Equestrian Sport
The 2009 Intercollegiate Dressage Association’s National Championship was one of many surprises. From USEF. Read more >>
Equine Welfare
Federal agency spurs people to adopt wild horses
A federal agency is hoping older wild mustangs rounded up from the range will find new homes with a program that will offer stipends to owners who adopt them. From News Channel 10. Read more >>
AQHA’s New DVD and Greener Pastures Program Address Unwanted Horse Issue
No accurate figures document how many unwanted horses actually exist, their age, their sex, the breeds represented, how many are purebred versus grade, their most recent use, their value or what happens to them in the long run. From AQHA. Read more >>
Racing News
Derby trainers begin plotting tactics – with video
With less than a week to go before the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), trainers of this year’s probable starters have begun to shift their focus from their charges’ final preparations for the race to how they want their horses to run the race. From Thoroughbred Times. Read more >>
In Other News
Vet grief-stricken after equine deaths
The veterinarian who injected 21 elite polo horses with a supplement before a championship match in Florida and then watched them die says the grief is unbearable. From ABC7. Read more >>
Hollywood horse trainer Corky Randall dies
Buford “Corky” Randall, a horse trainer in Hollywood for a half-century, died April 20 in Newhall, Calif., after a prolonged illness with cancer. From Hollywood Reporter. Read more >>
