Equestrian Sport
Super Cow Horse champions crowned
Richard Winters, Kelly Gowing and Claire Hannsen won the title of Super Cow Horse champion during last weekend’s third annual Santa Ynez Valley Super Cow Horse Competition at the Santa Ynez Valley Equestrian Center. From Santa Ynez Valley News. Read more >>
Jean Mutrux Named 2009 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Champion
Jean Mutrux of St. Louis, MO, took the championship title in the 2009 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final at the Lexington Junior League Horse Show on Friday, July 10. From USEF. Read more >>
Equine Welfare
House votes to save wild horses, burros
The House has voted to expand the range of the nation’s wild horses and burros by millions of acres and to block a plan to kill thousands of the animals to prevent overgrazing. From The Associated Press. Read more >>
In Other News
Mich. girl, 7, has finger bitten off by horse
A horse has bitten off the little finger of a 7-year-old Battle Creek girl. From The Chicago Tribune. Read more >>
Barbaro lives on in hearts of enthusiasts
The first thing you have to understand is that Carol McKenzie won’t be driving six hours just to see a horse. From The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Read more >>
Nicanor scratched from Virginia Derby
Nicanor, full brother to ill-fated 2006 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) winner Barbaro, has been scratched from Saturday’s $750,000 Virginia Derby (G2) in what would have been his stakes debut. From Thoroughbred Times. Read more >>
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