ABC News Tortured Tennessee Walking Horses Get National AttentionWAAYAn undercover investigation by the Human Society documented the beating of Tennessee Walking Horses. It's reportedly an attempt to make the horses produce the high-stepping gait that wins championships. However, local horse owners and trainers said …ABC to air undercover footage of Collierville resident and horse trainer [...]

Horse chiropractor wins praise from trainer O'NeillPennLive.com"I would do 30 or 40 horses a day, volunteering my time. I don't know if I knew what I was doing. But it wasn't hurting them. So I kept doing it." Thirty years later, Jones, or "Thumper" _ a nickname that could come from the power he exerts [...]

Steve Haskin reports on the Preakness post position draw, new arrivals, and I’ll Have Another. Sponsored by Three Chimneys Farm. View full post on Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com

Dennis Cummings PassesStandardbred CanadaHe raised standardbred racehorses and was a member of the US Trotting Association as well as the WNY Harness Horseman's Association. His best horse was Paradise Indian, who was driven by the late Dave Vance, and won many New York Sire Stakes races in … View full post on standardbred horse – [...]

CBC.ca Bode leads Baffert to PreaknessESPNLooking directly at the three people standing just outside the stakes barn, Baffert said, "If I drop from a heart attack, somebody grab the horse." If I drop from a heart attack, somebody grab the horse. ” — Bob Baffert with Bodemeister at Pimlico …Preakness Stakes revolves around two horses, [...]

Top state officials continued to pound the New York Racing Association, a day after regulators suggested its exclusive franchise to operate the state’s major Thoroughbred tracks could be in jeopardy. View full post on Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com

msnbc.com (blog) Arabian show horse rescued after swimming three miles into the oceanmsnbc.com (blog)A search and rescue team save William, a 7-year-old Arabian show horse, after swam nearly three miles into the ocean. By Isolde Raftery, msnbc.com As the sun set over Loon Point near Santa Barbara on Tuesday evening, waves crashed onto the sand, [...]