HorseChannel Newswire

Equestrian Sport

Samsung Super League
It’s down to the wire this weekend in Barcelona, Spain, where the conclusion to the 2008 Samsung Super League with FEI season looks to be a real thriller, from the FEI.  Read more >>

Equine Welfare

Carroll man faces charges for allegedly kicking horse
A 35-year-old Union Bridge, Md., man was charged yesterday with animal cruelty after the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office identified him through surveillance video kicking a horse and possibly causing injuries to a second horse that led to its death, the sheriff’s office said, from the Baltimore Sun.  Read more >>

Horses Suffer in Weak Economy
The horse industry has hit a low, from MyFox-Eugene.  Read more >>

Deputies sound alert for missing horse in Pelzer, S.C.
Thieves are being sought after reportedly riding off with a $6,000 horse from a pasture that an Easley woman had rented, from the Independent Mail.  Read more >>

Surgery the right diagnosis
He finished third behind Brass Hat and Fairbanks in last year’s Massachusetts Handicap, but Dr. Pleasure may well have a new lease on his horse racing life, from the Boston Globe.  Read more >>

Equine Law

Horse owner sues insurance company
The owner of an East Moline, Ill., equestrian business being sued by a Moline family for selling two poorly kept horses has filed suit against her insurance provider claiming she’s been denied coverage, from the Quad-City Times.  Read more >>