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Horse, Fashion Sense Reign At Race for Gold
Some 50,000 people lined Great Meadow in The Plains on Saturday to take in the spectacle of the 83rd Virginia Gold Cup Races, watching Bubble Economy and jockey Chip Miller capture the $100,000 purse in the marquee four-mile, 23-fence steeplechase event. But, as always, the Gold Cup was about more than horseracing. (11/05) MoreYou may also like
A Child Jockey's Rise on the Steppes of Mongolia
The New York Times | 14/07/08 
The boy rode the stallion in a trot around the camp, cooling it down after a long gallop across the steppe. He was humming his favorite Mongolian hip-hop ... More
For a Jockey, Thrill of Win or Heartbreak
The New York Times | 09/06/08
TURNING for home in the seventh race on a filly named Don't Stop Dreamin, gaining wide on the outside, Joe Bravo made his move. Charging up the stretch ... More
Bolger's fortuitous mistake turns into Epsom Derby glory
AFP | 09/06/08
Irish raider New Approach who was left in the race by mistake won the Epsom Derby here on Saturday to give trainer Jim Bolger and jockey Kevin Manning ... More
Horse performs somersault on race track
Telegraph | 19/05/08
Jockey Anna-Katharina Bromann and her mount Schattenlady were racing in an event in Hanover when the horse's saddle began slipping down its flank.
Clearly ... More
A little horse play to go with your matza
The Jerusalem Post | 26/04/08 
Israeli jockeys Doron Ben Menashe and Sallem El-Oqbi will raise their 20-year-old rivalry to new levels at the Gilboa Festival on Tuesday when they battle ... Read
Corruption case bans for trainer and jockeys
Guardian | 20/04/07
Jockey Shane Kelly was yesterday banned from riding for a year at the conclusion of the latest Horseracing Regulatory Authority's investigation into corruption ... Read
12 people accused in British horse racing probe
International Herald Tribune | 24/11/06
Four jockeys, a trainer, a former owner and six others were charged with various corruption offenses Friday by British horse racing's governing body. ... Read
Jockeys may be getting a bad ride carrying the blame
The Sydney Morning Herald | 14/10/06
BAD rides? Can they be defined as when a horse which should have won is beaten? Maybe that's too simplistic. But to what degree should the jockey be held ... Read
We're here to take your Cup and money
The Sydney Morning Herald | 20/10/06
THE world's most controversial jockey is adamant the Melbourne Cup is heading back to Ireland. Kieren Fallon may be banned from racing in the UK but the ... Read
Race stable staff to wear body protectors
Horsetalk.co.nz | 11/11/06
Britain's racing chiefs have ruled that stable staff must wear body protectors while mounted. The Horseracing Regulatory Authority made the decision on ... Read
Palio 2006
YouTube | 02/09/06
A horserace in the middle of the old italian town siena on piazza del campo. the jockeys are riding without a saddle, they don´t know the horse before ... Read
Munce charged over `tips for bets'
The Standard | 15/09/06
Australian jockey Christopher Munce was Thursday charged by the Independent Commission Against Corruption with alleged involvement in a HK$1.6 million ... Read
G1 Jockey for Nintendo Wii Announced by Koei
Gameguru.in | 06/04/07
Koei has announced the hugely successful G1 Jockey series for the Nintendo Wii. The Wiimote will be used as the whip and the nunchuck used to steer and ... Read
Dubai princes accused of masterminding trade in jockey slaves
The Independent | 15/09/06
Dubai's ruling family has been served with a class-action lawsuit in the United States accusing them of masterminding an international child slave trade ... Read
Jockey suspended for 'overriding' horse
Independent online | 06/10/06
Cape Town jockey Christopher Puller has been suspended from riding for two months after he failed to pull up and dismount a racehorse with a broken leg. ... Read
Quarter Horse Jockey Under Investigation
Thehorse.com | 29/09/06
A quarter horse jockey is under investigation for allegedly using an electronic buzzer on his horse during the second race at Fairplex Park last Sunday. ... Read
Calorie count at horse weigh day
BBC | 14/07/08
The event on 19 July, at the centre in Whitchurch, will check the animal's weight using specialist equipment.
Veterinary surgeon Janet Harrison will ... More
City gals could use a little more horse sense
Calgary Herald | 14/07/08
I'm not sure Rose likes me. When I smile and try to chat her up, she flutters her oversized brown eyelashes then tosses her head in the other direction. ... More
Horse parade blighted by drink shame
Sunday Mail | 14/07/08
A HORSEBACK "Good Neighbours" parade ground to a halt when drunken riders stopped to buy more drink and use public toilets.
They brought the grand ... More
1959 Bucking Horse of the Year Trail's End was previously a packhorse
Missoulian | 14/07/08
He was destined by birth and circumstance to be a workhorse, but he became a rodeo star. This is the story of Trail's End.
A sheepherder, wanting a ... More
Warning for wild horse buyers
WhP;cbS | 14/07/08
$25 might only buy you a couple of gallons of gas. But, it can get you a different kind of horse power too.
In the world of horses, some people are ... More
Legal battle divides horse industry
Weatherford Democrat | 29/06/08
Lawsuits fought in the halls of Austin could play in to the working world of Weatherford. The issue in debate is equine dentistry, and it has pitted horse ... More
The killing fields
Economist | 29/06/08
IN 1964 a new car was launched at the New York World's Fair: the Ford Mustang. Both its name and its galloping horse logo, adapted from Frederic Remington's ... More
'It's a lot like ballet on a horse'
New River Valley Current, | 29/06/08
Lynn Jendrowski's dream of competing in the Beijing Olympics never quite materialized.
But in the true spirit of competition, she hasn't given up ... More
Heavy horse foal delight for Banham
The Wymondham and Attleborough M | 29/06/08
The future of Great Britain's oldest breed of heavy horse has received a welcome boost with the birth of a new foal at Banham Zoo.
Cute colt Ufford ... More
Pay the Source of the Horse, By Force, By Force
TMZ | 29/06/08
Wilbuuuur, what has the world come to? The estate of the widow of the creator of "Mr. Ed" has filed a lawsuit, claiming when it comes to paying up, MGM ... More
Ringside at the world's most political horse race
Ottawa Citizen | 23/06/08
So there I was with Tom Hanks and his family, just hanging out. We were all of us in Siena, Italy, for the July 2 running of the Palio race, an event that ... More
Modern Jousting Sees Renaissance
Wall Street Journal | 23/06/08
Fred Piraux has been grooming his horse Thorgal three hours a day, polishing replica 15th-century armor and taking lessons in medieval dancing.
Next ... More
Is the horse the 'new golf'?
The Globe and Mail | 23/06/08
There was a time when the horsy set brought to mind pampered gentry who wore jodhpurs and attended things like coming out balls. Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia ... More
Hungry for horse meat
International Herald Tribune | 23/06/08
'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," I thought to myself as I sat down to dinner the other night. If I hadn't picked out the steak myself I would ... More
Horse racing in China not a good bet
The Barrie Examiner | 23/06/08
This year's Summer Olympics in Beijing China promise to showcase the growing power and international influence of the largest populated country in the ... More
Historic equine reverse vasectomy reported
UPI | 23/06/08
U.S. veterinarians at the Smithsonian's National Zoo say they have performed the first reverse vasectomy on an endangered equine species.
The procedure ... More
Champion race horse Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, scientists find
The Canadian Press | 23/06/08
Forensic scientists have proved the champion Australian gelding Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, solving a mystery which has intrigued the horse racing ... More
Big Brown has the final say
Los Angeles Times | 23/06/08
The mystery surrounding Big Brown and his failure to win the Triple Crown continues. It didn't help that his trainer, Rick Dutrow Jr., snubbed Congress ... More
No horsin' around: politicians and horses have a lot in common
NewsoftheNorth.Net | 23/06/08
In his 1919 book, The American Language, H.L. Mencken described 12,000 terms particular to American "English." These words grew out of the American experience ... More
Ascot Takes Some Sexy Out Of Horse Racing
CBS News | 23/06/08
Ladies and gentlemen, if you please.
Fearful of slipping standards, officials at Royal Ascot, whose five-day horse racing carnival began this week, ... More
Ever wondered why horses sleep standing up?
Washington post | 14/07/08
It wouldn't be terribly comfortable for you to snooze standing up, but the opposite is true for horses. That's because of the way their bodies are built.
Horses ... More
Calorie count at horse weigh day
BBC | 14/07/08
The event on 19 July, at the centre in Whitchurch, will check the animal's weight using specialist equipment.
Veterinary surgeon Janet Harrison will ... More
City gals could use a little more horse sense
Calgary Herald | 14/07/08
I'm not sure Rose likes me. When I smile and try to chat her up, she flutters her oversized brown eyelashes then tosses her head in the other direction. ... More
Horse parade blighted by drink shame
Sunday Mail | 14/07/08
A HORSEBACK "Good Neighbours" parade ground to a halt when drunken riders stopped to buy more drink and use public toilets.
They brought the grand ... More
1959 Bucking Horse of the Year Trail's End was previously a packhorse
Missoulian | 14/07/08
He was destined by birth and circumstance to be a workhorse, but he became a rodeo star. This is the story of Trail's End.
A sheepherder, wanting a ... More
Feds Plan to Kill Thousands of Wild Horses
Environment News Service | 14/07/08
The federal Bureau of Land Management, which oversees management of wild horses and burros on public lands, said sharply rising energy costs are driving ... More
Warning for wild horse buyers
WhP;cbS | 14/07/08
$25 might only buy you a couple of gallons of gas. But, it can get you a different kind of horse power too.
In the world of horses, some people are ... More
Legal battle divides horse industry
Weatherford Democrat | 29/06/08
Lawsuits fought in the halls of Austin could play in to the working world of Weatherford. The issue in debate is equine dentistry, and it has pitted horse ... More
The killing fields
Economist | 29/06/08
IN 1964 a new car was launched at the New York World's Fair: the Ford Mustang. Both its name and its galloping horse logo, adapted from Frederic Remington's ... More
'It's a lot like ballet on a horse'
New River Valley Current, | 29/06/08
Lynn Jendrowski's dream of competing in the Beijing Olympics never quite materialized.
But in the true spirit of competition, she hasn't given up ... More
Heavy horse foal delight for Banham
The Wymondham and Attleborough M | 29/06/08
The future of Great Britain's oldest breed of heavy horse has received a welcome boost with the birth of a new foal at Banham Zoo.
Cute colt Ufford ... More
Pay the Source of the Horse, By Force, By Force
TMZ | 29/06/08
Wilbuuuur, what has the world come to? The estate of the widow of the creator of "Mr. Ed" has filed a lawsuit, claiming when it comes to paying up, MGM ... More
Ringside at the world's most political horse race
Ottawa Citizen | 23/06/08
So there I was with Tom Hanks and his family, just hanging out. We were all of us in Siena, Italy, for the July 2 running of the Palio race, an event that ... More
Modern Jousting Sees Renaissance
Wall Street Journal | 23/06/08
Fred Piraux has been grooming his horse Thorgal three hours a day, polishing replica 15th-century armor and taking lessons in medieval dancing.
Next ... More
Is the horse the 'new golf'?
The Globe and Mail | 23/06/08
There was a time when the horsy set brought to mind pampered gentry who wore jodhpurs and attended things like coming out balls. Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia ... More
Hungry for horse meat
International Herald Tribune | 23/06/08
'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," I thought to myself as I sat down to dinner the other night. If I hadn't picked out the steak myself I would ... More
Horse racing in China not a good bet
The Barrie Examiner | 23/06/08
This year's Summer Olympics in Beijing China promise to showcase the growing power and international influence of the largest populated country in the ... More
Historic equine reverse vasectomy reported
UPI | 23/06/08
U.S. veterinarians at the Smithsonian's National Zoo say they have performed the first reverse vasectomy on an endangered equine species.
The procedure ... More
Champion race horse Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, scientists find
The Canadian Press | 23/06/08
Forensic scientists have proved the champion Australian gelding Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, solving a mystery which has intrigued the horse racing ... More
Big Brown has the final say
Los Angeles Times | 23/06/08
The mystery surrounding Big Brown and his failure to win the Triple Crown continues. It didn't help that his trainer, Rick Dutrow Jr., snubbed Congress ... More
Ever wondered why horses sleep standing up?
Washington post | 14/07/08
It wouldn't be terribly comfortable for you to snooze standing up, but the opposite is true for horses. That's because of the way their bodies are built.
Horses ... More
Calorie count at horse weigh day
BBC | 14/07/08
The event on 19 July, at the centre in Whitchurch, will check the animal's weight using specialist equipment.
Veterinary surgeon Janet Harrison will ... More
City gals could use a little more horse sense
Calgary Herald | 14/07/08
I'm not sure Rose likes me. When I smile and try to chat her up, she flutters her oversized brown eyelashes then tosses her head in the other direction. ... More
Horse parade blighted by drink shame
Sunday Mail | 14/07/08
A HORSEBACK "Good Neighbours" parade ground to a halt when drunken riders stopped to buy more drink and use public toilets.
They brought the grand ... More
1959 Bucking Horse of the Year Trail's End was previously a packhorse
Missoulian | 14/07/08
He was destined by birth and circumstance to be a workhorse, but he became a rodeo star. This is the story of Trail's End.
A sheepherder, wanting a ... More
Feds Plan to Kill Thousands of Wild Horses
Environment News Service | 14/07/08
The federal Bureau of Land Management, which oversees management of wild horses and burros on public lands, said sharply rising energy costs are driving ... More
Warning for wild horse buyers
WhP;cbS | 14/07/08
$25 might only buy you a couple of gallons of gas. But, it can get you a different kind of horse power too.
In the world of horses, some people are ... More
Legal battle divides horse industry
Weatherford Democrat | 29/06/08
Lawsuits fought in the halls of Austin could play in to the working world of Weatherford. The issue in debate is equine dentistry, and it has pitted horse ... More
The killing fields
Economist | 29/06/08
IN 1964 a new car was launched at the New York World's Fair: the Ford Mustang. Both its name and its galloping horse logo, adapted from Frederic Remington's ... More
'It's a lot like ballet on a horse'
New River Valley Current, | 29/06/08
Lynn Jendrowski's dream of competing in the Beijing Olympics never quite materialized.
But in the true spirit of competition, she hasn't given up ... More
Heavy horse foal delight for Banham
The Wymondham and Attleborough M | 29/06/08
The future of Great Britain's oldest breed of heavy horse has received a welcome boost with the birth of a new foal at Banham Zoo.
Cute colt Ufford ... More
Pay the Source of the Horse, By Force, By Force
TMZ | 29/06/08
Wilbuuuur, what has the world come to? The estate of the widow of the creator of "Mr. Ed" has filed a lawsuit, claiming when it comes to paying up, MGM ... More
Ringside at the world's most political horse race
Ottawa Citizen | 23/06/08
So there I was with Tom Hanks and his family, just hanging out. We were all of us in Siena, Italy, for the July 2 running of the Palio race, an event that ... More
Modern Jousting Sees Renaissance
Wall Street Journal | 23/06/08
Fred Piraux has been grooming his horse Thorgal three hours a day, polishing replica 15th-century armor and taking lessons in medieval dancing.
Next ... More
Is the horse the 'new golf'?
The Globe and Mail | 23/06/08
There was a time when the horsy set brought to mind pampered gentry who wore jodhpurs and attended things like coming out balls. Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia ... More
Hungry for horse meat
International Herald Tribune | 23/06/08
'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," I thought to myself as I sat down to dinner the other night. If I hadn't picked out the steak myself I would ... More
Horse racing in China not a good bet
The Barrie Examiner | 23/06/08
This year's Summer Olympics in Beijing China promise to showcase the growing power and international influence of the largest populated country in the ... More
Historic equine reverse vasectomy reported
UPI | 23/06/08
U.S. veterinarians at the Smithsonian's National Zoo say they have performed the first reverse vasectomy on an endangered equine species.
The procedure ... More
Champion race horse Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, scientists find
The Canadian Press | 23/06/08
Forensic scientists have proved the champion Australian gelding Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, solving a mystery which has intrigued the horse racing ... More
Big Brown has the final say
Los Angeles Times | 23/06/08
The mystery surrounding Big Brown and his failure to win the Triple Crown continues. It didn't help that his trainer, Rick Dutrow Jr., snubbed Congress ... More
A little horse play to go with your matza
The Jerusalem Post | 26/04/08
Israeli jockeys Doron Ben Menashe and Sallem El-Oqbi will raise their 20-year-old rivalry to new levels at the Gilboa Festival on Tuesday when they battle ... Read
'Australia Post lost my horse'
The Manly Daily | 09/06/08
WHEN Bridget Schultz's beloved horse died she thought it couldn't get much worse until Australia Post lost the ashes.
Mareena, the eight-year-old ... More