With the June 9 Belmont Stakes fast approaching, trainers of the expected contenders were making plans for travel and pre-race works May 31.
Larry Jones will ship Hard Spun to Belmont Park from Delaware Park June 2 and will ready the son of Danzig…

Birds that once flourished in suburban skies, including robins, bluebirds and crows, have been devastated by West Nile virus, a new study has found.
Populations of seven species have suffered dramatic declines across the continent since West Nile first…

Fewer veterinary school graduates are taking their talent, time and training to the farms and ranches of South Dakota. It’s a trend seen in other farm states, too, in part because Americans love their pets.
The nation’s 28 veterinary colleges are limited…

Gibson County officials and the Indiana Horse Rescue last weekend removed 15 horses from a southern Indiana farm in another chapter of what they call a chronic case of horse neglect. An additional 35 horses were removed from the property last August,…

In the days of early history, Arabian horses were prized as warhorses and mounts for royalty. The Old Testament in the Bible contains many references and descriptions to these horses, the most notable being in the book of Job, where a horse “rejoices in his strength” and “is not frightened - he devours the distance with fierceness.”