Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 04/26/2010



Eskendereya Out of Kentucky Derby: Will There Ever Be Another Triple Crown?
If you enjoy horse racing's three most important races like I do, the news that Eskendereya will miss the Kentucky Derby with a leg injury is crushing. Eskendereya was likely the overwhelming favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, wins by a combined 18 1/4 lengths at the Wood Memorial and the Fountain of Youth leading the Churchill Downs oddsmaker to say he would install the colt as a 2-1 favorite ...

Rabies confirmed in Colorado horse
LAKEWOOD The Colorado Department of Agriculture is encouraging livestock and pet owners to discuss animal health concerns, including the rabies vaccine, with their local veterinarian after a horse in eastern Arapahoe County tested positive for rabies...

Inner Mongolia's Xilingol named "Capital of Horses"
&$ &$Horses are seen in the snow covered grassland in Balgar, West Ujumqin qi, Xilingol, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 30, 2009. (Xinhua/Ren Junchuan, File Photo)&$ &$ Inner Mongolia's Xilingol League, which boasts China's best grassland and breeds the Mongolian horse, was named as the "Chinese Capital of Horses" on Sunday. At a press conference held in the Great Hall of ...

Mini 'Mini' Horse May Break Record
CINCINNATI -- You may have heard of the "Little Einsteins" TV show, but this little Einstein may not be what you expect. He's a horse, born yesterday in New Hampshire that is so small, he may just beat the record...

Mini 'Mini' Horse May Break Record
Tiny colt measures only 14 inches tall and weighs only 6 pounds...

An 'empowering' partnership
MADISON -- Gary Davis stood in the middle of a corral at Albertson's Quarter Horse Farm, the long reins in his hands connected to the horse's halter...

HORSE RACING / 'Old Chief' vs. up-and-comer at GGF
Bold Chieftain and Red Sun are at opposite ends of their careers as they meet in the Grade 2, $150,000 San Francisco Mile today at Golden Gate Fields. A 7-year-old horse whose racing days are winding down, Bold Chieftain has won 16 of 35 starts - 12 of 28 in...

At horse farm, homeless people find ease
Learning how to handle the animals helps build self-esteem, says Brenda Albertson of Madison...

Kentucky Derby: Before Paddy OPrada, there was Blumin Affair
The first horse owned by Iowans to race in the Kentucky Derby finished third in the 1994 Run for the Roses...

Year's end deadline for horse levy plan
AUSTRALIA'S many and varied horse industry groups have until the end of this year to come up with a plan to levy the sector for funds to fight exotic diseases like equine influenza, or else voluntary vaccination will be allowed...



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