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Horse Owners Fight Kentucky Derby Disqualification at 6th Circuit
The owners of Maximum Security, the horse that crossed the finish line first but was later disqualified from the 2019 Kentucky Derby, argued before a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday to revive their due process case against the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
Read moreHorse Meth
A horse trainer sued Canterbury Park racing track in Scott County Court, Minn., claiming two of its employees, not him, were responsible for two horses he trained testing positive for methamphetamine, resulting in disciplinary action against him.
Read moreChicago Puts a Halt to Horse-Drawn Carriages
Horse-drawn carriages will soon be a thing of the past in Chicago, the city council voting Friday to stop issuing licenses for the tourist attraction.
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Feds Sweep 27 in Racehorse Doping Probe
Tying the horse that nearly won the 2019 Kentucky Derby to a massive doping ring, prosecutors unsealed four federal indictments Monday against 27 trainers, veterinarians and other figures from the racing world.
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Judge Recommends New Look at Bid to List Wild Mustangs as Endangered
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service erred when it rejected a petition by an international advocacy group to list a population of wild horses in Montana as threatened or endangered, a federal judge said Tuesday.
Read moreThird Horse Rescued in Kentucky Where 20 Others Were Killed
A third horse has been rescued from a strip mine site in Kentucky where 20 horses were found fatally shot.
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Ruis Racing, whose horse Bolt d’Oro finished second to eventual Triple Crown winner Justify in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby, sued the California Racing Board in superior court, claiming it covered up that Justify tested positive for an illegal substance after the Santa Anita Derby.
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German Vet Loses Appeal Over Death of Swarovski Heir’s Horse
A German veterinarian has lost his appeal over the death of a champion dressage horse belonging to a member of the Swarovski family.
Read moreWild Horses
In the never-ending battle over wild horses, the Friends of Animals sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in federal court, fighting a 10-year plan to drug and castrate wild horses in Lassen County, California.
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Finnish Horse Show Powered Entirely by Manure
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 moreHorse Birth Control
A 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 moreJudge Blocks Protesters From Embattled Horse-Racing Track
More 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 moreNJ Horsemen Ride to Victory in Long-Running Gambling Saga
The 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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Report: Justify Failed Drug Test Before Triple Crown Run
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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Humane Society Says Feds Allow Torture of Horses
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.
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Monarch 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 moreRodeo
Showing 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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