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FEI Vets to Provide Guidance on Hong Kong Olympic Conditions

The F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) will host a workshop to provide guidance in preparing equine athletes for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong. The event, organized by the FEI’s welfare subcommittee, will take place in Lausanne,

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Pfizer, Equine Affaire Celebrate 10-Year Partnership

This year, Equine Affaire will mark a decade of thrilling horse enthusiasts in New England, and Pfizer Animal Health has been with the event every step of the way. Attendees have long been familiar with the cornerstone of this partnership–The

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Walking with John Henry

We sometimes don’t understand the importance of small actions until later. Cindy Rullman, director of marketing at the Kentucky Horse Park, contacted The Horse in early August to tell us about John Henry and his walks around the park. The

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Steve Haskin: Remembering John Henry

It was a shock to hear John Henry had died, even though he had been in ill health and was 32 years old. Some things, like the mighty Redwoods, seem eternal, and John always was eternal in my mind. Or perhaps that feeling was more rooted in my

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Public Memorial Service for John Henry Planned

A public memorial service for John Henry will be held Friday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Readers are invited to submit their favorite memories of John on a message board at https://news.bloodhorse.com/johnhenrymemoriam.asp.

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Champion Jockey Fallon on Trial for Race-Fixing

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon has gone on trial on charges of conspiring to fix races in Britain–a day after winning Europe’s most prestigious race.

Fallon and five other defendants are accused of conspiracy to defraud customers who used

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Legendary Racehorse John Henry Euthanatized at 32

John Henry, the legendary Thoroughbred racehorse who was twice Horse of the Year, was humanely euthanatized at the Kentucky Horse Park today at 7:00 p.m.

John Nicholson, executive director of the park expressed, ?The mighty heart of the great

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Injuries Mar Record Day at Keeneland

Injuries–at least two of them fatal–marred a record slate of stakes races Saturday at Keeneland in which four horses earned automatic spots in the Breeders’ Cup.

Teuflesberg, the 17th-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, pulled up short in

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