Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 05/26/2010

Q&A with New York City OTB chairman Frucher
If the hottest seat in New York politics is occupied by embattled Gov. David Paterson, surely the second-hottest must belong to Meyer Sandy Frucher, chairman of New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. A pro bono appointee of Paterson, Frucher succeeded David Cornstein as chairman in June 2009. A vice chairman of NASDAQ OMX Group, he has extensive public and private sector experience, including ...

Winning Triple Crown like winning 'an iron-man contest'
Horse racing experts suspect the sport's biggest prize is still possible for some horse, someday..

Swarming Locusts Have Bigger Brains
Image 1: Portrait of a Desert locust in the swarming gregarious phase, with a schematic view of the brain within the head (the brain image was obtained by computer-assisted microscopy). Image credits: Swidbert R. Ott (brain image and composition) and Tom Fayle (locust portrait), both University of Cambridge. Image 2: A solitarious male Desert locust (left) facing a gregarious male (right) of the ...

Recession has taken toll on horses
A circle of help: Local horsepeople work overtime to save starving horses, By Edie Johnson..

Swarming 'swells' locusts' brains
The change from a solitary insect to a swarm "substantially" increases the size of a locust's brains, say scientists...

Raises spark debate
- County commission candidates forum - District 2: Mark Doth vs. Don Williams District 4: Kathryn Minter vs...

Alpacas a warm and fuzzy livestock for Stark couple
Alpacas pop up in the area as local residents take to breeding the animals for their fiber. Alpacas are indigenous to South America...

Northerners dominate key state races
Lancaster Performing Arts Center: 750 W. Lancaster Blvd.; 661-723-5950; www.lpac.org. The 750-seat theater hosts touring entertainers and musicians, in addition to the Cedar Street Theatre Company...

Throughbred horse farm owners work to resolve loan issues
By Carlos E. Medina Correspondent Stonewall Stallions, which recently purchased a farm and opened a stallion division in Ocala, is the latest thoroughbred farm facing lawsuits over loans...

Horse Park focuses on Arabians
Photographs of petroglyphs, plus art and artifacts, will explore "A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse," at the Kentucky Horse Park this summer...

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