Horses

When a racehorse stops racing and breeding, its fate can be uncertain. Some are even euthanized or slaughtered when they outlive their usefulness to an owner. Michael Blowen wanted to change that. In an effort to give all retired racehorses a good home, he created Old Friends Equine in Georgetown, Kentucky, where more than 150 racehorses are now enjoying their...

In the team jumping final on Saturday, Team USA clinched silver and Sweden won gold.

Riders say the statue may have distracted several horses in qualifying for the individual jumping final on Tuesday.

The horse Medina Spirit won the 2021 Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

Firefighters were able to free a horse surrounded by flames and smoke after an explosion rocked an entire neighborhood in Ontario, Calif., on Tuesday.

A free program called Caring Connections invites first responders to spend an uninterrupted hour with the horses at UpReach Therapeutic Equestrian Center in Goffstown. “I hope that they leave here with a sense of peace and relaxation and remember what that feels like,” program director Karen McGraw said. It’s a priceless gift these horses are giving to those on...

In New Hampshire, people on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are being given the chance to unwind with therapy horses.

The Fremont Fire Department released video of a horse and pony being rescued from a mudslide in Monterey County.

Armed with knives, some knowledge of their prey and a large dose of cruelty, attackers are going after horses and ponies in pastures across France in what may be ritual mutilations

There’s a range of horses available for adoption from the MSPCA, but there are some things you should consider when looking to adopt one.

Arnold Guevara started with his Huntington Beach, California-based horse therapy program two weeks after losing his dad in a work accident. “Where I grew up there was sometimes shooting and fires and things like that,” he told NBCLX. “And it gets me worried because I feel like… that’s going to happen to my family.” On one of his first...

An animal therapy program in California is using rescue horses to help at-risk children in Los Angeles overcome their trauma. The Huntington Beach, Calif.-based program, called Free Rein, uses formerly wild horses that might otherwise be destined for a slaughterhouse to connect with children struggling with violence, abuse and grief.

According to published reports, two horses from the barn of two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert have tested positive for a banned substance.

Two horses are recovering at the MSPCA after they were found trapped in manure inside their stalls in Ludlow, Massachusetts.

Fourteen horses were found shot to death in rural eastern Kentucky, leading to an investigation of who was responsible for what a sheriff called a “heartbreaking” slaying. A horse owner contacted authorities in Floyd County on Monday after finding one of his animals had been killed, before investigators found more slain colts, fillies, mares and stallions the next day, Sheriff…

A Massachusetts woman has been issued a summons to appear in court after a hit-and-run crash involving two juveniles riding horses in East Bridewater. Officers had responded to an incident at about 5 p.m. Wednesday at 341 Belmont St. When they arrived, police learned that one of the juveniles riding a horse had been side-swiped by the vehicle’s passenger side...

Santa Anita has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months.

The operator of a horse farm on a Maine island says she’s concerned about the future of her animals because of a dispute over a lease. The Portland Press Herald reports the city of Portland ordered the shelters at Jeanann Alves’ Horse Island Camp demolished during a permitting dispute. Alves says she can’t rebuild them until she has a...

In interviews with NBC, five female jockeys described a long and persistent history of gender discrimination in the sport. Some say their careers have been deterred by sexual harassment and bullying.