HorseChannel Newswire

Equine Influenza outbreak forces major change to Olympic Dressage selection process in the Asia-Pacific region
The 2007 FEI Regional Olympic Dressage Qualification Event, which was scheduled to take place this week 24-28 October in conjunction with the 2007 Australian Dressage Championships at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre (SIEC), is among the hundreds of equestrian events that have been cancelled since August 25 as a result of the equine influenza outbreak, from the FEI. Read more >>

Horse owners toast to their good fortune
Last week started with evacuees and their 350 horses crowding Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall, Calif., as raging wildfires threatened to destroy some of the county’s prettiest horse country, from The Union-Tribune. Read more >>

Changes in Horse Round-Up
After a helicopter crash during the wild horse roundup at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, procedures will be evaluated, from KXNet.com. Read more >>

George’s legacy lies at end of the dirt track
The poignant public death of a fine racehorse could see Breeders’ Cup go synthetic, from The Guardian. Read more >>

Bullet wound forces destruction of Indiana County horse
State police at Indiana are investigating the shooting of a 2-year-old horse in Shelocta, from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Read more >>

Horse Tramples Woman After Being Attacked by Pitbulls
A Smith Valley, Nev., woman is lucky to be alive after being trampled by her horse Sunday morning after pitbulls attacked the horse, from KTVN.com. Read more >>

Horse slips, officer killed in 1910
In 1910, a Rochester police officer was killed at Meigs and Rockingham streets, from The Rochester Democrat and Republic. Read more >>