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HBO Sports, in an effort to increase its stature within and outside the company, is planning to announce soon the production of a documentary about Barbaro, the deceased winner of the 2006 Kentucky Derby.
According to Broadcasting
Several members have recently left the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation?s board of directors, exits that parallel allegations that leadership dissension and financial struggles are plaguing the non-profit organization.
It is believed a
Kentucky Derby winner Real Quiet is recuperating at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center following treatment for abscesses in both hind feet. The 12-year-old son of Quiet American was taken there Feb. 19 after showing signs of
Breyer Animal Creations announced Friday, March 2, that due to demand, it will produce more portrait models of Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner who died earlier this year.
?We have received so many calls, emails and letters from
Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner who died earlier this year, will be honored with a stakes race in his name at Delaware Park.
Delaware Park’s Chief Operating Officer Bill Fasy announced Thursday that the track has officially
A man was sound asleep in bed, his wife in the bathroom, when a horse came crashing through their home in Zachary, La. The 1,500-pound horse made tornado-like circles inside and left behind a huge mess.
The house is in Audubon Court, a
HorseRacing TV will re-air its original presentation of “John Henry: Standing Tall at 30” tonight (March 2) at 8 p.m. ET.
The re-airing of the one-hour documentary, which originally debuted in 2005, will coincide with the champion
Equestrian sports are the only events in the Olympics where male and female athletes compete against each other equally, whether humans or horses. Men and women, geldings, stallions, and mares are all equals. Rodeo is the only sport where humans an
Careful inspection of a horse’s muscle mass and symmetry and hands-on palpation educates the examiner about the horse’s muscle tone and comfort level. The examiner also evaluates the horse in motion and conducts a full lameness exam.
A group of veterinarians gathered at the Land O’ Lakes Purina Mills headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., last fall to participate in discussions on subjects that ranged from Cushing’s disease to proper nutrition for horses young and old. Nicholas Frank,
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A Spokane Valley, Wash., racehorse attacked by two pit bull terriers was so badly injured it had to be euthanatized, its owners said. The dogs were ordered destroyed Tuesday after they were deemed to be dangerous.
The horse, named Drink
An autopsy of the $900,000 Storm Cat yearling, purchased as a yearling by Florida-based consignors Randy Hartley and Dean De Renzo, died of an aneurysm suffered during a Feb. 25 breeze show for the March 6 Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of
For the first time, the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation will distribute more than $1 million for research grants in 2007.
The foundation’s board of directors recently approved 13 new projects, including three devoted to the
Thoroughbred Charities of America has announced a gift of $250,000 from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. The fund will be used to create a permanent endowment for TCA to assure future grant giving.
It will also offer donors an
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