Horse News

• Why do race horses keep dying? Inside the sport's push to solve a formidable problem
  
  The size of a race horse and its natural instincts make it nearly impossible to survive serious injuries at the track, but many are trying to improve the odds.
  Los Angeles Times.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Horses at Arlington National Cemetery will be suspended for a year for rehab
  
  The horses tasked with leading the caissons carrying the caskets of fallen service members during funeral honors at Arlington National Cemetery are taking a year-long pause for rehab.
  CBS News.  Thursday, 8 Jun 2023.
• Horses restaurant owners agree to resolve divorce drama
  
  The Sunset Boulevard restaurant caught the food world's attention when Elizabeth Johnson made allegations about husband and co-owner Will Aghajanian.
  Los Angeles Times.  Thursday, 8 Jun 2023.
• How Appleby Horse Fair has attracted Europe's travellers for more than a century
  
  The Appleby Horse Fair, which begins today in Cumbria, has been a mainstay of the gypsy calendar since the early 20th-century. Above: The fair in the 1980s.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 8 Jun 2023.
• Zara Tindall competes in dressage trials in West Yorkshire (and she's not a bad cyclist either!)
  
  King Charles's niece, 42, looked focused as she rode her pedigree horse Classicals Euro Star in The Bramham International Horse Trials this afternoon.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 8 Jun 2023.
• Hermeus Is Plugging An F-15 Engine Into its Hypersonic Test Aircraft
  
  Atlanta-based hypersonics firm, Hermeus, just took delivery of a Pratt & Whitney engine to propel its hypersonic Dark Horse aircraft to Mach 2.8 on the way to Mach 5.
  Forbes.  Thursday, 8 Jun 2023.
• More than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore is coming to an end
  
  The Singapore Turf Club on Monday announced that it will hold its final race on October 2024, closing a 18-year-old chapter on horse racing.
  CNBC.  Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023.
• Singapore to hold final horse race after more than 180 years
  
  The Southeast Asian island nation's only racecourse will hold its final meeting next year.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 6 Jun 2023.
• Welcome to the softball dugout, where fun props and unbridled enthusiasm create college sports' best party
  
  Tennessee's money train, Oklahoma State's stick horse and Stanford's Ooshka Hat are among the traditions that make the WCWS great.
  ESPN.  Sunday, 4 Jun 2023.
• Welcome to the softball dugout -- the best party in college sports
  
  Tennessee's money train and OSU's stick horse are among the traditions that make the WCWS great.
  ESPN.  Sunday, 4 Jun 2023.
• Man charged over Epsom Derby track protest
  
  The 32-year-old is due to appear in court after animal rights protesters targeted the horse race.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 4 Jun 2023.
• Churchill Downs moves meet to Ellis Park to examine protocols following 12 horse deaths
  
  Churchill Downs will suspend racing operations on Wednesday and move the remainder of its spring meet to Ellis Park following the deaths of 12 horses.
  ABC News.  Sunday, 4 Jun 2023.
• Churchill Downs suspends races after 12 horse deaths
  
  Churchhill Downs suffered a spate of "highly unusual" and "completely unacceptable" equine deaths in May, prompting the unprecedented suspensions.
  CBS News.  Friday, 2 Jun 2023.
• Churchill Downs to Cease Racing as It Investigates Deaths of Horses
  
  The track, the home of the Kentucky Derby, is moving races to another location while officials look into why 12 thoroughbreds have died at Churchill Downs in recent weeks.
  New York Times.  Friday, 2 Jun 2023.
• Churchill Downs Moves to Keep Unsound Horses Off the Track
  
  After the deaths of a dozen thoroughbreds at the Louisville, Ky., track, officials are changing policies that may have incentivized trainers to race vulnerable horses.
  New York Times.  Thursday, 1 Jun 2023.

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