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Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. says he feels “like a loser” after Big Brown’s stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, and he was still searching for answers Monday about what went wrong.
Big Brown became the first horse seeking the Tripl
Officials with the U.S. Eventing Association (USEA) and U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) collected input from the equestrian community on ways to improve eventing safety at a summit on June 7-8. Proposed solutions range from required
Elmer Bandit, the 37-year-old Half-Arabian gelding closing in on a lifetime competitive trail mileage record, is under the weather. No, he’s not sick–his competitive trail career is
One day after Big Brown was eased in his attempt to win the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) and the Triple Crown as the 3-10 favorite, one of his co-owners said there is nothing physically wrong with the Boundary colt.
“We went over him good last
The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum’s current educational programs have gone bilingual. All existing and future educational lesson plans offered by the museum will now be available in Spanish.
Two Bits for Your Brain was
Thoroughbred Silver Hawk, the sire of 76 stakes winners who was pensioned in the fall of 2003, was euthanized June 5 due to the infirmities of old age. He was 29.
By Roberto out of the Amerigo mare Gris Vitesse, Silver Hawk stood his
“Oh, my aching back!” It’s a complaint heard worldwide and one of the most common reasons people go to the doctor or miss work. So, it’s not hard to imagine what a horse with back pain might feel like. Unfortunately, very few veterinarians are
The world awaited a delivery from Big Brown, but in a shocker it was 38-1 longshot Da? Tara who won the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) (watch the replay on BloodHorse.com), taking the “Test of the Champion” in
About an hour after giving the all-clear for Casino Drive to run in the Belmont Stakes, trainer Kazuo Fujisawa said the colt was favoring his left rear hoof and was scratched from the classic.
Earlier, Fujisawa was all smiles after
The Triple Crown trail is littered with colts whose feet failed them along the way. Less than 24 hours before the biggest horse race in three decades, favorite Big Brown and his Japanese challenger, Casino Drive, took steps in opposite
Aggressive research efforts by Belgian veterinarians have culminated in the identification of numerous indicators or factors–including horse management and pasture characteristics–associated with atypical myopathy, a rapidly developing and fatal di
Suffolk Downs has announced that the purse for this year’s Massachusetts Handicap will be $5 million if Big Brown wins the Triple Crown and both he and 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Curlin remain unbeaten in 2008, and go on to start in the
The status of Casino Drive, the 7-2 second-choice for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes is in doubt it was announced Friday morning. The winner of the May 10 Peter Pan Stakes did not go to the track this morning.
“He has a small issue with his
The International Olympic Committee and the Bureau of the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) have approved an eventing rule change proposed by the FEI eventing committee and safety subcommittee
The new rule states that horses
In a gesture of goodwill, the American Shetland Pony Club (ASPC) is sending a gift of two American Shetland ponies to the Hong Kong Equestrian Federation to salute their efforts for hosting the 2008 Equestrian Olympics. The two Shetland riding
State prosecutors in Jefferson County, Ky., said they can’t investigate the death of the filly Eight Belles despite a request from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Steve Tedder, a spokesman for the commonwealth’s attorney, said
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