Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 06/16/2010



Council trotting to save New Jersey horse racing
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE A panel of industry experts discussed the current state of horse racing in New Jersey and speculated about what the future may hold. read more..

Cloning fast racehorses no easy task
Anyone who has had the privilege of working with a champion horse -- or, perhaps, even seeing one race -- knows there is some special gift that the truly great ones have. Myself, like many horse people, have often wondered what makes these equine athletes so successful and what can be done to [.]..

Sales history now added to horse tattoo database
It's like a Carfax report for horses: Just below the upper lip of most thoroughbred racehorses is a tattoo that can help trace every major step in its life, now including each time the animal has been sold at auction...

Horse racing-Royal Ascot winning debut for Guyon
* Young French jockey impresses on royal meeting debut..

Woman wants her animals back
The Aurora Morgan horse owner and breeder under investigation for alleged animal cruelty is adamant that her 73 horses be returned to her from the SPCA, which seized them along with 57 other animals in a March raid on her farm...

6-time Bareback Horse of the Year retired
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Calgary Stampede's Grated Coconut, the six-time and reigning PRCA Bareback Riding Horse of the Year, has been retired from competition effective immediately, it was announced today in Calgary, Alberta...

Herald 4-H wins big at fair
Victoria Reller, Jessica Statham, Madison Davison, Molly Cochrane, Alex Wood, Courtney Jacobson and Alyssa Montgomery of the Herald 4-H Horse project are shown with armloads of ribbons that they brought home from the 2010 Sacramento County Fair Horse Show. The Herald 4-H Horse group was also presented with a huge trophy for the Good Sportsmanship award presented by the Sacramento County 4-H ...

Horse trainer De Royer-Dupre gets sixth French Oaks win with Sarafina
Odds-on favourite Sarafina won the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) at Chantilly racecourse on Sunday to give trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre his sixth victory in the race...

Horse racing-Royal Ascot winning debut for France's Guyon
French challenger Byword gave 21-year-old French jockey Maxime Guyon a dream Royal Ascot debut on Wednesday to land the Prince of Wales's Stakes in storming style from the British defender Twice Over who battled in vain to peg back the fast improving colt...

Horse Racing: Kite's flying high for Gold Cup bid
WITH Yeats now retired to the breeding sheds, it is time for a new star of the staying division to step forward...



Archives Main Index