First AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Champions Crowned in Denver
History was made in Denver as Sixes Pick and Chance D. O’Neal won the open world title and Peppy Chex Your Gun and Terri Cooper won the amateur world title at the inaugural AQHA Fort Dodge Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships, from AQHA. Read more >>
Measure would ban horse slaughter
Buried deep within the government spending bill Congress passed last month is a provision that effectively bans horse slaughter in the United States, from The Courier-Journal. Read more >>
Garfield County, Colo., horse auction raises concerns
A rescued-horse auction to be held today in Rifle will not screen prospective buyers, a fact that has some concerned the animals could end up back in bad circumstances or bound for slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada, from the Aspen Daily News. Read more >>
Escaped pit bulls kill horse
Rangers are investigating an incident in which two pit bull terriers attacked and killed a horse at a property south of Perth, Australia, from Yahoo. Read more >>
1 Day After Horse Shot Dead, Mourning Rises At Ranch
The gray, misty morning and winter-brown dog fennel that ringed the back pasture cast a gloom over Little Creek Ranch in Florida, scene of a horse slaying, from TBO. Read more >>
Royal Ascot tightens up dress code for Royal Enclosure
Visitors to Royal Ascot this June must adhere to a strict dress code if they want to be allowed in, from Horse and Hound. Read more >>
There’s a horse in the dining hall!
A horse’s hearing is much better than ours; but Rebecca Lafferty, owner and handler of Beatrice, knows the miniature horse’s abilities as a therapy animal are more than an excellent sense of hearing, The Brookings Register.
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