HorseChannel Newswire

Eric Lamaze Named 2007 Equine Canada Equestrian of the Year
Equine Canada has named Eric Lamaze the 2007 Equine Canada Equestrian of the Year, from Equine Canada. Read more >>

‘Shock video’ exposes Italy’s horse-meat trade
Animal-rights activists are distributing a video to denounce what they say is the cruelty with which tens of thousands of horses are brought to Italy each year where they are slaughtered for their meat, from the Earth Times. Read more >>

Plight of the brumbies
Adam watched as his mother and father were gunned down, from the Los Angeles Times. Read more >>

Horse trainer indicted on cruelty charges
Loudoun County, Va., grand jury has indicted a horse trainer on 48 counts of animal cruelty, from InRich. Read more >>

Tragedy on the ranch
Cheryl Kanewske can scarcely think back on her childhood without some memory of her sorrel-colored quarter horse “Freckles” popping up, from The Reporter. Read more >>

Brimfield Township woman arrested after another horse dies
Portage County Municipal Judge John J. Plough has ordered a Brimfield Township, Ohio, woman to surrender 20 more horses to the Animal Protective League and the Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary, from WKYC. Read more >>

Coolmore’s $16m flop Green Monkey to be tourist attraction
The most expensive horse ever sold at auction in the U.K. has been retired after failing to win a race and is now set to become a tourist attraction, from This Is London.  Read more >>

Australia and Japan Qualify Dressage Teams for the 2008 Olympic Games
Find out the Dressage teams which will compete at Hong Kong, from the FEI.  Read more >>