Cowgirl Boldly Saves Horse on TX Highway [VIDEO]
Maybe things got too overwhelming for this Quarter Horse at his Texas stable so he left it all behind. Who doesn't know that horses aren't the most rational thinkers? In the game of life, they are all flight. ...
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Justin Nelzen Death Ruled Suicide
Silent Crisis
A Montgomery County, TX pathologist ruled Justin Nelzen, the 40-year-old owner of EquiPro, committed suicide by hanging. He died at his residence on Wednesday, January 11. Nelzen worked as a farrie...
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Justin Nelzen, Texas Flood Horse Hero, Dies at 40
Justin Nelzen became the nation's horse hero when he saved over 25 horses from Houston's raging floods last spring. Now, he is gone. ...
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Founder of Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center Awarded AAEP Lavin Cup
The American Association of Equine Practitioners named Thoroughbred racehorse advocate and Old Friends founder Michael Blowen as it's 2016 Lavin Cup recipient. ...
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Ralph's Responders Gives Emergency Gift
'Ready and Living Prepared: Horses (RALPH)'
Trained to rescue large animals when emergencies strike, a volunteer is giving the gift of emergency preparedness in memory of her Quarter Horse, Ralph. Sara Deen is helpi...
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Hero Saves 25+ Horses from Houston Flooding
A Texas horse trainer is being called a hero the day after he saved more than 25 horses from drowning in Houston's raging flood waters. Justin Nelzen humbly says he isn't so sure about the title. "I'm definitely no hero,"...
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Texas Horse Saved from Sinkhole by Rescuers
A Texas horse owner is counting her blessings after rescuers were recently able to save her mare from the depths of a sinkhole. The earth opened beneath Ginger, swallowing the animal in seconds....
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Veterinarian, Burn Surgeon Partner to Give Horse Second Chance
An American Paint Horse called Northstar is being given a second chance at life by a team of veterinarians and burn doctors after he was doused with chemicals and set on fire last year....
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Snowman The 1950s have been called by some as the worst decade for horses.
One plain grey gelding was used as a workhorse for the first eight years of his life. Broken down with harness sores his owner sold the gelding...
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