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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
Kentucky Derby winner Real Quiet was taken to the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center Feb. 19 after showing signs of discomfort after mounting his mares. He stands at Dr. William Solomon’s Pin Oak Lane Farm near New Freedom, Pa.
A Storm Cat colt that sold for $900,000 as a yearling collapsed and died Sunday after working an eighth of a mile at Calder Race Course during the first under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training. The
Veterinary officials are warning horse owners and trainers in Hong Kong that they might never know what virus caused fevers in eleven horses last week, the South
That same tenacity of heart and spirit which propelled John Henry to two Horse of the Year titles and record earnings, may have something to do with his ability to keep going well beyond the life-expectancy of most horses. John Henry will turn 3
Smarty Jones, starting his third season at stud, has been successfully treated for a minor temporary blockage in his reproductive tract and has returned to normal breeding activity.
Dan Rosenberg, president of Robert Clay’s Three Chimneys Farm
Several horses in Cherry Valley, Ohio, were found dead and 11 turned up missing at a farm that had been under surveillance by the county humane society because of reports that the animals were underfed.
Penn National and Charles Town racetracks have imposed restrictions on horses shipping to their tracks as a result of suspected cases of equine herpesvirus in the Mid Atlantic region.
Penn National reported that its stable area has been
An endangered Mexican gray wolf that apparently killed three calves in southwest New Mexico has been fatally shot by the team that manages the animals.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a removal order for the wild-born member of th
Blood-Horse Publications has announced that The Blood-Horse Charitable Foundation will donate a minimum of $10,000 to the NTRA Charities Barbaro Memorial Fund.
Jenny the donkey, whose exploits since escaping from her Pittsfield, Me., corral Jan. 18 have been well documented, sauntered back to captivity yesterday (Feb. 21), the
North Carolina State University will be hosting a “Pain Recognition and Management in the Horse” seminar this coming Saturday, February 24, 2007 at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, N.C.
Puerto Rican jockey Manuel Caraballo died after being trampled during a race, authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands said Monday.
Caraballo, a jockey with more than 40 years experience who was semi-retired, fell from his mount, Emilin, o
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, which facilitated the Sales Integrity Task Force in 2004, has agreed to reconvene the task force to address Kentucky House Bill 388 and other issues relating to the sale of horses in the
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