HorseChannel Newswire

Equestrian Sport

AQHA Clarifies Progressive Working Hunter Eligibility
The American Quarter Horse Association show department wants to clarify the new progressive working hunter class eligibility, from the AQHA.  Read more >>

Equine Welfare

Stable Fire Kills 9 Horses, Ruled Arson
It was a sad day for the owners of several rodeo trail ride horses, from MyFoxHouston.  Read more >>

Horse owners mourn lost family members
The last time this group came together, they huddled and cried at the wreckage of a barn that had burned, killing all 15 horses inside, from The News Tribune.  Read more >>

Horse Rescue near the BC Alberta Border
At last word, a rescue was continuing today on the slopes of Mount Renshaw on the B-C/Alberta border just west of Jasper, as volunteers try to reach two horses trapped in heavy snow, from Energetic City.  Read more >>

PETA Asks Mayor To Ban ‘Cruel, Dangerous’ Horse-Drawn Carriages
PETA on Tuesday sent an urgent letter to St. Augustine, Fla., Mayor Joseph L. Boles urging him to push for legislation that would prohibit horse-drawn carriages within the city, from News4Jax.  Read more >>

Activists Object To Horse-Carriages
Two accidents happen during holiday festival, from WYFF4.  Read more >>

Human Interest

Stuffed horse causing a stir in Canton
A stuffed horse that is showing up on yards all around Canton, Mass., is causing a stir, from The Patriot Ledger.  Read more >>

The Luckiest Horse In Reno: A Christmas Story
When the men approached, the black foal might have been nursing. Or she might have been on her side, giving her wobbly legs a rest, leaning into her mother under the starry desert sky, from The Huffington Post.  Read more >>

Bones found at Kentucky Horse Park
Workers excavating around the new outdoor riding arena at the Kentucky Horse Park uncovered bones of two people, from the Lexington Herald-Leader.  Read more >>