Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
The New York Racing Association has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, charging that the state of New York’s failure to approve a long-stalled casino project for Aqueduct Racetrack has pushed it toward insolvency.
The filing,
A police horse at the Melbourne Cup Carnival’s Derby Day Thoroughbred race meeting in Flemington, Australia, died today of a suspected heart problem while on routine duty, according to an article in The Herald Sun. The 19-year-old
During its meeting on Thursday, November 2, in Louisville, Ky., the board of directors of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) announced future plans regarding anabolic steroids and out-of-competition drug testing, and received an
Miniature horses and ponies may look like smaller versions of their towering cousins, but their nutritional needs are very different. Platform Miniature Horse & Pony feed has been scientifically formulated to meet the unique nutritional need
As Churchill Downs prepares to host the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Kentucky regulators are examining the state’s drug-testing policies and procedures. Upgrades, however, may hinge on state funding.
For the Nov. 4 Breeders’ Cup, a full
Rescuers on horseback lured a stranded herd of about 100 horses off a mud-soaked knoll where they had been stranded for three days and led them through receding floodwaters to safe ground Friday.
Before they could be saved, 19 horses drowne
The Humane Society of Missouri (HSMO) announced this morning (Nov. 2) in a release that it has finalized an agreement that gives the organization ownership of the survivors of the Sept.
It all started with a blind horse.
Dianne Hooker said her daughter Fawn, now 14, went horseback riding for the first time when she was seven years old and became completely enthralled with the animal.
“She fell in love with
AQHA Professional Horseman Curt Pate will be at the AQHA World Championship Show on Saturday, Nov. 11, to host an educational clinic. Free to the public, attendees will learn the finer aspects of practical horsemanship and how to develop a
Two Escambia County, Fla., men accused of dragging a donkey behind their pickup will be going to jail. Matthew Ramsey and Terry Skinner were sentenced yesterday to nearly a year in jail and placed on two years’ probation.
They will also hav
Was it for love, or money? H.L. Mencken wrote that when someone says “it’s not about the money,” it is about the money. This cynicism is more clever than true. For most of us, most of the time, it’s about both. It has to be.
Let’s be
Vindy.com, the online edition of The Vindicator, has reported that 16 malnourished horses have been removed from a boarding farm in Canfield,
The Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane have returned to Sleepy Hollow for Halloween, and this time they won’t be disappearing afterward into the mists of legend.
Just in time to frighten young trick-or-treaters, an 18-foot-high steel
The Saddle Club will feature the Flying Changes Center for Therapeutic Riding of Topsham, Maine, in two special Saddle Club Video Journals to be broadcast on public television stations across America in November 2006.
The
Horse enthusiasts who want to begin training a young animal for pleasure riding, work or competition have the opportunity to adopt a weanling wild horse or mule, when the Bureau of Land Management holds a special adoption event Saturday, Nov. 18
According to an article on St. Louis’ STLtoday.com, fireworks set off at Busch Stadium last night (Oct. 27) startled a police horse, causing it to buck off its rider.
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