Preakness Runner-Up Sidelined with Pelvic Fracture

Itsmyluckyday is expected to miss four months of training with a slight fracture of the ilium. Read More

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(Not) All In Good Fun

5 Apr 2012, 2:25 PM
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Yet another story about riding horses while under the influence of alcohol, only this time there's an unhappy ending....

Oh No She Didn't Just Slap That Horse!

18 Jan 2011, 4:11 PM
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We've unleashed our intern on some weird horse news! Here's a word from Mary Beth: My, my, my, what is the world coming to? Orange Floridian alligators , two-year-old drag queens (" Toddlers and Tiaras " reference, holla!), and drunken women slapping police horses? Enough is clearly enough, people. The hand that slaps might be the hand that's cuffed. If you're anything like me, you'll find the recent...

Designated Driver: A New Job for Horses?

7 Jan 2011, 10:18 AM
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A new television commercial airing in Montana is raising quite a stir in the New Year. The commercial, produced by the Montana Department of Transportation, essentially aims to encourage the use of designated drivers. News Editor Erica Larson and Photo/Newsletter Editor Megan Arszman take two opposing views on the context of the ad. CON (by Erica): While I (and everyone here at TheHorse.com) stand...

Horse & Buggy (Low-Speed) Police Chase

20 Jul 2010, 9:44 AM
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Back in the Wild West it wasn't surprising to have police chases via horseback. The bad guys tried to run away on their fast horses after robbing a bank, and the sheriffs or U.S. Marshals would give chase on their dependable steeds. It was more like an "equal speed" chase because both parties were using the same type of horsepower. So what about a police chase of unequal speed? You know, one horsepower...

Fashion Week

14 Dec 2009, 5:02 PM
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Every few years those-in-the-know declare equestrian is "in" and (at least for the next 15 minutes) the fashion mags fill with emaciated gals sitting/hanging/leaning on obviously sedated horses whose lead shanks and reins meander into unseen hands out of the frame. Well, it must be that time again because the New York Times tells me Gucci and Hermès are jumping into the world of show jumping sponsorship...

Attack of the Zedonk

21 Oct 2009, 12:04 PM
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A zedonk (a zebra/donkey hybrid) at a farm market in Spring Lake, Fla., attacked a worker last weekend, biting the man on his feet and legs as he attempted to crawl away. Hernando Today reported that James Oleson, 34, was painting an outer perimeter fence when the zedonk ducked under its own enclosure fence to bite him on the foot. Oleson was knocked to the ground and the animal continued to bite at...

Busing Miss B

7 Oct 2009, 5:08 PM
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Five days after she went missing, Houston mare Miss B turned up at a bus stop, The Houston Chronicle reported . Her owners' friend alerted the family when she saw the mare tied to a metro sign on Tuesday about a half-mile from home. The neighborhood search for Miss B began last Thursday, when the mare, spooked by thunder, bolted from her shed. With neighbors on the lookout, no one's sure where...

Fat Asses

3 Sep 2009, 2:48 PM
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The ever-expanding waistlines of some burros in Oatman, Ariz., have prompted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to ask tourists to kindly refrain from feeding carrots and other goodies to the portly beasts, MSNBC reported. The burros are a major draw for the half-million tourists that visit the tiny town annually. But the BLM is hoping a reduction in the all-you-can-eat buffet will encourage the critters...

Hard News

17 Jul 2009, 10:35 AM
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Donkey suits are no laughing matter in Azerbaijan, says a recent article from the New York Times . In a move that some say signals a crackdown on online media, Azeri blogger Adnan Hajizada was recently arrested on charges of hooliganism for allegedly attacking two men, although some witnesses disagreed with the charge. The back story: Hajizada recently appeared in a spoof video wearing a donkey suit...

Tribute

6 Jul 2009, 10:34 AM
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A baby donkey in Arberdeen, UK, might be destined for greatness. His handlers are asking to the public to weigh in on whether he should be named after a tennis champ or the King of Pop. Staff at Pets Corner originally planned to name him after Scottish tennis star Andy Murray because the donkey was born June 29, just as Murray defeated an opponent at Wimbledon. But Michael Jackson's recent death...

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