Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 04/30/2010



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...

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 ...

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

Harder-Than-Harvard Chance of Kentucky Derby Win Spurs Partners
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Joe Savage got hooked on horse racing as a 12-year-old at fairground tracks in western Massachusetts, where hed eavesdrop at the $50 cashier and then run to the $2 window to place his own bet...

In pictures: Chad's horse power
In the dusty heat of Chad's capital a select group of jockeys battle it out on the racetrack for cash and glory...

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..

How to pick a Kentucky Derby winner: Pick the horse with the best name
Derby Day is a ball any way you slice it. But how to pick the winner? Most people look for a horse with good breeding, early speed and staying power. I go by the names...

It's time for the new face of agriculture: It involves you
Agriculture. What do you think of when you hear this word? I know what a lot of people think. They picture a cowboy. His brim pulled over his brow, his chaps swaying with the walk of the horse, his spurs rattling with the movement. They think of a button-up flannel shirt and a red bandana...

Cash Shortage Could Stall Horse Races At Saratoga
For the first time since World War II, there's a chance that horse racing will be canceled this year in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The state's thoroughbred industry is mired in debt and tangled in a fierce political battle in Albany. Without a $17 million dollar bridge loan from the state, the season could be called off, devastating the region's economy...

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...



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