This is a very solid piece of journalism by Animals 24-7 in Australia. The relationship of gambling in horse racing and horse slaughter is one that has not been discussed often enough. A larger pool of speculative breeding of race horses generates more income for...
This is a follow up piece so our readers can understand the history of cobalt as a doping agent in horse racing. Cobalt salts (or cobalt chloride) is extremely dangerous to use on horses. Death is a common side effect. Yet, its ability to make...
Although this story is decades old, it is on a subject matter many horse lovers are still fascinated with - Secretariat. Whether or not you follow horse racing, Secretariat was an amazing horse. His life and the stories about him have been lauded in movies,...
After bringing thousands of dollars or more of profit to their owners, these horses are bound for slaughter houses. A mere commodity sold for a pittance when no longer making big money. Here at Habitat for Horses, we believe that ALL horses should be provided...
By HfH Guest Writer: Allen Warren PART II (Part one was published on our website yesterday, you can read it by clicking here. ~ HfH ) [caption id="attachment_31769" align="alignleft" width="198"] Allen Warren and Sam[/caption]New York state equine medical officials have opened an investigation into the recent rash of...
Twenty race horses euthanized at Finger Lakes this year From: herRochester.com By: Joseph Spector ALBANY — On a cloudy and windy day Oct. 26, Magestick Tomahawk looked like one of the horses to beat at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington. [caption id="attachment_24233" align="alignleft" width="282"] Finger Lakes Race...