Samantha Bossone and her horse Zippity Zulu always seemed to have a special bond whenever they went riding together, Bossone’s mother said Wednesday.

“She cared for my daughter on her own,” Gina Bossone said of the chestnut-colored quarter

The image of Britons in scarlet coats galloping over fields as their dogs chase foxes is fixed in the popular imagination. But Britain’s highest court ruled Wednesday that laws banning the hunts must stand.

Hunters had appealed two bans: on

Authorities charged a Limestone County, Ala., man with animal cruelty after four allegedly starving horses were found on about an acre of property in the Piney Chapel community.

Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely said two mares and one

Favorable weather and an aerial assault early helped firefighters nearly contain a blaze Monday that destroyed dozens of homes along winding canyon roads, the second major fire here in as many months.

A cool breeze blowing in from the

Veterinarians and horse owners in the market for turnout blankets, grooming kits, or even a tractor, an autoclave, or desiccating oven can attend a Dec. 1 auction featuring the fittings of the University of Cambridge’s now-defunct Equine

American farmers no longer have to stoically face all that Mother Nature and the economy can dish out. At least eight states offer free mental health hot lines to assist farmers and producers through difficult patches. During times of exceptiona

When Pennington County, South Dakota, Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived to arrest a man on suspected domestic violence incidents on Nov. 20, they didn’t find him at home, but noted numerous animals in poor condition. The following day they

Back in May, the Hampton, N.H., mounted unit had to move their four horses Blaze, Patriot, Buddy, and Arrow because of neglect at the farm where they’d been kept for years (see more information at

Musicians Present Happy Hour for Horses Benefit Show
 
www.68caliber.com, a paintball “addict” site, wanted its members to know about an upcoming musical benefit for Refuge RR for Horses, “a

A helicopter that crashed while herding wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park clipped a fence before going down, the National Transportation Safety Board says in its initial report on the incident.

The Bell 206 helicopter was herding

When rancher Bill Inman decided to show there’s more to America than the gloom-and-doom on the nightly news, he hopped on his horse and started riding.

And riding, and riding.

Some 1,700 miles later, he’s burning through his family’s life

The reward for solid information in the fatal shooting of a horse has reached $7,000.

A horse named Crookneck was shot approximately 50 times in Washington County, Utah, in September. (For more information on this see

Click here to see the Nov. 14 edition of The Ryder Report, a recent feature added to TheHorse.com.

The Ryder Report is a weekly video broadcast presented by News Editor Erin Ryder,

Join Eclipse Award-winning writer and farm owner Josh Pons for Thursday’s edition of “Talkin’ Horses.”