Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 01/23/2010



Trying times for horse nonprofit (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
The recession is hitting the equine community hard. Horse North Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to rehabilitating and placing unwanted horses as well as education and preventative care, has been swamped...

D-n-neigh lab a winning bet (New York Post)
A speed gene in horses is enabling thoroughbred owners to sort would-be sprinters from plodders from just a teaspoonful of the galloper's blood. Scientists at University College in Dublin, Ireland, matched the genetic code of 179 race winners with performance on the track to identify variants of the muscle...

Horse research identifies 'speed gene' (Austin American-Statesman)
Horse research identifies 'speed gene'..

This stud horse is helping rebuild Haiti (Toronto Star)
A champion race horse standing at stud near Guelph is doing its part to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti...

Horse owners on alert after outbreak of swamp fever (Daily Mail)
More than a million British horse owners were on alert last night after two horses tested positive for the deadly disease swamp fever...

Riske Creek quarter horse breeder nets success (Williams Lake Tribune)
Riske Creek resident and horse breeder Len McClure is coming off his best season yet, with his horse Casino High winning four awards at the Alberta Quarter Horse Racing Association year-end banquet...

Long wait pays off for Porter (The News Journal)
After four years of frustration, Rick Porter said seeing Kodiak Kowboy win the Eclipse Award as the top sprinter in the country was worth the wait...

Irish horse racing industry shows decline (RTÉ News)
2009 saw significant contraction across the key measures in the Irish horse racing industry...

Equine seminar at museum (The Goshen Chronicle)
Goshen The Harness Horse Breeders of New York State will hold an equine seminar at The Harness Racing Museum, on Saturday, Jan. 23., with check-in at 10:30 a.m...

Murray returns to winner's enclosure (Trinidad Express)
THE fairytale return to the saddle for former champion apprentice jockey Timmy Murray came full circle with a victory aboard Judy The Judge yesterday at Santa Rosa Park, Arima...



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