Eleven horses died in a barn fire the morning of April 19 at Fabien Ouaki’s Fab Oak Stable near Versailles, Ky. The identity of the horses has not been released because of an ongoing investigation.

Details were not immediately available. Th

A new exhibit at New York City’s American Museum of Natural History will examine the powerful and continuing relationship between horses and humans and explore the origins of the horse family, extending back more than 50 million years. Opening t

Representatives of animal health company Alltech cut the ribbon on a new Center for Animal Nutrigenomics and Applied Animal Nutrition at the company’s corporate headquarters in Lexington, Ky., on April 20, 2008. This center is dedicate

Trainer Dee Keener sounded apologetic, but that doesn’t mean he also wasn’t completely thrilled.

Keener’s 4-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding Bust N Moves upset Got Country Grip by a head in the Mr. Lewie Memorial Handicap at Remington Park on

A judge has given a 30-day jail sentence to a Livingston County, Mich., man whose pit bulls fatally attacked a horse.

District Judge Carol Sue Reader on Tuesday also ordered 44-year-old David McGalliard to pay $221,951 and serve two years’

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a one-week extension of current farm law Wednesday, hoping to give Congress more time to finish a multibillion dollar farm bill that is stalled by a dispute over tax breaks.

Negotiations on the

Trainer Todd Pletcher had just one victory at Keeneland under his belt going into the April 12 card. But he won again when it counted, and with Monba and Cowboy Cal finishing 1-2 in the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I), it looks like

Scottsdale, Ariz., officials are looking toward creating possible exemptions for horse owners to new city anti-dust laws.

The new rules require private property owners to apply anti-dust treatments–such as chemicals, water, or crushed rock–to

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has filed charges against a Rowan County man after state and local authorities discovered 31 dead horses on his farm.

Don Miller of Rowan County was charged on Wednesday with one count of violating

Ben Pendergrass recently joined the American Horse Council (AHC) and will serve as the group’s new legislative director.

Pendergrass came to the AHC after serving as a legislative aide to Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico for

In recognition of the work performed by hoofcare professionals, National Farriers Week will be held this year from July 6 to 12. Organizers hope horse owners, trainers, riders, grooms, equine veterinarians, and others will take the time to

The controversial Massachusetts animal cruelty case involving a geriatric mare that some animal welfare advocates maintain should be euthanized was continued to May 6 during a pre-trial hearing today in Uxbridge District Court.

“We’re

Police said a Lakeland, Fla., man was arrested after he punched a police horse in the rear.

A Tampa Police Department report said Carl Coward, 24, balled his fist and punched the horse in the right rear hip area as the officer and horse wer