Horse News

• Whitlock fires Team GB gold medal tally to 10
  
  Charlotte Worthington wins a dramatic BMX park freestyle Olympic gold as Max Whitlock retains pommel horse title.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 1 Aug 2021.
• Tokyo Olympics: How Team GB's Max Whitlock won pommel horse gold as rivals faltered
  
  Watch how Team GB's Max Whitlock defended his Olympic pommel horse title, performing the first routine in the final and setting a mark that his rivals could not match at Tokyo 2020.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 1 Aug 2021.
• Swimmer Duncan Scott becomes first British athlete to win FOUR medals at single Olympics
  
  Max Whitlock has successfully defended his Olympic gymnastic title by winning gold in the men's individual pommel horse as Team GB made history in the pool and the BMX freestyle events.
  Daily Mail.  Sunday, 1 Aug 2021.
• Max Whitlock hailed as Britain's greatest ever gymnast after winning gold in Tokyo
  
  Max Whitlock has been hailed as Britain's greatest ever gymnast after winning gold in the men's pommel horse at the Tokyo Olympics.
  Sky News.  Sunday, 1 Aug 2021.
• Highway Code changes will see cyclists given more rights than motorists at junctions
  
  A new 'hierarchy of road users' in the Code will also outline how responsibility rests with those who could potentially cause the most harm to others - with pedestrians ahead of cyclists, then horse riders.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 30 Jul 2021.
• CBS Evening News, July 28, 2021
  
  States reimpose COVID-19 mandates to combat Delta variant; A photographer's mission to save wild horses in the West
  CBS News.  Thursday, 29 Jul 2021.
• A photographer's mission to save wild horses in the West
  
  Amid efforts to roundup wild horses in the West, wildlife photographer Mary Hone is trying to protect them. Chip Reid shares more.
  CBS News.  Wednesday, 28 Jul 2021.
• Lane Johnson's 'Bro Barn' has it all: Profanity, puking, lifting, laughter and QB Jalen Hurts
  
  The Philadelphia offensive tackle, whose horse barn has been turned into a home gym, is "soaking it all in" with a trainer and fellow NFL players.
  ESPN.  Wednesday, 28 Jul 2021.
• EV Trucks: Will They Fly?
  
  While I believe the F-150 Lightning is a game-changer, there are skeptics about America's readiness for quiet, efficient workhorses.
  Zacks.  Wednesday, 28 Jul 2021.
• Austrian equestrian withdraws from Olympics after horse develops tooth infection
  
  Austrian equestrian Victoria Max-Theurer was forced to withdraw from the Olympics on Saturday after learning that her horse had developed a tooth infection.
  Fox News.  Saturday, 24 Jul 2021.
• Former salesman pleads guilty to role in doping racehorses
  
  A former salesman accused of marketing drugs for racehorses faces up to three years in prison and forfeited $3 million after pleading guilty.
  ABC News.  Friday, 23 Jul 2021.
• A Puzzle Before The Games: How Equestrian Teams And Their Horses Get To The Olympics
  
  The nine U.S. equestrian athletes set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics are a small slice of a delegation of at least 64 people and 16 horses. Transporting that group halfway around the world is no easy feat.
  Forbes.  Friday, 23 Jul 2021.
• Abandoned Horses Rescued, Moved to East Texas Sanctuary
  
  Several horses rescued after years of neglect are being brought back to health in East Texas thanks to the work of animal rescue organizations.
  NBC.  Thursday, Jul 22 2021.
• Harry deLeyer, 93, Dies; He Saved a Horse and Made Him a Legend
  
  A Dutch immigrant, he bought a plow horse for $80 in 1956 and named him Snowman. Two years later the pair won the show-jumping triple crown.
  New York Times.  Thursday, 22 Jul 2021.
• Outreach workers in Hegewisch work to combat vaccine misinformation
  
  "It got to the point, people were saying it has horse manure in it."
  ABC News.  Thursday, 22 Jul 2021.

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