#Two horses killed after blaze in barn at Belmont Park

#Two horses killed after blaze in barn at Belmont Park

“#Two horses killed after blaze in barn at Belmont Park” Two racehorses were killed when a fire broke out at a Belmont Park barn Tuesday night. The Long Island barn caught ablaze just after 6:00 p.m., and 58 other horses were safely evacuated by New York Racing Association personnel, officials said in a press release….

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#Horses don’t love us as much as we love them: study

#Horses don’t love us as much as we love them: study

“#Horses don’t love us as much as we love them: study” Buttercup giving you the colt shoulder? Folklore would have humans believe that we have a special bond with horses, dating back some 6,000 years to the grasslands of Eurasia. Yet, while this consistent relationship has been largely positive from Homo sapiens’ standpoint — after…

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#NYC’s famed carriage horses are back on the road

#NYC’s famed carriage horses are back on the road

“#NYC’s famed carriage horses are back on the road” New York City’s carriage horse drivers are back in the saddle, but not before being poked in the nose. The carriages rolled out for the first time in six months Saturday with new safety protocols. Drivers were tested for the coronavirus before their shifts and hand…

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#Horse dope dealers plead guilty in NYC

#Horse dope dealers plead guilty in NYC

“#Horse dope dealers plead guilty in NYC” A pair of equine dope dealers on Wednesday pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to peddling drugs used to juice up racehorses. Sarah Izhaki, 45, and Scott Robinson, 46, each copped to conspiring to unlawfully distribute adulterated and misbranded drugs used for doping racehorses. “[They] represent the supply…

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