Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley March 17 signed into law four agriculture-related bills as the culmination of a positive legislative session for the farm community. The new bills make it easier for landowners to preserve their farmland;

Street Sense and Hard Spun, the one-two finishers in the May 5 Kentucky Derby, drew outside post positions for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, which as expected attracted a field of nine. Their connections, however, didn’t seem concerned with the

“Thoroughbreds are remarkable animals–they’re beautiful, athletic, and really friendly,” said Nicola Birch, director of Wood End Farms, a Barrington, Ill., registered 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to promoting Off-Track Thoroughbreds (“OTTBs”).

Michael Matz was looking at an album full of Barbaro photos when the trainer’s pony nuzzled up alongside to check things out.

“That’s your buddy,” Matz said, smiling at his longtime pony, Messaging, before accompanying another set of horses

Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense worked five furlongs in a snappy 1:00 at Churchill Downs Tuesday morning as the Street Cry colt completed his preparations for Saturday?s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

With regular jockey Calvin Borel

The annual silent auction and Kentucky Derby party at Blood-Horse Publications May 3 raised more than $6,500 for the March of Dimes.

Blood-Horse Publications has been the top fundraiser in Lexington, Ky., for the March of Dimes for at

Michael Matz most likely will skip Saturday’s Preakness with Chelokee and instead enter the colt in the Barbaro Stakes, an undercard race honoring the trainer’s ill-fated Kentucky Derby winner.

“Right now, I think that we’re leaning toward

We will soon be unveiling a new look, but our award-winning equine health care coverage will not change.

A major horse show expected to have a $40 million impact on the city’s economy next year is back on track, weeks after its organizers questioned a decision to come here because of a controversial annexation plan.

City and county leaders

Pictopia announced May 10 its photo store for the official Web site of The Blood-Horse magazine.

Powered by Pictopia, the Blood-Horse photo store offers hundreds of photographs from the official Blood-Horse collection, including

As the capstone for an eight-day series of events to raise funds for equine-related charitable organizations, The Equine Wellness Foundation on May 5 donated $10,000 to The Barbaro Fund at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton

Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense could face 10 challengers when the colt attempts to capture the Preakness and set up a shot at the Triple Crown.

Mint Slewlep, fourth in the Withers at Aqueduct in his last start, became the latest

Through Saturday, May 5, more than $230,000 has been raised in support of the NTRA Charities’ Barbaro Memorial Fund. Racetracks and other organizations will be holding additional fundraising initiatives throughout the Triple Crown.

The United States District Court in the Northern District of New York has dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Wedgewood Pharmacy filed in September 2005.

A group of Saratoga County Thoroughbred racehorse owners filed the suit,