In a glimpse of the future, an entire sports event has been run on horse manure. The world’s governing equestrian body on Monday praised a climate-friendly scheme by a Finnish equestrian event to generate all its electricity needs from horse manure, saying the initiative paves way to cutting reliance on fossil fuels in horse sports.
Read moreA federal court in Oregon recommended that the Environmental Protection Agency review its use of ZonaStat-H, a vaccine used as birth control for wild horses. The court found that its decision not to review the vaccine was “arbitrary and capricious.”
Read moreMore than 30 race horses have died in the last year at Santa Anita Park in Southern California, prompting outrage from activists and elected officials across the Golden State. But organized protests of the facility by animal rights activists will not take place on racetrack property, a Los Angeles judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreThe Third Circuit delivered a victory Tuesday to a New Jersey horse racing group that has sought millions in damages from the National Football League and other sports leagues in a long-running legal saga over sports gambling.
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A new report says Justify won the 2018 Triple Crown after a failed postrace drug test at a California track that could have kept the horse out of the Kentucky Derby.
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Prized horses are blistered and maimed to obtain a show-winning gait, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture illegally withdrew a federal rule that would prevent it, the Humane Society said this week in a federal lawsuit.
Read moreMonarch Content Management claims in a federal complaint that Arizona House Bill 2547, set to take effect Aug. 27, interferes with its right to broadcast out-of-state horse races to Arizona.
Read moreShowing Animals Respect and Kindness claims Pro Rodeo Productions of Poway and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association illegally and cruelly shock-tame horses in the chutes to give them the appearance of “bucking broncos,” in San Diego Superior Court.
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The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board and the Bureau of Land Management met Wednesday to discuss some of the challenges currently facing public land management, most notably the issue of horse and burro overpopulation.
Read moreOver a year after the Supreme Court struck down a federal law that barred sports gambling in most states, a New Jersey horse racing group told the Third Circuit on Tuesday that it is entitled to damages to the tune of $150 million.
Read moreCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday giving state horse racing officials the authority to suspend racing events to protect the safety of horses or jockeys.
Read moreState and national racing officials told California lawmakers Wednesday that a recent spate of horse deaths at a Los Angeles area track is an “anomaly” and restated their position that they maintain the “gold standard” in health and racing practices.
Read moreThe owners of Maximum Security, the horse controversially disqualified from this year’s Kentucky Derby, brought a federal lawsuit against the state’s Horse Racing Commission seeking to restore the horse’s victory.
Read moreA federal judge urged the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday to work out a deal with animal rights activists who claim a plan to shrink the glut of wild horses in a Northern California forest will cause some horses to get slaughtered.
Read moreThe fall of the Persian Empire in the 7th century and modern breeding practices both played a part in how horses have changed over the last 5,000 years and a snapshot of that timeline is presented in a new study published Thursday.
Read moreNot far from the glass and steel towers of Germany’s banking capital, a 22-year-old Arabian mare is causing a stir with her languid daily strolls through a Frankfurt neighborhood.
Read more“And down the stretch they come!” It’s a phrase that calls to mind galloping hooves and crumpled vouchers. But is it enough to sustain a copyright?
Read moreCalifornia racetrack Santa Anita plans to reopen its inner exercise track on Friday after it announced earlier in the week that it would halt all racing following the death of 21 horses at the racetrack in the span of two months.
Read moreThe Santa Anita racetrack in Southern California has indefinitely canceled its races after 21 horses have died at the track over the past two months.
Read moreA class of horse buyers claims several Kentucky veterinarians altered x-rays and then destroyed the medical records to conceal the true condition of horses sold at auction at the world-renowned Keeneland Racecourse.
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