Glefke, Farmer File USOC Complaint against USEF in GABA Dispute
Attorneys for Larry Glefke and Kelley Farmer of Lane Change Farm in Lexington filed a United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Section 10 Complaint against USEF. It alleges multiple due process violations including...
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Recipient Mares: Breeding Blood Sport?
Arnold Reproduction Center
At least 21 recipient mares, formerly owned by The Arnold Reproduction Center, landed in a Forney kill pen late last month. The ‘LA’ brand on the mares’ haunches identifies the busine...
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Western Milling Knew About Monensin Contamination Before Horses’ Deaths: FDA
A California feed manufacturer accused of selling monensin-contaminated equine feed, knew about cross contamination issues for years, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)....
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Robert Dimitt Killed Horses by Cutting Hooves Off: Witness
Oklahoma horse trainer Robert Dimitt is charged with three counts of felony animal cruelty. Authorities are requesting a warrant be issued for an additional two counts for his alleged tortuous acts of horse abuse....
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Bella Gunnabe Gifted Suffered Basilar Skull Fracture: Necropsy
Necropsy results find a reining horse euthanized after a training incident in 2013 suffered a basilar skull fracture. Bella Gunnabe Gifted was found down after being “bitted up” in a shank bit for more than an hour....
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Oklahoma Trainer Arrested for Mutilated, Dead Horses: Sheriff
An Oklahoma horse trainer is facing three counts of felony animal cruelty after multiple horses were found dead on his Sallisaw horse farm, according to the Sequoyah County Sheriff. Robert Dimitt was arrested for the all...
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Horse with Bloody Stump at Kountz Arena: Investigation
Horror and outrage continue after allegations of animal cruelty emerge at Kountz Arena in Montana. A stallion missing part of his lower leg was discovered lying in his own filth by a first-time competitor at the Bozeman v...
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Human Error Blamed for Bartlett Milling Contaminated Equine Feed
“This was a detrimental mistake. I’m shocked they haven’t made it right,” Kaycee MacGibbon of Running M Performance Horses says. The North Carolina barrel racer is living with the deadly consequences of contami...
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Equine Cruelty Investigator Quits due to "Lack of Prosecution": Larry Browning Case
"Just the sheer volume of dead animals and he [Larry Browning] didn't see anything wrong it," says Pendleton County Animal Control Officer Scott Pracht. The Kentucky animal control investigator is calling it quits afte...
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Horse’s Death Exposes Illegal Horse Transporter
“He struggled so long. I can’t imagine his fear,” says Dia Frost of her daughter’s former eventing schoolmaster. “He didn’t need to die that way.”...
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Lab: Equine Feed Contaminated with Monensin
"There is no future for these horses. It is just how and when they will die," says Debra Buis, the mother of two horse crazy teenagers fighting a valiant, but losing battle. "It is a nightmare."...
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Kim Stewart is Spellbound
Fliers litter the 2014 Pony Finals announcing the sale of the highly sought after pony Spellbound at public auction by Kimberly Stewart of Glennwillow Farm Inc....
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Tragedy Strikes During Horse Transport
A North Carolina horse transporter is accused of fraud and negligence. A Missouri lawsuit states James Parlier, Jr. was hired to haul a horse that was severely injured after he turned the job over to one of his drivers....
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Kentucky's Walking Dead: Larry Browning's Horses
Some are calling the charges against horse trader and kill buyer Larry Browning long overdue. So why were charges only filed in 2014 despite numerous complaints against the Kentucky horse owner?...
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Crisis at Canadian Stable Leads to Investigation
The chestnut gelding is one of six horses that reportedly died in 2013 at Breighmara Equestrian Facility. The Nova Scotia farm is owned by Cecile (CeCe) Young....
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Charges Recommended in Reining Horse's Death
Animal service officials in San Diego are recommending criminal charges be brought against two unnamed individuals for the alleged abuse of the reining horse, Bella Gunnabe Gifted....
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Mark Arballo: What Lies Beneath
The recent death of Martha Torkington’s reining horse, Bella Gunnabe Gifted, after one of Mark Arballo’s training sessions has spurred a criminal investigation in California....
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Shirley Roth Case Back to Prosecutor
A Tarrant County prosecutor, once again, is being asked to file an animal cruelty charge against Florida horse trainer, Shirley Roth. Roth allegedly abused a client’s stallion while in Texas for the Reichert Celebrati...
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Oklahoma Officials Catalog Dead Horses After Tornado
Barrel racer Carrie Moore says she’s been to every veterinary clinic surrounding the Oklahoma tornado’s strike zone looking for her horses. The three seemingly disappeared after Wallace Horse Park took a direct hit....
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Mandarino Admits Causing Pony's Death
Amber Hill Farm trainer Elizabeth Mandarino claims responsibility for Humble's death at the Devon Horse Show in a police report. Read it only here....
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