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Electrocution Killed Race Horses at Newbury Park
British horseracing's governing body has confirmed that the two horses that died at Newbury last weekend were killed by heart attacks as a result of accidental electrocution.
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USEF Offers $20,000 in Grants to HS Students
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will be offering more than $20,000 in grant money to qualified students, high schools and clubs across the nation through its High School Equestrian Athlete program in 2011.
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BLM's Wild Horse Budget Cut by $2 Million
The U.S. House approved an amendment on a voice vote Wednesday that would cut the Bureau of Land Management's budget by $2 million in protest of the agency's wild horse roundups that some critics say are too costly and others say are inhumane.
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HSBC to Sponsor FEI Classics for Three Years
HSBC has agreed a further three-year term as global sponsor of FEI Eventing to include title sponsorships of the HSBC FEI Classics⢠until the end of 2013 and the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships⢠in both 2011 and 2013.
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Horses on Turnpike Cause Closure
Warwick Turnpike was briefly closed in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, Feb. 18 due to a reported "animal incident." According to West Milford Police Capt. Timothy Storbeck, at 3:55 a.m. a call came in that two local horses had escaped their enclosure
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Therapy Horses Die in Stable Fire
 A fire destroyed a stable on Sunday at Pine Dell Farm, killing half a dozen therapy horses. The horses were lifelong partners and provided therapy for young people. The two women caretakers living inside made it out, but six horses in the stabl
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Five Arabian Horses Disappear
 An Elbert County woman says a thief took advantage of the thick fog overnight and made off with five of her beloved Arabian horses on Sunday night. When she heard her stallions screaming, Stephanie Wind went outside to see what was causing the co
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Economic Downturn Hits Police Horses
Mounted police units in San Diego, Tulsa, Camden, and Boston have been hit hard by budget cuts. Napoleon, a 10-year equine veteran of Charleston, S.C.,'s police department, was recently put out to pasture, literally, with five other police hors
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Rescue Horses to Perform at Fete Cheval
Smarty Sides, Tucker, Dirty During, Babylon, Smart As Lil, and Pimento are six rescue horses that will perform at Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue in Loxahatchee, Florida at the Fete Cheval on Friday, March 11, 2011, in Wellington, Florida, presented by Fo
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BLM to Cut Back on Horse Roundups
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it will scale back costly wild horse roundups that some critics say are inhumane.