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Lucinda Fredericks takes Badminton Horse Trials lead
Pippa Roome, H&H eventing editor
3 May, 2007
Lucinda Fredericks leads the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials after a stunning test with her Burghley winner Headley Britannia (pictured below).
Lucinda's polished performance earned 34.8, putting her seven marks ahead of France's Jean-Lou Bigot, who lies second. Ground jury president Christoph Hess awarded her the first 10 of the competition for her final halt.
"She deserved it totally — there's not a lot left for her to give," said Lucinda of her diminutive mare, who goes for embryo transfer next week.


http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/competitionnews/391/118574.html



Horse Slaughterhouse Struggles to Stand
One of the last standing horse slaughterhouses in America is struggling to stay open. Cavel International is in DeKalb. It primarily exports horse meat for people to eat. Nancy Perry is with the Humane Society.PERRY: We don’t breed them for this purpose, we don’t raise them for this purpose, and we don’t consume them. There’s absolutely no reason why American horses should be caught up in this brutal, grizzly practice.
The Humane Society is part of a lawsuit that forced the slaughterhouse to shut down in March. An appeals court ruling earlier this week allowed it to temporarily reopen.
Cavel International manager James Tucker denies the company does anything brutal or inhumane.
Producer: City RoomRelease date: 5/3/2007


Derby Blog: The Horse That Started It All
By NBC10 Sports Reporter Jade McCarthy
POSTED: 3:57 pm EDT May 3, 2007
UPDATED: 5:05 pm EDT May 3, 2007
In 2004, Smarty Jones reintroduced horse racing to Philadelphia. Sure, there were plenty of people in the area who were involved and fans of the sport before then, but Smarty was the one that really reached out and grabbed people.


http://www.nbc10.com/sportsalpha/13253402/detail.html


Super trainer on drive with 5-horse power
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Louisville, Ky.- Todd Pletcher moved from chair to chair and owner to owner at the Kentucky Derby draw Wednesday night, one trainer with five horses and many masters for Saturday's 133rd edition of the Run for the Roses.
Pletcher will tie Nick Zito and D. Wayne Lukas for the most Derby starters when he sends Circular Quay, Scat Daddy, Any Given Saturday, Sam P. and Cowtown Cat out of the gates in the first leg of the Triple Crown. Pletcher seeks his first Derby win, and with the race having seen rookie Derby trainers win the past four years, super trainers have had a rough go of it. Maybe at the highest levels, more isn't best.
"I wouldn't be comfortable," said owner Rick Porter of being one of many bosses for a trainer in this race. He has one horse, Hard Spun, and one trainer, Larry Jones, all to himself this week.


http://www.cleveland.com/sports/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1178181646224960.xml&coll=2


Paging Lukas, Zito, Baffert
By Neil Milbert
Tribune staff reporter
May 2, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
LOUISVILLE -- For the first time since 1980, neither D. Wayne Lukas, nor Bob Baffert nor Nick Zito will have a horse in the Kentucky Derby.From 1981 through 2006, Lukas trained four Derby winners, Baffert three and Zito two.
Half-baked bonus
Yum! Brands, the corporate sponsor of the Saturday's Kentucky Derby, has instituted a $1 million bonus that owners, trainers and the media are finding very hard to stomach.The bonus calls for the owner, trainer and jockey and the Barbaro Fund to split the $1 million equally if the winning horse in the Derby exceeds Barbaro's 6 1/2 -length margin of victory in last year's race.With the next two legs of the grueling Triple Crown series, the Preakness and Belmont, looming in the five weeks after the Derby, the last thing a trainer wants his jockey to do is overextend the horse in an attempt to win the bonus.Under normal circumstances, it's highly unlikely a horse would win by more than 6 1/2 lengths. Before Barbaro the last horse to do so was Assault, who won by 8 lengths in 1946. So, it appears that Yum! Brands is hoping to get 60 years of publicity out of its zany gimmick.
Stranger to dirt
Sedgefield has run in eight races in his career but the Kentucky Derby will be the first time he has raced on the dirt. Five of his races have been on the Polytracks at Keeneland and Turfway Park and three have been on the grass at Gulfstream Park and Calder.


http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/horseracing/cs-070502derbybits,1,1068453.story?coll=cs-home-headlines



Trainer looking for Kentucky Derby encore
RICHARD ROSENBLATTAP Racing WriterMay 03, 2007
It was love at first sight for trainer Barclay Tagg.He was in Florida about 16 months ago checking a 2-year-old bay colt he would be training for owner Elizabeth Valando."He jogged out on the track and breaks into a gallop and looks like Nureyev," Tagg recalled this week at Belmont Park. "He was absolutely gorgeous."Tagg called Valando on his cell phone."I'm here looking at your horse and he's the most magnificent horse anybody could ever lay eyes on," he told her. "If this isn't a Triple Crown candidate, they've never made one."Now, Nobiz Like Shobiz has grown into an imposing 3-year-old and Wednesday was made the 8-1 co-third choice for the Kentucky Derby, behind 7-2 favorite Curlin and 4-1 second choice Street Sense.


http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070503/SPORTS/705030341/-1/NEWS


Local horse trainer is glad to see his son on top of the industry

BY FRED HIERSSTAR-BANNER

OCALA - J.J. Pletcher compares his success in the horse racing business with that of his son, Todd Pletcher, this way: "People would say there's Todd Pletcher. Who's that guy next to him? But that's the way it's supposed to be," a smiling J.J. Pletcher said from his Ocala Payton Training Center. "A father is supposed to want more for his son. And I enjoy his success more than I enjoy my own."Todd Pletcher will have multiple horses in the Kentucky Derby this year. He has won the Eclipse Award three times and is consistently one of the top prize money earners annually in the racing business. He has some of the world's best horses in his care, and many consider him one of the most successful trainers.

http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070501/NEWS/205010310/1001/NEWS01


Horse deaths mount at soon-to-be shuttered Bay Meadows

SAN MATEO, Calif. Twenty-five horses have died while racing or practicing at Bay Meadows this spring _ nine more than incurred fatal injuries over an 11-month period that state regulators had studied previously.
The statistics were compiled by the California Horse Racing Board, which is requiring Bay Meadows and the state's four other major horse racing venues to replace dirt tracks with synthetic surfaces considered safer for horses.

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=6462644&nav=9qrx


Name Selected for Colt Rescued from Interstate 44 Accident
by: Press Release
Article # 9511
The Humane Society of Missouri's Longmeadow Rescue Ranch is proud to announce Twist of Fate as the winning name for the new colt born April 18. More than 5,360 votes were cast to help pick the colt's name. "Twist of Fate" led the pack to become the colt's marvelous moniker.
The Humane Society of Missouri asked for a public vote to help choose the colt's new name.
"We received such a great outpouring of support from our community when these horses were rescued that we felt it was important to include them in the excitement of the arrival of the new colt and in his naming," says Kathy Warnick, president of the Humane Society of Missouri and Longmeadow Rescue Ranch.
Twist of Fate, or "Twister," was born to Mama, a Thoroughbred mare that was pregnant and bound for the slaughterhouse when she was rescued from a tractor trailer accident on Interstate 44 last September.
"We call him our miracle colt," says Earlene Cole, Director of Longmeadow Rescue Ranch. "We're amazed everyday because this beautiful, spirited colt is so full of life, and that life almost ended before it began."

http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=9511


Champion horse was 'money in the bank'
Competitive streak, smarts made Topper a horse for the ages
11:21 PM CDT on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Tie-down roper Stran Smith used to refer to his horse, Topper, as his business partner.
"He was a tremendous athlete and physically gifted," he said of the 25-year-old gelding, on whom he earned $130,000 at 21 rodeos in 2004. "He had the ability to turn his intense competitive fire on and off. He was gentle in the pasture but immensely intense in the arena. He made you a better competitor. He was money in the bank."
Smith said Topper was his closer, using baseball parlance to illustrate his point.


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/eknocke/stories/050307dnspoknocke.349871a.html


Baffert looms large over horse racing
By John GruppTRIBUNE-REVIEWThursday, May 3, 2007
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- With his signature white hair and dark sunglasses, Bob Baffert arguably is the most recognizable figure in the horse racing industry.
The 54-year-old Californian boasts more than $100 million in earnings since learning the trade as a Quarter Horse trainer in the 1980s. He dominated the Triple Crown from 1997-2002, winning two legs on four occasions. He saddled three Kentucky Derby winners, Silver Charm in 1997, Real Quiet in 1998 and War Emblem in 2002, and Preakness and Belmont winner Point Given in 2001.
Baffert ranks No. 2 in earning among Santa Anita trainers and has won more stakes races at Del Mar than anyone. Since his hot streak in the Derby, however, Baffert has finished no better than 14th with four horses.


http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_505767.html



Faith in this Derby horse unbridled
Trainer Nafzger says Street Sense would beat his 1990 winnerBy Neil MilbertTribune staff reporterMay 1, 2007, 10:43 PM CDT
LOUISVILLE -- Carl Nafzger didn't hesitate when asked who would win a hypothetical match race pitting his 1990 Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled against his current Kentucky Derby candidate Street Sense."This guy right here," the trainer replied, pointing to the bay colt taking a mid-morning nap in Barn 26 in the Churchill Downs stable area.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/horseracing/cs-070501derby,1,4379608.story?coll=cs-home-headlines


Griffin's horse won't run Saturday
By Neil Milbert
Tribune staff reporter
May 1, 2007, 10:12 PM CDT
LOUISVILLE -- Owner Merv Griffin withdrew Cobalt Blue from the Kentucky Derby on Tuesday and Teuflesberg moved off the standby list into the 20-horse field for Saturday's race.Immediately after speaking to the 81-year-old TV mogul on the phone, Cobalt Blue trainer Doug O'Neill called Teuflesberg's trainer and co-owner, Jamie Sanders, to give her the good news.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/horseracing/cs-070501derbybits,1,413092.story?coll=cs-home-headlines


From horse's mouth - show on course to harness racing history
By Ian Noble
HORSERACING fans are under starter's orders for a tribute to the sport at a show that has opened in the region.
The World of James Herriot museum, in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, is staging an exhibition of the history of the sport of kings.
The exhibition, called From the Horse's Mouth, is being held to mark the 150th anniversary of the Kilburn White Horse.
Racing memorabilia, on show until November, includes a race card used by the future King Edward VII.
Horseracing fans will be able to trace the sport in Thirsk from 1612 - when King James I gave it his support.


http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1369918.0.from_horses_mouth_show_on_course_to_harness_racing_history.php


Edgecombe's no dark horse
02.05.2007
SHANE HURNDELL
Equestrian's Oliver Edgecombe is Hawke's Bay's March senior sportsperson of the month.
Edgecombe took out the Sport Hawke's Bay-organised award after winning the Horse of the Year class at the Kelt Capital Horse of the Year show in Hastings. The Waipukurau farmer also represented New Zealand in the Tri-Nations competition and won the horse grand prix class at the Carterton Showjumping Championships.
Surf lifesaving's Daniel Moodie captured the March junior award after a month equally as memorable as Edgecombe's. At his national championships in Gisborne Moodie repeated his open-under-19 ironman double victories from 2006, won the under-19 run-swim-run and board race titles and was second in the under-19 surf race, board rescue and surf team race and third in the under-19 taplin relay, ski relay and surf ski relay.

http://www.hbtoday.co.nz/localsport/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3732260&thesection=localsport&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=



Official 133rd Kentucky Derby Odds Released at All Horse Racing

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--All Horse Racing (www.allhorseracing.com), an international gaming company, today released the latest odds on who will win the 2007 Kentucky Derby:
For latest Kentucky Derby odds, please visit the All Horse Racing (www.allhorseracing.com).
The world may be watching “The Most Exciting 2 Minutes in Sports” at 6PM ET on NBC, but they will bet on the Kentucky Derby online at All Horse Racing.
To celebrate the Running of the Roses, All Horse Racing is offering a free bet on the Kentucky Derby as well as free bets on the other two jewels of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.


http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070501006175&newsLang=en




MRI brings huge benefits to injured horses
Bone and soft tissue injuries in horses are increasingly being diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), allowing subtle injuries to be found and treated appropriately.
Veterinarians at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, which was the first equine hospital in the eastern United States to offer MRI, houses a Hallmarq open 0 .3 Tesla magnet that became operational in April 2004.


http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2007/05/016.shtml



No pressure for Kentucky Derby veteran
BY Kevin HarrisTHE EVENING NEWS AND THE TRIBUNE (JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Derby week can be a stressful time for thoroughbred trainers.But that is not the case for Street Sense trainer Carl Nafzger.The veteran trainer, who won the 1990 Derby with Unbridled, is enjoying his third Derby appearance. And he should with a 3-year-old like Street Sense, who is one of the front-runners to be the morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 133rd “Run for the Roses.”“It is fun. Hey, you work all of your life to get here,” Nafzger said. Tuesday morning on the Churchill Downs’ backside, Nafzger was poised and relaxed outside Barn 26 while talking to the media. He used a famous line from professional golfer Lee Trevino to describe how loose he is heading into the greatest horse race in the world.


http://www.sapulpadailyherald.com/sports/cnhinsprosports_story_121171314.html?keyword=topstory



DNA will tell the tale of Outer Bank's wild horses
By CATHERINE CLABBYApril 30, 2007
Many who see the wild horses that roam the Outer Banks conclude they're a rare and different breed. Now science may confirm it.
An equine-genetics specialist from Texas is collecting genetic material - 60 strands of hair from horses in the herds on Shackleford Banks and around Corolla - to analyze where these postcard-perfect icons of North Carolina originated.


http://www.kitsapsun.com/bsun/bu_technology/article/0,2403,BSUN_19061_5515024,00.html



Plump Horses Need More Rides, MU Veterinary Experts Warn
Mizzou Researchers say obesity in horses can lead to fatal problems
COLUMBIA, MO - Horses are inheritably couch potatoes. An overeating, slothful horse leads to an obese horse. Unlike humans, however, horse owners often don't see the dangers of an obese horse. Caretakers may see no harm in giving their horses rich foods, but obesity in horses is just as unhealthy as obesity in humans and can lead to fatal diseases.
"There is a striking parallelism between humans and horses when it comes to obesity," said Philip Johnson, professor of veterinary medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia. "Some of the very same problems humans encounter with obesity may also occur in horses."
Obesity in horses not only causes weight gain but also endocrine problems, including insulin resistance. The equine obesity risks have been less studied, but researchers believe horses have similar risks as humans, such as heart disease and diabetes.

http://research.missouri.edu/news/stories/070430_obesity.htm



Doubt at Derby After Road That Included Synthetic Surfaces

By BILL FINLEY
Published: May 2, 2007
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 30 — They will put 20 horses in the starting gate Saturday, evenly matched 3-year-olds in from all corners of the country, none of whom had ever raced at a mile and a quarter. The Kentucky Derby is already the sport’s most difficult handicapping puzzle, and this year there will be a new twist. For the first time, horses that have earned their way into the field after winning major prep races over synthetic racing surfaces will be among the 20 starters. How will they do? No one seems to know.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/sports/othersports/02racing.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin


Rolex: Safety Precautions in Place for Horses, Riders, and Spectators
by: Dana Bouknight

The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, sponsored by Farnam, is one of the most prestigious events in a potentially dangerous sport. An extensive medical support team for horses and humans works behind the scenes to keep the only four star event in the United States running smoothly and safely.
This support team consists of paramedics for riders and spectators, as well as a cadre of veterinarians.
Lisa Crump, DVM, an associate veterinarian for Rolex, checks the horses before they even start the competition. She offers advice to the judges, who have the final say on whether the horses are physically ready for the competition.
The horses are again checked at the end of the cross country event and the morning of the stadium jumping event. Horses are also randomly drug tested throughout the competition.
The most challenging day of Rolex features the cross country phase, which is when the support teams have to be on their toes. The morning of cross country is filled with preparation for all team members.

http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=9504



A Vestige of the Past Shutters Its Stalls

The horses relaxed upstairs in their wooden stalls as the radio played, munching on hay and oblivious to history, controversy and other human concerns. Downstairs, in an old office lined with dusty saddles, Paul Novograd pulled out a black-and-white photo from the 1930s. It was a picture of his father.

Mr. Novograd’s Polish-born father, Irwin, started working at the Claremont Riding Academy during the Depression, as a bookkeeper. He took over the business in 1943, and his son, who grew up playing hide-and-seek among the hay bales, eventually became the owner.
Yesterday, Paul Novograd, 63, ended the family tradition, closing the stables for good. Were this some other place, some place out West maybe, the shuttering of one old riding school might have gone unnoticed. But what made Claremont unique was not so much what it was but where it was: in the heart of Manhattan, on the Upper West Side, a few steps from a Papa John’s pizzeria at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 89th Street, and less than two blocks from Central Park.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/nyregion/30claremont.html?ex=1178596800&en=516475ccf0aa065d&ei=5070&emc=eta1


Horse gait analysis goes high-tech
Gait analysis, lameness diagnosis and hoof balancing in horses is to be made easier for veterinarians with a new high-speed digital video system to be launched this month by Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center.
Researchers at the centre have been testing the system since October 2006, and are scheduled to start clinical application this month.


http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2007/05/002.shtml



Kentucky Derby horse Storm in May flying nearly blind
April 30, 2007 - 20:51 By: BETH HARRIS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Storm in May will be flying nearly blind in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
Trainer Bill Kaplan paid US$16,000 for the colt last April, getting the bargain basement deal because Storm in May is completely blind in his right eye. "It doesn't affect him at all," Kaplan said Monday. "I knew I couldn't buy him for an owner, so I took him back to Calder and Felicity Waugh, my girlfriend, galloped him for four days.
"She's an understated girl, but said that he was the most well-behaved and steadiest horse she had ever galloped in her life."
Kaplan retains a one-quarter ownership in Storm in May, who has earned $450,000 for him and partners Teresa and David Palmer.
Storm in May might not be the cheapest horse in the Derby. Teuflesberg, who may not make the field because he hasn't won enough money, cost $9,000 - a shockingly modest amount for a thoroughbred.


http://www.570news.com/news/sports/article.jsp?content=s043059A


World's largest horse sculpture planned
A groundbreaking plan to create the world's largest horse sculpture is taking shape in the workshop of one of Scotland's leading artists.
The 35-metre high 'Kelpie' heads are based on the mythical Scots creatures of the same name and are the brainchild of British Waterways and internationally acclaimed sculptor Andy Scott.
The heads will form part of a £25 million bid to the Big Lottery Fund for The Helix project, an ambitious initiative which, if the application is successful, will transform the landscape between Falkirk and Grangemouth into a thriving environmental community and tourism asset for Scotland.


http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2007/05/004.shtml


Bryce Newman wins Puhinui horse trials
March 12, 2007
Bryce Newman (Palmerston North) would have needed to have a really bad day at the office yesterday not to win the three star class at the Puhinui three day event in Manukau City. A clear cross-country round with only 9.6 time penalties on Saturday and his good dressage score had left him well out in front of a small, but quality field.
He and Bates Our Questionnaire dropped only one show jumping rail to take the win at an event at which he has several times been second.
"I love this place," he said afterwards. "Sometimes I'm wondering what I'm doing driving for seven hours?but after the third fence on the cross-country course I know why."


http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2007/03/064.shtml



Newman tops advanced horse trials class again
May 1, 2007
Bryce Newman clocked up yet another advanced horse trials win at the weekend, at the Himatangi Horse Trials in Tangimoana, at the weekend.
Newman won the advanced class on Bates Our Questionnaire, on whom he won the Puhinui three-day event in March.
Newman led from the showjumping phase, beating Ella Matthews (Rotorua) on Major Difference into second place. Third was Natalie Page (Levin) on Tom Collins, with Andrew Scott was fourth and fifth on Mitavite X-Factor and Duncan.


http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2007/05/003.shtml



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Horses, Hobbyists Clash in Western Fairfax County
April 30, 2007 - 10:32am
FAIRFAX, Va. - Horses and high flying model airplanes are clashing over land use plans in western Fairfax County.
Officials with the Fairfax County Park Authority proposed more than a year ago that a portion of parkland along Bull Run Post Office Road be set aside for use by model plane enthusiasts. But horse owners who live nearby say the flights are disturbing their animals.
Riders also use the land to reach equestrian trails in nearby Manassas National Battlefield Park. The park's superintendent has expressed concern that the noise of the miniature aircraft could disturb visitors to the federal site.
Development has made it difficult for plane enthusiasts to find areas to operate their models. Montgomery, Prince George's and Prince William counties have all set aside locations for use by model aviators.
Information from: The Washington Post
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
FAIRFAX, Va. - Horses and high flying model airplanes are clashing over land use plans in western Fairfax County.
Officials with the Fairfax County Park Authority proposed more than a year ago that a portion of parkland along Bull Run Post Office Road be set aside for use by model plane enthusiasts. But horse owners who live nearby say the flights are disturbing their animals.
Riders also use the land to reach equestrian trails in nearby Manassas National Battlefield Park. The park's superintendent has expressed concern that the noise of the miniature aircraft could disturb visitors to the federal site.
Development has made it difficult for plane enthusiasts to find areas to operate their models. Montgomery, Prince George's and Prince William counties have all set aside locations for use by model aviators.
Information from: The Washington Post
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)



Who knew? Horses eat like horses
06:01 PM EDT on Monday, April 30, 2007
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- They really do eat a lot -- like a horse. That's what one new thoroughbred owner is finding out. The costs can add up fast.
Brian Kirby just bought a horse. He is now the proud owner of Dan the Bluegrass Man.
“He was at the discount price of about $10,000,” Kirby says.
But here at Joe Woodard’s barn on the backside of Churchill Downs, assistant trainer Tony Scott says before you start thinking about winning those big purses, first you need to think about feeding them.


http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/043007whasmjdChuckDerbyFeedingHorses.24265246.html


Eastern Tent Caterpillars Could Threaten Pregnant Horses
USAgNet - 04/30/2007If you have pregnant mares and have noticed the growth of eastern tent caterpillars on your farm, it would be wise to consider controlling the caterpillars. In a next few weeks, mature tent caterpillar larvae will move from host trees and wander about searching for a suitable site in which to pupate and eventually emerge as moths.Large larvae can move into forage vegetation, at which time they could be consumed by horses. If this occurs, pregnant mares may experience serious foaling problems.In Kentucky, six years ago, the equine industry suffered an epidemic called "mare reproductive loss syndrome," abbreviated MRLS. It caused the deaths of fetuses in all breeds of horses and cost the industry $336 million. The losses were initially attributed to infected Kentucky 31 tall fescue. For a while, losses were attributed to poison hemlock, a toxic plant that had been growing on many of these horse farms.


http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-national.php?Id=966&yr=2007


May The Horse Be With You
Posted by Andrew Cohen
(CBS)
Lawyer Andrew Cohen analyzes legal affairs for CBS News and CBSNews.com.
Let’s go off the board today and talk about horses. It is Derby Week, otherwise known as the seven days leading to Saturday’s running of the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby. Don’t worry, even though I am a bona fide horseman (you can look it up), I am not going to waste your time and mine by trying to handicap the big race. What I am going to do is share with you some heartening horse stories that have popped up over the past week—stories that remind us of the uniquely symbolic place that horses hold in life of this nation.


http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/04/30/couricandco/entry2740783.shtml


Riders, horses receive awards
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. — Horses of Hope Riding Center Inc. recently received 2006 American Quarter Horse Association awards at the association’s national convention and awards banquet at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston, Texas.
The awards include Equestrians with Disabilities winners Sarah Smittle, of Columbus, and Patricia Wallace, of Fort Scott. Show Team Hope member Kevin Feather, of Sarcoxie, Mo., received the Equestrians with Disabilities horsemanship award.
Horses of Hope therapy horses also received awards. Saw the Connection was recognized as the national Equestrians with Disabilities horsemanship horse.


http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_120095111.html


At home in the saddle Hard Spun trainer stays close to the barn
"Just a second," Larry Jones says, cutting off an interview on a cool, wet morning outside his barn at Keeneland.
He ducks inside, grabs a pitchfork and wades into the bedded straw in the stall of his Kentucky Derby colt Hard Spun.
"Get back there," he tells Hard Spun, pushing the colt's neck back with one hand while scooping up a forkful of manure and straw with the other. Coming out, he explains, "If I don't get it right away, he'll start walking through it first thing."
Let's just say that's not the kind of interruption you'd encounter with Bob Baffert or D. Wayne Lukas. But you couldn't ask for a better introduction to Jones.
The first look most people get of Jones is memorable. At age 50, he still gallops many of his own horses, and he cuts an unusual figure with his 6-foot, 180-pound frame in the saddle.


http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070430/SPORTS0801/704300496/1002/SPORTS


Bailiffs’ threat over horses
Council-employed bailiffs have threatened to put down two horses belonging to a Black Country woman unless she proves that they are hers – despite her sending them the animals’ passports.
Debbie Heaven, aged 42, said she was distraught after receiving a letter from the firm that impounded the horses after they were left on public land near her son Chad’s home.
She sent a full set of documentation to PPS Impoundment but was told the animals would be “disposed of” unless they provided more information within 14 days. Mrs Heaven, from Withymoor, Amblecote, Stourbridge, said: “The whole family is devastated.
“We accept they shouldn’t have been there but I can’t believe a company employed by the council is threatening to kill two innocent animals.


http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2007/04/30/bailiffs-threat-over-horses/


2 miniature horses performing tricks
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Seized horses prompt charges
LIMONITE STABLES: Prosecutors file cruelty counts against the owner of the shuttered business.
12:19 AM PDT on Friday, August 5, 2005
By JOHN WELSH / The Press-Enterprise
MIRA LOMA - An owner of a former Mira Loma riding stable is facing 15 counts of felony animal cruelty.
The Riverside County district attorney's office filed the charges Wednesday against Lacie Lynn Caron, who is also facing an arrest warrant that was signed by a judge in July.
Authorities seized 29 horses and ponies from the Limonite Riding Stables, Caron's business, in June and placed them at a "foster ranch." Officials destroyed two that could not be saved, according to court records.


http://www.pe.com/breakingnews/local/stories/PE_News_Local_D_horses05.1db0e1b1.html


Jumping the hurdles to see the horses
4-H show draws a crowd; Clatsop County Fair closes SaturdayBy JOSH LINTEREURThe Daily AstorianFrom enthusiasts who can differentiate equitations from hunter hacks, to onlookers who don’t know a western saddle from a hunt seat, the 4-H horse show at the Clatsop County Fair always draws a crowd.With numerous categories and styles of competition, the horse show spans nearly every day of the fair. And for each stage, spectators trickle into the stands, making it one of the fair’s most well-attended daily activities.“The stand are usually full,” said Nora Skipper of Astoria, who has been the announcer at the horse show for more than 15 years and has ridden horses since she was 10 years old. “Everybody comes and sits and watches the horses for a while.”


http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=26596&TM=52477.09



Winston faces spell on sidelines
Jockeys' championship leader Robert Winston is set to be out for at least two months after falling and breaking his jaw at Ayr on Saturday.
It means the Irishman's dream of a first title is almost certainly over.
His mount Pearl's A Singer fell on the home bend, bringing down other horses, and Winston went through the rails.
"I think you are looking at anywhere between two and three months at the quickest to get back," said his agent Richard Hale.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4128346.stm


No Gift Horses Here, So Look in Their Mouths


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/sports/othersports/14horse.html?ex=1178424000&en=f75f92b19d0b5837&ei=5070


Thiry-Seven More Horses Diagnosed With West Nile Virus
Monday, August 08, 2005 - 02:40 PM
Eric Nelson
News Director
Sacramento, CA -- State health officials say the reported cases of West Nile virus in horses continues to rise.
Officials say 37 horses were diagnosed last week with 16 dead. That brings the total number of horse deaths from the disease to 40 statewide this year.
Both the number of infections and deaths are higher than a year ago.
Officials are urging horse owners to get their animals vaccinated as soon as possible.


http://www.mymotherlode.com/News/article/kvml/1123537388


Hot Horses: Who's Generating the Buzz for Saratoga's First Sessionby David Schmitz
Date Posted: August 8, 2005
Last Updated: August 10, 2005

What's looking good in Saratoga?
Following is a list of the horses in the first session of the Fasig-Tipton select yearling sale that were generating a buzz among consignors and buyers prior the auction's start Tuesday night in New York:
Hip No. 6, a Grand Slam – Varnish filly, consigned by Gainesway, agent. This filly is a half-sister to stakes winner Swingforthefences and is from the family of champion Wajima. "She is a high quality filly," said Michael Hernon of Gainesway. "She's athletic; she's attractive; she's correct; and she moves well. She also comes from a very quality family."
Hip No. 7, an Elusive Quality – Very Special Lite colt, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. This colt is out of a grade III winner and is a half-brother to grade III winner Strategic Partner. "This is the first crop of Elusive Quality where we're starting to see the higher quality pedigrees come into play," said Mark Taylor of Taylor Made. "This is arguably the best bred Elusive Quality colt to go through the sale ring. And he's got the physical to match. He's just a really, really classy colt. He's dead correct, and he's got great balance."


http://auctions.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=29422


$150,000 IN PURSES FOR NJ-SIRED HORSES
Harnesslink Admin 07:53 AM 10-Aug-2005 NZST
A total of 88 New Jersey-sired pacers and trotters will be competing for nearly $150,000 in purse money on Thursday and Friday, the first two race dates of the 2005 Freehold Raceway fall meet.
Most of the purse money will be in New Jersey Sire Stakes competition, $80,000 in eight races in the Green Acres Division on Thursday and Friday, and $49,500 in two races in the Pari-Mutuel Division on Friday.
Another $20,000 will be available in two elimination heats for the Helen Smith Trot for three-year-old New Jersey-sired filly trotters on Friday.


http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=27910


Massey gets $5m for research on horses
Massey university will receive a special $5 million grant under the government's Partnerships for Excellence scheme to develop a research-based partnership with the equine industry.The announcement, made by Prime Minister Helen Clark and Education Minister Trevor Mallard, said the private industry partners in the project would be Bomac Laboratories, Matamata Veterinary Services and others in the equine industry.Mr Mallard said that although the equine industry has the potential to earn more per hectare for New Zealand overseas than the dairy industry, to date it has not benefited from the same level of investment in research.


http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=12611&cid=15&cname=Politics


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