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Vets Investigate Injuries at Kentucky Track

Veterinarians with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) and management at Turfway Park are looking into reasons why the number of catastrophic injuries over the Polytrack surface spiked during the recently concluded holiday meet at the

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Kentucky Bill: Use Taxes to Fund Horse Racing

A Kentucky lawmaker is preparing racing-related legislation with a primary goal of funding the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, equine drug testing, and supplements for purses and stakes at the state’s racetracks.


The draft bill authore

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Credit Card Helps Fund Equine Research

The Horseman’s Card, a Visa created in 1991 to help support the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington, Ky., contributes to equine research with every purchase.

Officials of the University of Kentucky’s Department of Veterinar

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Shetland Pony Donated to Literacy Foundation

A black Shetland Pony who closely resembles the pony “Little Black” in the Walter Farley book Little Black, A Pony, has a new home with the Black Stallion Literacy Foundation at Arabian Nights in Orlando, Fla. The pony was donated by the

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Equine Ambulance Coming to Midwest Horse Fair


One of only 30 ambulances designed specifically for horses will be on display at the 2009 Midwest Horse Fair in Madison, Wisc., on April 17-19, 2009.

The equine ambulance, purchased by Morrie Waud, has special features to help stabiliz

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Remember Working Equids this Holiday Season

As Christmas cards arrive in the mail, the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA) asks horse owners around the world to remember the “cards” received by many working animals. According to SPANA, many working horses and donkeys in

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New York Laws Designed to Protect Carriage Horses

During the busy–and very often cold–holiday season, carriage horse rides seem to be a staple of tourist activity in New York City. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) would like the public to be aware of some

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New Charges for Pennsylvania Stable Owner

A Pennsylvania man who has previously been prosecuted for animal abuse faces 38 new animal cruelty charges in connection with the neglect of 11 ponies and a donkey. Joseph Mayer, owner of Hallo Stables in Easton, Pa., is accused of failing to

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Illinois Governor Signs Horse Racing Aid Bill

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Dec. 15 signed legislation that extends the diversion to horse racing of 3% of revenue from the state’s four highest-grossing riverboat casinos. The provision is estimated to be worth as much as $30 million a year,

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Rescue Horse a Contender for Horse of the Year Title

Jamaica, a 17-year-old combined driving horse who helped owner Chester Weber win a silver medal at the FEI World Championships in The Netherlands, has made a place for himself in history as a rescue horse who has gone on to do great things. Now

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Shot New Mexico Horse Gets New Home

Miracle, the 24-year-old mare who survived a trek in the New Mexico desert after suffering multiple gunshot wounds to the head, has a new home and could soon join a new adoptive family. Miracle arrived at The Horse Shelter in Cerrillos, N.M., on

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