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Derby Festival to Honor New Bolton Center

The veterinary clinic that treated Barbaro will receive an award this month for its efforts to save the life of the 2006 Derby winner.


The New Bolton Center will receive the Silver Horseshoe Award, an honor bestowed by the Kentucky Derby

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Celebrity Team Penning in Kentucky April 10

A great night of good, clean fun for the whole family will be found April 10 at the Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington, Ky., at the Celebrity Team Penning event to raise money for the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund. Emmy-winning actor and

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Barbaro: A Life With Meaning

The heartbreaking end to Barbaro’s saga was all too familiar to those who love horses, but the true meaning behind the story is uplifting and, as Roy Jackson (who owned Barbaro with his wife, Gretchen) says, full of positives and inspiration. On

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Donations, Hay Sought for Impounded Michigan Horses

The rehabilitation effort for 69 horses found in an alleged state of neglect on a Grass Lake, Mich., farm has begun. A rescue group coordinating the effort is requesting assistance from area horse people and farmers.

Laura Steenrod, a

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Equine Extravaganza Coming to North Carolina, Virginia

The North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh will host Equine Extravaganza, an all-breed, all-discipline horse expo and trade show for the first time August 3-5, 2007. The Virginia Equine Extravaganza will be held October 26-28, 2007 in

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Matz Has New Derby Shot, but Barbaro Memories Remain

Michael Matz could have another horse for the Kentucky Derby this year, yet nothing can replace his memories of Barbaro.


The trainer made that perfectly clear Thursday morning outside his barn at Palm Meadows training center, when he

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Officials Impound 69 Horses from Michigan Farm

Police were searching for two men Thursday after finding 69 allegedly malnourished horses on their debris-strewn farm.

Jackson County prosecutors have issued warrants for James Henderson Jr. and Matthew Mercier charging each with anima

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500-Day Countdown to 2008 Olympic Games Begins

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is one of five organizations participating in an “Olympics Countdown” exhibition from today (March 27) until April 1, following this afternoon’s inauguration of a 500-Day Countdown Clock at Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui.

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Real Quiet Returned to Pin Oak Lane

Kentucky Derby winner and champion Real Quiet, who was treated at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center for abscesses in both hind feet, was returned March 22 to Dr. William Solomon’s Pin Oak Lane Farm near New Freedom,

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