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Jun 2019
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We fought a lot of battles these last few years, and we brought a lot of horses, donkeys and a mule or two back into a good life. We also made a lot of friends, shared a lot of tears and laughter and spent a...
Habitat For Horses
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita's troubled racing season has come to a close after the deaths of 30 horses at the Southern California track rattled the industry and led to Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer being banned when four of his horses were...
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May 2019
Opinion by Jerry Finch co-authored with Allen Warren In the last couple of weeks, the world of wild horses has been thrown into a state of turmoil. The two national humane societies, ASPCA and HSUS, along with Return to Freedom and a few others, joined in with...
Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the neurologic disease linked to equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1), was confirmed in a Montgomery County, Texas, reining Quarter Horse on April 9, 2019. The positive horse attended a reining event in Ardmore, Oklahoma, the week of March 18. TAHC staff has...
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Apr 2019
The famed horse racing track, Santa Anita Park, is up and running after being closed for much of last month following a spike in racehorse deaths. Since the end of December 2018, 23 thoroughbreds have died — mostly due to injuries from racing or training....
When you think of horses at risk of performance-limiting respiratory disease, which ones top your list? Racehorses? Three-day eventers? While it’s true these equine athletes do require a properly functioning airway to perform at their best, researchers recently identified another group of horses in which...
TURTLECREEK TWP. — A horse drowned on Monday night during a race at Miami Valley Gaming and Racing in Warren County. Bill Crawford, executive director of the Ohio State Racing Commission, said driver Kayne Kauffman was knocked from the sulky cart being pulled by the horse during a...
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - The mere thought of stepping outside during a Mongolian winter is enough to chill one's bones. For years, Mongolian children have braved the frigid winter for a taste of glory, risking life and limbs to win prize money for their families. Thanks to...
CORRIGAN, TX — A photo of a horse being transported in the bed of a pickup truck has been circulating across social media, and now police reportedly said the driver could face charges. According to KTRK in Houston , the photographer who took the picture said...
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Mar 2019
Another horse was killed Thursday while training at historic Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., just one day following the reopening of the facility’s main track after experts investigating the surface could not identify a cause of the deaths. Princess Lili B, a 3-year-old California-bred Filly,...