The Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit ended Tuesday (Oct. 17) in Lexington, Ky., after more than 40 participants worked together to draft action plans in six areas to improve conditions in the Thoroughbred industry. The six areas were
The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ Association announced today that the Tennessee Walking Horse Invitational scheduled for Nov. 24 and 25, has been cancelled.
“Our goal for this show was to showcase our outstanding
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro continues to improve a week after his right hind leg cast change. “Barbaro is wearing his new cast comfortably and his vital signs and appetite remain excellent,” said Dean W. Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chief of
The University of Pennyslvania’s bellwether has published a story about the team that has been treating Barbaro since he shattered his right hind leg in the Preakness
Bandini, a grade I winner and track-record setter, has been retired from racing for stallion duty at John T. Jones III and Robert Trussell’s Walmac Farm near Lexington, Ky. The 4-year-old son of Fusaichi Pegasus is being syndicated and will stan
Bluegrass Cat, a twice classic-placed grade I winner, will begin his stallion career in 2007 for a fee of $50,000 at Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt’s WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.
The 3-year-old son of Storm Cat is out of the A.P. Ind
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Rich In Dallas, one of the equine stars of the 2003 blockbuster film Seabiscuit, will attend the second annual charity horse show to benefit The Exceller Fund. The event will be held Oct. 28 at the Patrick Henr
Oklahoma City, situated in the middle of the United States and at the confluence of three major interstate highways, long has been an inviting home to equine events, enough so that some in that industry refer to the city as the Horse Show Capita
The Monday morning (Oct. 16) session of the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit will be open to the public and the media. A media briefing will be held at the conclusion of the summit on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 17).
The Monday
American Quarter Horse Association members are now eligible to apply for benefits through MetLife Auto & Home. As the result of a new partnership between MetLife and AQHA, members may apply for benefits that aren’t available to the general
The Virginia Equine Extravaganza returns to Richmond’s Raceway Complex October 27-29, 2006, for the third annual equine symposium and first-ever three-day Virginia-based colt-starting competition emceed by horse behavior expert and clinician
When U.S. presidents receive gifts, the items are acknowledged, then packed away in a government warehouse to await the opening of his future library.
It’s been the fate of many pairs of cowboy boots and hats, expensive rugs, glinting
The Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit opens Monday at Keeneland in Lexington with a session of presentations and panel discussions that will be open to the public. The session, which will be held in the Keeneland sale pavilion, will run
A colt from the first crop of Smarty Jones became the highest-priced horse sold so far this year at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s fall mixed sale when he brought $170,000 Wednesday (Oct. 11). Clear Sky Stable purchased the chestnut weanling
Angry demonstrators and rabbis as well as a ban on gambling failed to stop the inauguration of Israel’s first horse racetrack, as thousands of fans cheered the four-legged competitors.
It’s not much at this point — just a collection of
Canadian-born and California-based J. Paul Reddam faces the possibility in less than a month of having as many as six runners in this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Reddam’s possibles for next month’s Breeders? Cup include Juvenile
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