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.
Read moreFighting new rules on where horse-drawn carriages can pick up passengers, a half-dozen carriage owners say New York City’s changes are a “recipe for disaster” and a death knell for their industry.
Read moreThe leader of a conservative group in Kentucky said Friday that while he is disappointed with the decision, he wasn’t surprised when a judge ruled this week that wagering on historical horse-racing machines is legal under state law.
Read moreA plan to round up nearly 1,000 wild horses from a national forest in California and sell them for slaughter would betray a decades-old federal policy and violate multiple state and federal laws, animal rights advocates claim in a new federal lawsuit filed Friday.
Read moreBy DENISE LAVOIE For many vacationers on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a trip there is not complete without at least
Read moreHarsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and spurring extreme measures to protect them.
Read moreWild horse advocates sued Bureau of Land Management Wednesday over a plan to remove wild horses from tracts of land in rural Nevada.
Read moreAn Australian state government has decided to legally protect rather than kill thousands of wild horses, infuriating scientists who argue the feral species is doing severe environmental damage to the country’s iconic Snowy Mountains alpine region.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed with prejudice Thursday a horseshoeing school’s claim that California unconstitutionally prevents students without high school diplomas from enrolling, as the state has the power to regulate postsecondary education.
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