Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 09/20/2009



Md. thoroughbred breeding likely to fall 18 percent in '09 (Baltimore Sun)
Thoroughbred horse breeding in Maryland is projected to fall 18 percent this year, more than twice the national average, The Jockey Club reported Thursday. Overall, breeding in North America is down 8.2 percent in 2009. With the decrease, Maryland drops from eighth to last among the 11 top foal-producing states and provinces. For the first time, Maryland ranks below Pennsylvania, the only state ...

Hero horse in line for bushfire bravery award (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The RSPCA says it will consider a posthumous Purple Cross award for a north-east Victorian horse that saved other animals during a Black Saturday bushfire...

Finn McCool stands supreme at Sports Horse Breeding (GB) championship (Horse and Hound)
Guy Landau and Finn McCool were crowed supreme champions at the Sports Horse Breeding (GB) national championship show..

Munce's hopes blossom with perfect match (Brisbane Times)
CHRIS MUNCE has picked up the prized Caulfield and Melbourne cups ride on Kiwi mare Daffodil following her group 1 victory in the Windsor Park Plate (1600 metres) in New Zealand at the weekend...

India plans return of the cheetah (BBC News)
Soutik Biswas examines whether initiatives to bring the cheetah back to India are a good idea...

Return of the cat? (BBC News)
India plans to bring back the cheetah to its grasslands..

How equine flu became a blessing for three-year-olds (Brisbane Times)
One positive might yet come from the scourge of equine influenza - the virus that shut down the sport, forced many industry players on to the unemployment queue and cost Sydney racing a spring carnival...

English Authority Offering A Thousand Horse Books (Virtual Form Guide)
Sue Cameron, one of the best known authorities in the thoroughbred field in England, is winding down and has put the extensive library on racing and breeding she and her husband have collected from around the world over the past half century on the market for sale as a whole or individually...

The little stable that could (The Globe and Mail)
The tragedy that left Joe MacLellan in a wheelchair was also the catalyst for his career breeding thoroughbreds. Tomorrow, he hopes to beat the odds again when his stable's star, Rahy's Attorney, tries to become the first horse to win the Woodbine Mile twice..

On the Edge of Common Sense: Bronc years (Stamford Advocate)
Calf ropers are a peculiar group of talented cowboys. I would characterize them as more serious about their work than most...



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