Lack of food, wounded hooves, in testimony at horse abuse trial
The second day of trial for James DeNoyer, the Westport, Calif., man charged with 36 counts of felony animal abuse after Mendocino County Animal Care and Control officers seized 36 horses from property in Westport and Laytonville in December 2005, saw the prosecution continue to call witnesses, from The UkiahDailyJournal.com. Read more >>
Man gets 18 months for shooting horse
Last fall, Brandon Keith Brady was arrested in connection with the shooting of a pregnant mare belonging to Maurice Hays. Brady, 22, of 3310 Poplar Corner Road in Lebanon, Ky., recently was sentenced to 18 months in prison for first-degree criminal mischief. He was also ordered to pay $1,200 restitution to Hays, from The Lebanon Enterprise Online. Read more >>
Girl, horse killed after being hit head-on by car
A 34-year-old man could face charges in connection with a fatal crash that killed a 12-year-old girl and the horse she was riding on a rural road in Saginaw County, Mich., from The Detroit News. Read more >>
Spooked horse jumps into booth
A horse at the Lexington Junior League Horse Show leaped out of the show ring and into the small, mobile announcer's booth, forcing four people to scramble through the booth's windows as sounds of the horse's flailing were broadcast to the crowd at The Red Mile in Kentucky, from the Lexington Herald-Leader. Read more >>
Top endurance horse Vlacq Khamul put down
Top international endurance horse Vlacq Khamul has been put down after a "catastrophic" pastern injury, from Horse and Hound. Read more >>
American Royal To Host Major Rodeo Event
The American Royal Livestock, Horse Show, and Rodeo announced on July 10 that it has entered into an agreement to host the Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo as part of the Royal's fall events through 2009, from the CattleNetwork. Read more >>
John Cleese Puts $28M Horse Ranch On Market
John Cleese and his wife reportedly are selling their sprawling Santa Barbara County horse ranch for $28 million, from CBS2.com. Read more >>
Fraud suit over the sale of horse farm dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging fraud in the $17.5 million sale of a Lexington, Ky., horse farm to billionaire Jess Jackson because of questions on whether the case should be tried in federal court, from the Lexington Herald-Leader. Read more >>
Atwood Ranch Naturally - Setting Up For Success
How many times have you bought a horse wishing you'd gotten him before someone else had messed him up?, from Cascade Horseman. Read more >>