HorseChannel Newswire

Horse owners to launch EI class action
A Queensland law firm is preparing to launch a multi-million dollar class action against the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) over the horse flu outbreak, from Yahoo. Read more >>

Statement on Laine Ashker’s Condition April 29, 11 a.m.
This morning we are pleased to see more incremental progress with Laine’s lung injury. While she remains on the ventilator, she is beginning to take some breaths on her own. Her vital signs are also improving, from the USEF. Read more >>

Now world’s first cloned horse gives birth to ‘perfectly healthy’ foal
The world’s first cloned horse has given birth to a foal, from the Daily Mail. Read more >>

Barbaro’s Fifth Birthday
April 29 marked what would have been Barbaro’s fifth birthday, from The New York Times. Read more >>

Barbaro’s Brother Will Eat $5,214 as Ethanol Raises Horse Feed
Lentenor, a one-year-old brother of the late Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, is hungry, and that’s going to cost Bill Thomason $1,500 more this year than last, from Bloomberg. Read more >>

Hay Shortage Largely Responsible For Rise In Horse Abuse & Neglect Cases
Horses are Central Kentucky’s calling card to the world, from WTVQ. Read more >>

Horse farm owner, son, and worker charged with cruelty
A horse farm owner, his teenage son, and a man working for the owner have each been charged with 21 counts of second-degree animal cruelty in connection with 11 horses found dead and 10 in poor health at a Rowan County, Ky., farm, from the Lexington Herald-Leader. Read more >>

Official 134th Kentucky Derby Odds Released at All Horse Racing
All Horse Racing (www.allhorseracing.com), an international horse racing company, today released the latest odds on who will win the 2008 Kentucky Derby, from Centre Daily. Read more >>