Why run a marathon when you can just ride a horse? The fine folks at The Onion recently covered the New York City marathon in true Onion fashion, with an article on victor Meb Keflezighi's "performance-enhancing horse." Per The Onion report, Keflezighi won the race aboard a 2- to 4-year-old chestnut Thoroughbred. Race officials investigated after reports of, "remarkable speed, unusual race-day height...
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...
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...
Eddie, a 9-year-old gray Arabian gelding from Powell, Wyo., survived a wild ride last week after the trail beneath him collapsed, sending him through water gates and into a 3.3-mile-long irrigation tunnel, the Powell Tribune reported. District irrigation manager Bryant Startin told the paper it would have taken the horse about 45 minutes to pass through the tunnel. While Eddie would have had about...
Swimming with dolphins? That's so last year. Try riding with dolphins. A Bradenton, Fla., horse owner is offering "horse surfing" for those looking for a different type of aquatic adventure. Reported on HeraldTribune.com , former polo player and 10-year horse surfer Tim Mattox offers horse rides in the bay. Patrons have the option to ride or stand atop the wading animal and jump off into...
