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Hurricane Damage: Houston Race Park Cancels Fall Meet

Sam Houston Race Park will cancel its 2008/2009 fall Thoroughbred meet due to damages sustained by the facility as a result of Hurricane Ike. The storm’s high winds and rainfall caused significant damage throughout the property including the

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Plea Deal Accepted in New York Breeding Farm Case

Geraldine Trupia, the operator of a New York breeding farm where authorities seized a herd of malnourished horses in August, plead guilty to two counts of Class A misdemeanor animal cruelty under a plea agreement unveiled during her

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Racing Task Force Focuses on Funding

Lack of funding for the regulatory functions of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission was the focal point at a Sept. 30 meeting of the state’s Task Force on the Future of Horse Racing.

During the panel’s monthly meeting, members were told

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Galveston Horse Rescue Effort Wraps Up

A week and a half after Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston, Texas, horse rescue groups working the scene are scaling back their involvement as horse owners return to reclaim their animals and start the long rebuilding process.

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Clone of Calvaro 5 Born

European cloning company Cryozootech announced Sept. 18 the birth of the clone of Calvaro 5, Swiss rider Villi Melliger’s top-ranked jumper who died in 2003.

It took five years to clone this horse successfully. After a few failed attempts for

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Authority Approves New Whip Rule for Harness Racing

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved a statewide ban on certain kinds of whips in harness racing.

The commission on Monday unanimously approved the ban on whips and riding crops that have strands of material at the end called a

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Thieves Target Horse Tails in Iowa

Some horse thieves are at work in Buena Vista County, Iowa–but they’re only after the tail.

The sheriff’s office said three people reported chopped tails just in the past week. Major Doug Simons said each case appears similar–someone went

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Ike Gains Strength Over Gulf, Aims for Texas

Hurricane Ike barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday on its way toward the Texas coast.

Forecasters said the Category 1 storm was already strengthening over open waters after leaving Cuba and could grow

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Gulf Coast on Standby for Hurricane Ike Path Forecast

Residents of the Gulf Coast are watching anxiously as Hurricane Ike trudges toward areas still cleaning up after Gustav.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry put 7,500 National Guard members on standby as the National Hurricane Center warned the storm

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Horse Advocate John Hettinger Dies

Horse advocate John A. Hettinger, a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Racing Association (Thoroughbreds) and Chairman Emeritus of the Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation, died Sept. 6 at his Akindale Farm in Pawling, N.Y., afte

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