Former champion jockey Oisin Murphy blames haemorrhoids for missing breathalyser test
Oisin Murphy, the three-time champion Flat jockey, has blamed missing a British Horseracing Authority breath test on a bout of “haemorrhoids”.The 28-year-old missed five...
Horses and healing: equine therapy comes to Menomonie
MENOMONIE — One of Patty Strand’s favorite breeds of horses is the standardbred, and they have been in her life since she was young.“I’ve...
Horses in Olympics Games events suffering pain from too-tight nosebands, says expert
Olympic horses are showing signs they are being deprived of oxygen and subjected to pain as their nosebands are pulled too tight, experts say.Olympics...
101 heat index shuts down Monmouth Park horse racing for a day
OCEANPORT - Monmouth Park officials canceled thoroughbred horse racing for Friday with the area heat index reaching 101 late in the morning; the index...
Horse racing leaders consider Paris Olympics equestrian scandal a lesson for their sport
PARIS — Horse welfare has been a major topic of conversation around the equestrian competition at the Olympics, and the scandal involving champion rider...