Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
Australian Boyd Exell holds the lead in the individual competition after dressage while Team USA sits atop the team leaderboard going into Saturday’s marathon phase.
Silvia Stopazzini and Lorenzo Lupacchini, along with Rosentolz 99 and longer Laura Carnabuci, became the first Italian vaulters to win a gold medal at a FEI World Equestrian Games.
Team USA is stalking the leaders by less than a single penalty point, leaving them no room for error. Germany is sitting in third going into the team medal round.
The French riders completed their team tests and hold the lead after Day 1, but the Dutch and British teams still have riders left to ride and will look to overtake the leaders on Day 2.
Rixt van der Horst, riding Findsley, and Sarah Morganti, riding Royal Delight, scored Grade III and Grade I gold medals, respectively. Further, Rebecca Hard and El Corona Texel earned the U.S.’s first para-dressage medal, taking bronze in the Grade III ride.
A fault-free round from Steve Guerdat and the fiery mare Bianca put the 2012 Olympic champion and Team Switzerland into pole position as the jumping championship got underway.
Evacuating horse owners aren’t the only ones that should prepare in advance. Here’s what farm owners opening their facilities to displaced horses should know.
The BLM plans to gather and remove approximately 652 wild horses and initiate research on the effects of spaying wild horse mares and returning them to the range.
Box Qutie, ridden by Sweden’s Anna Freskgård, sustained a soft-tissue injury at the end of Saturday’s cross-country. Despite receiving intensive veterinary care, her condition worsened Tuesday and she was euthanized Sept. 19.
Switzerland leads the team competition after the initial compulsories while Katharina Luschin (AUT) and Thomas Brusewitz (GER) lead the female and male individual competitions, respectively.
Stinna Tange Kaastrup (DEN) and Horsebo Smarties took Grade II gold, Sanne Voets (NED) and Demantur NOP won Grade IV gold, and Sophie Wells (GBR) and C Fatal Attraction earned Grade V gold on Day 1 of para-dressage competition.
Two Arizona men are facing multiple charges after allegedly firing a gun toward a group of adults, juveniles, and animals at a corral on Salt River Wild Horse Management Group property.
An Oregon judge has ruled that a horse, now called Justice, cannot sue his former owner for damages connected to alleged neglect. The Animal Legal Defense Fund plans to appeal.
How can you keep your horse healthy when going to horse shows, trail rides, or events? And what about bringing new horses into a boarding stable? Learn about practical biosecurity measures to protect your horses.
Drs. Thomas Divers, the late Steeve Giguère, and Dickson Varner will be inducted into the Equine Research Hall of Fame on Oct. 31.
Investigators found 70 Miniature Horses with curling hooves, indicative of a lack of farriery care, as well as several horse carcasses on Michael Charles Johnson’s Odin, Minnesota, property.
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