BLM Horses Improving After Salmonella Outbreak

 Wild horses at the Nevada Bureau of Land Management’s Palomino Valley Center are improving after 156 died or were euthanatized due to a range of illnesses, including an outbreak of salmonella that prompted BLM officials to

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Trainer Suspended in Cobra Venom Case Granted Stay

 Trainer Patrick Biancone, suspended for one year for possessing on the grounds of Keeneland three sealed vials of alpha-cobratoxin (cobra venom), a Class A substance under the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority Uniform Drug and Medication

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Springsteen Sued Over Nixed Horse Sale

Bruce Springsteen and his wife are being sued, accused of backing out of a contract to buy a horse worth $850,000 for their teenage daughter.

Olympic equestrian Todd Minikus filed the breach of contract lawsuit Thursday in Florida’s Palm Beach

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Trainer Given Yearlong Suspension in Cobra Venom Case

 Kentucky racing stewards have suspended trainer Patrick Biancone for one year for numerous violations of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority’s medication regulations following a hearing Oct. 4. The suspension begins Oct. 15.

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Indiana to Regulate Steroids; Questions Raised

The Indiana Horse Racing Commission voted unanimously Sept. 27 to adopt regulations on use of anabolic steroids in racehorses developed by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium and endorsed by the Association of Racing Commissioners

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Equine Influenza: Pony Clubs to Stop Events Until 2008

SOUTH Australian pony clubs have moved to cancel all events until the end of the year to help ensure the state stays free of equine influenza.

The Pony Club Association, which includes 62 local clubs and about 1600 riding members, said the

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State of the Industry

The changing dynamics of the horse industry in the United States can be likened to the ocean tides. At high tide there were somewhere between 25 and 27 million equines in this country. At low tide, that number dipped to under four million. Today,

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Veterinarian Appealing Suspension in Snake Venom Case

Dr. Rod Stewart has appealed a suspension order issued by the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority in connection with the ongoing investigation of trainer Patrick Biancone.

Lisa Underwood, executive director of the KHRA, said following an Aug. 2

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Nevada Senator Urges Probe in Wild Horse Deaths

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid is calling on U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to conduct a “full and thorough investigation” into the nitrate contamination deaths of 71 wild horses in July at the Tonopah Test Range.


“There are strong

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