After facing public criticism this year about the treatment of Tennessee Walking Horses, some industry leaders have proposed harsher penalties for those caught abusing horses for personal gain.

“We want to see the horse be presented where

In the spirit of the holidays, Horse.com (sister company of 1800petsupplies.com) is donating horse blankets and heated water buckets to mounted police units and horse rescue organizations nationwide that are in need of help as winter ushers

A Blossburg, Pa., man has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for striking and killing a woman and horse and leaving the scene of the accident, the

Kentucky Equine Research (KER) has established a new division called KERx Special Needs Nutrition. KERx is designed to combine the individual strengths of veterinarians and nutritionists to optimize wellness in all horses. Partnering

A new website that seeks to provide research-based information and resources to assist individuals and organizations with agricultural safety issues has been launched by University of Illinois Extension.

The new site is Agricultural Safety

Everyone in Alamosa, Colo., suddenly wants Snippy, reports The Denver Post.

The skeleton of Snippy, an Appaloosa mare that was the first animal reported to be

During the past year the National Reining Horse Youth Association (NRHyA) has celebrated the “Year of the Youth.” The year long campaign dedicated to building and growing the NRHA’s Youth membership was most evident at the 2006 NRHA Futurit

The number of horses that have failed drug tests in California have doubled since 2000 and the offenses rarely result in disqualification or other stiff penalties, the Orange County Register reported Sunday.

While failed drug tests

The Humane Equine Aid and Rapid Transport (HEART) Equine Ambulance is a very personal cause for many of the top equestrians. There will be a fun packed, heel-stomping hoedown held at Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in the Special Events Pavilion

The USEF has announced that Dr. Stephen Schumacher of Columbus, Ohio has been selected to become the Chief Administrator of Testing Programs for the USEF Drugs and Medications Program.

Schumacher received his B.S degree from The

American Quarter Horses will take center stage Sunday, Jan. 7, on NBC Sports Television at 1:30 p.m. Eastern/10:30 a.m. Pacific for the America’s Horse Championships presented by Ford Trucks. The one-hour special is based at a portion of the

A New York state appeals court has upheld the 45-day suspension and $3,000 fine against leading trainer Todd Pletcher after one of his horses was found with a banned substance following a 2004 race at Saratoga.

The Appellate Division of the

Workers are busy turning land that once housed a private horse farm into a public park that will feature horses, while also trying to teach environmental lessons to visitors.

The Springfield, Mo., Parks and Recreation Department’s Equine

Animal safety workers removed five “significantly underweight” horses from a property in Rye, N.H., where the owner had been convicted of cruelty to animals in 1999.

One of the horses required serious medical attention and is at a local

A young zebra at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk, Va., has died in a freak accident following a rabies shot.

Zoo spokeswoman Alison Swank says zookeepers administered the shot with a blow dart gun, but the zebra bolted, struck a fence and fell

South Korean eventer Kim Hyung-chil was crushed by his horse after missing a jump on a muddy equestrian course at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday (Dec. 7), raising concern over how organizers managed the event.

It was the