreds of hay bales fell from the sky across Colorado’s rangeland as military helicopter and cargo plane crews spent a second day Thursday delivering food to cattle that have been stranded by heavy snow and high drifts for a week.
Using
Finding a Western saddle that fits well is a task that has horse owners turning to the new online Saddle Expert System. With well over 200 different breeds of horses, one can imagine how tricky it can be to find a saddle that fits just right.
Bay Meadows Race Course, long rumored to be facing demolition in favor of redevelopment plans approved by the city of San Mateo, might seek an exemption from a California Horse Racing Board mandate to replace its existing dirt track with an
The following edited release is from the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services’ Division of Animal Industry.
Equine Herpesvirus-1 Status Report–Florida
Revised December 25, 2006, at 12:30 pm
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The average horse weighs at least five or six times the average human adult. So it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to predict who’s going to win if they get into a pulling contest.
Humans who find themselves in pulling matches with
A Sharpsburg, Md., woman who had 74 allegedly neglected horses on her Washington County farm is facing criminal charges.
Prosecutors say Barbara Reinken has been charged with four felony counts of animal cruelty. Each is punishable by up to
A unique publication tells city planners and homeowners just how susceptible certain tree species are to ice storm damage–a handy guide in the wake of late November’s ice storms in Illinois.
The publication, developed by the University of
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