Celebrating Over 32 years!

Monpazier, France – Two U.S. combinations successfully completed the 2024 FEI Endurance World Championship for Seniors on Saturday, Sept. 7, joining some of the sport’s top international athletes in finishing the 160 km (100-mile) ride in...

Szilvásvárad, Hungary – Chester Weber earned an individual podium finish for the Defender U.S. Driving Team at the 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-Hand Horses this week, clinching the bronze medal. Chester Weber during...

Szilvásvárad, Hungary – Chester Weber (Ocala, Fla.) and his team secured the individual bronze medal at the 2024 FEI Driving World Championships for Four-in-Hand Horses, finishing three phases on a final score of 159.13. This is...

Versailles, France – Rebecca Hart (Grade III) and Floratina concluded competition at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with an incredible freestyle, earning a personal best score of 83.534% to stand atop the podium in the Grade III FEI Grand Prix...

Versailles, France – Fiona Howard (Grade II) and Diamond Dunes secured their third consecutive gold medal of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, taking top honors in the Grade II FEI Grand Prix Freestyle with personal best score of 81.994%. The...

Versailles, France – Kate Shoemaker (Grade IV) and Vianne earned their first individual medal of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, taking third overall in the Grade IV FEI Grand Prix Freestyle with a score of 80.170%. This is a personal-best score...

Versailles, France – The U.S. Paralympic Dressage Team continued to make their mark in history at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, securing their second consecutive Paralympic team medal - this time standing atop the podium with a historic team...

Monpazier, France. – With the completion of the first horse inspection at the 2024 FEI Endurance World Championship for Seniors, the five members of the U.S. Endurance Team are set to begin their 100-mile (160km) ride beginning at 5:30 a.m. CEST...

Versailles, France – The U.S. Paralympic Dressage Team has clinched the gold medal following three team rides today from Roxanne Trunnell (Grade I) and Fanta Tastico H, Fiona Howard (Grade II) and Diamond Dunes, and Rebecca Hart (Grade III) and...

Versailles, France – The U.S. Paralympic Dressage Team has clinched the gold medal following three team rides today from Roxanne Trunnell (Grade I) and Fanta Tastico H, Fiona Howard (Grade II) and Diamond Dunes, and Rebecca Hart (Grade III) and...

Day 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale saw a new high price of $5 million for a Curlin colt purchased by Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm. The electric energy could be felt all around the sales grounds.

Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm goes to $5 Million for the Curlin colt out of Cavorting. The colt is a full brother to multiple grade 1 winner Clariere.

The millionaire son of Medaglia d'Oro won two graded stakes and placed in six grade 1 stakes. He died Sept. 7.

Highlights from Day 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale

Mulholland Springs will consign Hip 1043, a filly by Into Mischief out of 2020 champion 2-year-old filly Vequist. She will sell in the sale's fourth session, Sept. 12, in Book 2.

It was a barrier-breaking moment when Vitality bested a field of 10 to capture the 89th Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Sept. 10. The win sent trainer Harold Ladouceur into the history books.

Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings bred the two highest-priced yearlings on Day 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. St. Elias Stable bought the second-highest-priced colt, a $1.75 million son of multiple leading sire Into Mischief.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw attends Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and discusses his plans to get back into Thoroughbred racing as well as the current-day stallions he admires.

An insurance claim filed after the untimely death of WinStar stallion Laoban has been denied in a Kentucky federal court.

An insurance claim filed after the untimely death of WinStar stallion Laoban has been denied in a Kentucky federal court.

One of North Carolina’s wild horses recently got herself stuck halfway over a fence. The 1-year-old mare, Amelia, is a member of the wild horses of Corolla who live on the Outer Banks. In attempting to cross a fence she apparently misjudged (youthful inexperience?) and got stuck straddling the rails with her front legs on [...]

The Interior Ministry of Poland has proposed new legislation that would grant dogs and horses serving the police, border guard and fire services the type of retirement they deserve. The legislation grants official status to each working animal and a stipend paid to their new owners to help cover their cost. The law was drafted [...]

June 17, 1875, Saline, Kansas (USA): Our vigilant sheriff captured a horse their by the name of Clark at Bavaria, last evening, and brought him to the jail, late in the night. He had been disturbing horse flesh on Chapman’s creek. The other part of his name was not I.F. There will be a grand [...]

Written by Life Coach, Katherine Jansen, Shepherd’s Knoll Farm I was looking for a topic for the women’s group I lead, and the word of the day in the Daily Word booklet I subscribe to was "Weave". And I love this word. For the actual weavers of the world, I do weave sometimes, using yarn [...]

After the 2020 postponement until October due to the Covid pandemic, this year’s Preakness Stakes returns to its traditional place, 2 weeks after the Kentucky Derby and 3 weeks before the Belmont Stakes. Middle child syndrome certainly does not apply to this year’s middle gem of the Triple Crown series. The public spotlight shines [...]

May 9, 1860, Springfield, Ohio (USA): The Overland Mail Coach, with Lieut. Cogswell, of the USA, Dr. J P Breck, and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, as passengers, and San Francisco dates to the 20th of April, arrived here at 4 P M California news anticipated by the Pony Express. By this arrival we have news [...]

"Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals." ― Milan Kundera The Federation Equestre International (FEI), the international governing body of equestrian sports, recently handed down two rider suspensions and had an earlier suspension set aside on appeal. Brazilian Dressage Athlete Suspended for 3 Years [...]

What is it about horses that we love so much? Their beauty? Their strength? Their soulful eyes that know all our secrets? Of course, the answer is YES. Trying to explain our love of horses to others can be difficult. Perhaps the simplest explanation is that “it’s just something that happens.” Oceana contemplates [...]

In November 2019, a disturbing video was posted to Facebook showing a horse tied and dragged behind a moving truck. As the truck moved forward in the snow, the lead rope became taut. As the horse braced against the pressure its hooves slipped through the snow. The truck then sped up dragging the thrashing [...]

In November 2019, a disturbing video was posted to Facebook showing a horse tied and dragged behind a moving truck. As the truck moved forward in the snow, the lead rope became taut. As the horse braced against the pressure its hooves slipped through the snow. The truck then sped up dragging the thrashing [...]

Western Bloodstock's 2024 Mid-Year Cutting Horse Digital Sale, a timed-only auction on July 20, during the NCHA Summer Spectacular, realized an average of $30,236 on 35 horses sold, up by more than $10,000 on last year.

Western Bloodstock is reaching out with a special auction of stallion seasons to benefit victims of the 2024 Texas Panhandle wildfires. The auction will be held during the Western Bloodstock Mid-Year Cutting Horse Digital Sale. Proceeds from the auction will go to the Working Ranch Cowboys Association Foundation's Crisis Fund.

Triangle Sales, the leader among all-around Western Performance Horse sales, launched 2024 with stellar results at its 41st Winter Sale, held January 25, 26 and 27, at Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City.

Western Bloodstock's 2023 NCHA Futurity Sales concluded with an average of $57,767, while 83 horses sold for $100,000 or more.

Session II of Western Bloodstock's 2023 NCHA Futurity Preferred Breeders Sale, on Friday, December 8, stayed on course with Session I's strong results, and realized an average of $35,596 from 104 horses that actually sold.

High energy and enthusiasm continued on Thursday, December 7, as Day Four of Western Bloodstock's 2023 NCHA Futurity Sales continued with Session 1 of the Preferred Breeders Sale and the Rocking P Ranch Production Sale. Ninety percent of the 157 horses that passed through the ring sold for an average of $36,124, with seven selling for $100,000 or more.

The Evening Session of Western Bloodstock's 2023 NCHA Futurity Sales opened on Wednesday, December 6th to an enthusiastic crowd of bidders, owners, and spectators, who watched as 48 yearlings sold for an average of $91,548.

Western Bloodstock's 2023 NCHA Futurity Cutting Horse Sale, on Wednesday, December 6th, realized a 10% increase in average price over 2022.

Day Two of Western Bloodstock's 2023 NCHA Futurity Sales, on Tuesday, December 5th, put a solid wrap on its NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sessions with a combined average of $82,016 for both Sessions and 49 horses that sold for $100,000 or more.

Day Two of Western Bloodstock's 2023 NCHA Futurity Sales, on Tuesday, December 5th, put a solid wrap on its NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sessions with a combined average of $82,016 for both Sessions and 49 horses that sold for $100,000 or more.