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Walking horse trainer charged with animal cruelty (shocking video)
Horse Welfare News Wednesday 30 May 2012
  A graphic undercover video from the Humane Society in the US has led to charges being brought against Jackie McConnell, a top trainer in the Tennessee walking horse industry.   It is alleged that McConnell and his stable hands have been subjecting horses to practices ban...

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Jockeying for Genetic Advantage: DNA Analysis to Evaluate Thoroughbreds
Showing News Wednesday 30 May 2012
When you buy a racehorse, you pays your money and you takes your chances. Top yearlings at Keeneland's 2011 Thoroughbred auction, for instance, averaged nearly $350,000 and hadn't yet race...
Three eventing horses die after trailer accident in Georgia
Showing News Tuesday 29 May 2012
A traffic accident turned tragic on Friday, May 25 when a trailer carrying six of Nathalie and Michael Pollard's competition horses flipped over just five miles away from their home stable. A ...
Horses fought our wars, and now they need your help as thousands face slaughter
General Equestrian News Tuesday 29 May 2012
The first use of horses in warfare occurred over 5,000 years ago. The earliest evidence of horses ridden in warfare dates from Eurasia between 4000 and 3000 BC. A Sumerian illustration of warfare ...
Pigeon fever outbreak cancels NW Fla. horse event
Horse Welfare News Tuesday 29 May 2012
An equestrian event in northwest Florida has been canceled after an outbreak of pigeon fever was reported in surrounding counties. The Dixie Gulf Arabian Horse Association show scheduled Sat...
Roy Exum: Horse Owners Connect The Dots
General Equestrian News Friday 25 May 2012
There are approximately 500,000 registered Tennessee Walking Horses in the United States that are just like the sleek animals that a scurrilous trainer in Collierville, Tn., was shown abusing and ...
Horse Racing Capsules: Trainer O'Neill suspended by Calif. racing board
Celebrity/Rider News Friday 25 May 2012
Despite vigorously denying he gave one of his horses an illegal performance-enhancing mixture, trainer Doug O'Neill was suspended 45 days — a ban that won't take effect until after h...
Horses, people connect at Cape Coral's Saddlewood Ranch
General Equestrian News Thursday 24 May 2012
Ten-year-old Jade Cabrera gingerly approaches the burgundy beast, which huffs and stamps a heavy hoof into the dusty ground as she moves closer. Massaging his muscular shoulders with an over...
Devon Horse Show has Olympic flavor‎
Showing News Thursday 24 May 2012
Peter Doubleday took the call last September. We want your horse show for the Olympic observation events, a United States Equestrian Federation committee member said. Get ready. Doubleday, m...
Colorado Horse Rescue suspends prairie dog extermination on Boulder County property
General Equestrian News Wednesday 23 May 2012
Hygiene's Colorado Horse Rescue has suspended an effort to exterminate prairie dogs on its land until Boulder County can approve a new plan by the nonprofit organization for revegetating about...
Horse maimers deserve no mercy
General Equestrian News Wednesday 23 May 2012
Tennessee Walking Horse abuser Jackie L. McConnell pleaded guilty to one of 52 counts before walking out of the federal court building in Chattanooga. If the case follows its current course ...
New York Seizes Control of Horse-Racing Board
General Equestrian News Wednesday 23 May 2012
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York took control of horse racing in the state on Tuesday, announcing that he was creating a new board to replace the New York Racing Association in hopes of reforming ...
Tennessee Walking Horse furor renews abuse battle
General Equestrian News Tuesday 22 May 2012
Four decades ago, the soring of Tennessee walking horses was so bad, Joseph Tydings knew the federal government needed to take action. He wrote the Horse Protection Act when he served in the...
Horse slaughter, sale of meat would be prohibited under proposed New Jersey bill
General Equestrian News Tuesday 22 May 2012
Plymouth Rock is a 19-year-old black Percheron and he is lucky to be alive. The horse was set to be auctioned off to slaughter when Carol Kirshenbaum, animal lover and founder of Quack' ...
Taking Aim at Triple Crown, and Not Wasting Much Time
General Equestrian News Monday 21 May 2012
The Big Horse is already here. I’ll Have Another pulled into Belmont Park at 2:53 p.m. Eastern on Sunday and took up residence in Barn 9. The plan for him the next three weeks is to become a...
Wild horse club planning Sand Wash Basin volunteer clean-up event
Eventing News Monday 21 May 2012
Sand Wash Basin can mean different things to different people. For Craig resident Bernie Rose, the area is not only ripe for preserving Northwest Colorado’s wild heritage, but could al...
Horse trainer to plead guilty
General Equestrian News Monday 21 May 2012
Prominent Collierville horse trainer Jackie McConnell, who gained national notoriety last week with the release of an undercover videotape showing abuse of horses at his stables, is expected to pl...
Wild Horse Controversy in Kansas
General Equestrian News Friday 18 May 2012
Deep in the heart of The Flint Hills, the ground gives warning of what is coming; thousands of horses, more wild than their name could ever suggest, thundering across Kansas in a spectacle many do...
Video shows 'cruel and inhumane practice' used to train horses
General Equestrian News Friday 18 May 2012
An undercover video shows horses being struck with sticks and subjected to "soring," an illegal process in which chemicals are placed on their lower legs in an effort to induce the signa...
5 horses to watch with a chance to beat Derby winner I’ll Have Another in Preakness
Showing News Thursday 17 May 2012
All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another when an 11-horse field lines up for the $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. A victory, and I’ll ...
Horse rescued after swimming 2 miles into ocean
Horse Welfare News Thursday 17 May 2012
 It was a sea rescue made for Hollywood: A horse in a photo shoot on a Southern California beach gets spooked and runs into the water, only to be rescued after swimming more than two miles of...
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