Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 04/29/2010



A horse to 'Endorse' amid wild scramble
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- In the past 24 hours, Saturday's Kentucky Derby has gone from a one-horse victory parade to a 20-horse scramble that has even top trainers scratching their heads. The disappearance of hot favorite Eskendereya, the sudden entry of the exciting filly Devil May Care, the scratching of...

Horse-breeding industry destroyed, future grim
ROBERT Mugabe, sir, in the vain hope that you might possibly sneak away from your "minders" for a quiet moment and read this letter, not to mention the even vainer hope that you will actually care, let me lay before you the facts concerning the thoroughbred racing and breeding industries in our land, Zimbabwe, in this desperate year, 2003. Last Friday, May 16, in the Nelson Mandela Hall at ...

The Derby: Is Kentucky Losing Its Horse Supremacy?
Behind the undiminished pageantry of Saturday's Run for the Roses, the state's defining industry is in trouble..

Kentucky Derby 2010: State Fights for Industry Dominance
Behind the pageantry of Saturday's Kentucky Derby, the state's horse-racing industry is in trouble..

Horse racing: Professionals have different opinions on medications and injuries, but changes are undeniable
The following is the second installment in a multi-column exclusive examining medication in horse racing...

Gamble Sours for Many Kentucky Horse Breeders
Horse racings economic decline will be on full display during the Triple Crown season, which begins Saturday...

Entrepreneurs to buy Hermitage Farm
Hermitage Farm, known for its long honor roll of stakes-winning horses and stately pin oak trees, will be sold to entrepreneurs Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson under a deal that will enable the current owner to continue his thoroughbred breeding operation...

Entrepreneurs agree to buy Ky.'s Hermitage Farm
Hermitage Farm, known for its long honor roll of stakes-winning horses and stately pin oak trees, will be sold to local entrepreneurs Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson under a deal that will enable the current owner to continue his thoroughbred breeding operation...

Helping the horses: Legislature tackles issue of unwanted equines
Floss Blackburn knows there's a problem. "I get calls every day and e-mails every day from individuals with horses they can no longer care for," she said. "A lot of this is definitely related to the economy." Blackburn, who runs the Grover-based Denkai Animal Sanctuary, which is the largest horse rescue in northern Colorado, said horse breeding operations coupled with the sluggish economy means ...

For Many Horse Breeders, the Gamble Sours
Horse racings economic decline will be on full display during this seasons Triple Crown season, which begins Saturday with the Kentucky Derby...



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