Equestrian Sport
USEF Names Short List for 2008 FEI World Single Driving Championships
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has approved the following short list for the 2008 FEI World Single Horse Driving Championships to be held in Jarantow, Poland August 25-31, 2008. The definite entries will be named July 27, 2008, from the USEF. Read more >>
It’s Three for Three at the NRHA Derby
In one of the deepest fields assembled in recent memory, Wimpys Little Chic, owned by Arcese Quarter Horses USA, Weatherford, TX, dominated a field of impressive four-, five-, and six-year-old reining horses with a decisive win in the 2008 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Derby, from the USEF. Read more >>
Arab sheikh backs wild horses for endurance
Could Australia's wild horses be about to take the endurance world by storm? from HorseTalk. Read more >>
Equine Welfare
BLM Plans Emergency Wild Horse Roundup Near Lovelock, Nevada
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will conduct an emergency roundup of more than 330 wild horses from a herd in northern Nevada, citing limited water and forage for the animals, from KTVN. Read more >>
New rules for Florida's horse owners
Nearly a quarter of a million Floridians own horses and on Wednesday they will be required to step-up their recordkeeping, from The Gainsville Sun. Read more >>
Track vets say they're getting a bad rap
Kentucky's racetrack veterinarians are up in arms by how they believe their profession was portrayed in a recent congressional subcommittee hearing on thoroughbred racing, including insinuations that they profit too much from giving horses medication and will do anything to patch up a gimpy horse for a race, from the Courier-Journal. Read more >>
Horse Racing: Australian officials mull new safety measures after fatalities
Australian racing officials are considering new safety measures in jumps racing after the deaths of two horses prompted an emergency review of the sport, from Channel New Asia.Read more >>