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Kennel Owner Arrested After Failing to Cremate Horse

State troopers and natural resources police are charging the owner of Bethany Beach Kennels in Ocean View, Del., following the discovery that a dead horse believed to have been cremated never was.

The 32-year-old Arabian mare belonged to

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Thoroughbred Champion Bowl Game Dead at 32

Bowl Game, the champion turf male of 1979 who was believed to be the oldest living Eclipse Award winner, was euthanatized due to the infirmities of old age Nov. 10 at the age of 32. Under the care of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation since

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Truck Plows Into Mule Carriage; 3 Dead

A tractor-trailer plowed into a mule-drawn covered carriage that was returning from the annual town festival in Alapaha, Ga., Saturday (Nov. 11), killing three people and injuring three others.

The victims, who were all related, had left th

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Derby Winner Giacomo Retired to Adena Springs

Giacomo, upset winner of the 2005 Kentucky Derby (gr. I), has been retired to Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs Farm near Midway, Ky. The 4-year-old son of Holy Bull will stand for a live foal fee of $12,500.


A homebred racing for Jerry and

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Racehorse Welfare and Safety Recommendations Released

Edited press release

A cross-section of prominent participants from the Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry who participated in the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit in Lexington, on Oct. 16-17, have drafted recommended

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Top Eventing Rider Amy Tryon Joins Team UlcerGard

Merial has announced that top eventing rider and 2006 World Equestrian Games Bronze Medalist, Amy Tryon will become the newest member of Team UlcerGard. Tryon will join other top equestrian athletes, including Darren Chiacchia, John Williams, an

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Probios Horse Treats

Each Probios treat contains live, naturally occurring microorganisms that restore and maintain the natural balance of digestive bacteria in the horse’s gut.

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Barbaro’s Cast Removed

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro’s right hind leg cast was removed today (Nov. 6), according to his medical team. “Barbaro was placed under general anesthesia for the cast removal,” said Dean W. Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chief of surgery. “In

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Two Students Indicted in Texas Horse Killing

Two Texas A&M students have been charged with cruelty to animals and criminal mischief for killing a horse in Bryan, Texas, reports The Bryan-College Station Eagle.


Kenneth Ryan Peterson, 21, and Walter Ray Williams, 20,

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Shadow of Barbaro Still Looms Over Former Rivals

No matter what happens — even on the biggest day in thoroughbred racing — Bernardini seems destined to remain shadowed by Barbaro.

The Kentucky Derby winner is recovering from a devastating misstep at the start of the Preakness in what ha

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Team Barbaro, Richardson, Crist Honored at NTWA Dinner

The individuals associated with undefeated Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro — veterinary surgeon Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center — and veteran racing journalis

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