Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 02/27/2010



Horse price slump prompts Govt boost call (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The Tasmanian Government has been urged to increase prize money for thoroughbred racing to maintain a viable local horse breeding industry...

Nature Notes: Whos out there? (Westborough News)
The wailing and whinnying you might have heard in Westborough's woods lately are nothing to fear. Theyre the songs of the screech owl. This time of year EUR February and March EUR is the breeding season, when you might even hear them during the day...

Veterinarian testifies about poor conditions at horse farm (The Daily Mail)
Horse breeder Ernest Paragallo, right, in this 2009 file photo. Photo by Claude Haton CATSKILL EUR” A veterinarian working with animal cruelty investigators painted a gruesome picture of the Center Brook Farm on the day 177 malnourished thoroughbreds were seized in April 2009...

As a Derby Favorite Soars, an Owner Stumbles (New York Times)
Ahmed Zayats horses have excelled on the track, but he has struggled to keep his empire afloat, becoming entangled in legal and financial troubles...

Latest horse fatality statistics fuel more debate (San Diego Union-Tribune)
California horse racing reported more racehorse deaths over the previous two years, 645, than any other reported two-year period, according to data released yesterday in the annual report by the California Horse Racing Board...

Website promotes Kentucky horse industry (FOX 41 Louisville)
Kentucky Equine Education Project website lets those who make their living in the horse industry tell their story in their own words...

Horse breeder Thomson dies at 98 (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
Walter J. Thomson, founder of the Rancho Felicia breeding program in Santa Ynez, died Feb. 1 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, after a long illness, with his wife Mary Jean at his side...

Ore. llama rescuer seeks seized horse (Fremont News-Messenger)
FREMONT -- For an Oregon woman, selling her prized Arabian stallion to Robin Vess about five years ago wasn't an easy decision...

Horse industry's rough ride: equine enthusiasts coping with a tough economy (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
Organizers expect to see a decline in the number of horses and riders taking part in this week's National Stock Horse Association show at the International Agri-Center...

Llama rescuer seeks confiscated horse (Port Clinton News Herald)
FREMONT -- Selling her prized Arabian stallion to Robin Vess about five years ago wasn't an easy decision for Sherri Tallmon...



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