Duke came here over a year ago and suffered different abuses by his owner, who among other things, rammed a jeep into the quarter horse. Together they've rescued dozens of horses. The non-profit organization works with animal abuse and law enforcement agencies. In the meantime, the group hopes to give the horses they do have a better life. We just take time and show them kindness and love, a lot of patience. As a result Duke suffers from permanent shoulder injury. Horses basked in the...

When the phrase, They re off, echoes throughout Churchill Downs today, denoting the start of the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, the adrenaline of 72-year-old Boaz resident Jack Yother will increase dramatically as he watches the race at his home. When the phrase, They re off, echoes throughout Churchill Downs today, denoting the start of the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, the adrenaline of 72-year-old Boaz resident Jack Yother will increase...

And while it was perhaps not at its gourmet best (served in huge boiled chunks in a lukewarm greasy stew with a sheep's head perched on top) the thought of what I was eating - and I'm not talking about the sheep's head - was a thousand times worse than the nasty taste. And while it was perhaps not at its gourmet best (served in huge boiled chunks in a lukewarm greasy stew with a sheep's head perched on top) the thought of what I was eating - and I'm not talking about the sheep's head - was...

Two congressmen introduced legislation that would provide injury insurance for jockeys and others who work in horse racing. The legislation would provide at least half of the fees that horsemen's groups receive for approving simulcast racing agreements to state racing authorities. Julie Koenig-Loignon said May 4 that Churchill Downs, where racing fans were gathering for the Kentucky Derby on May 5, and the company's other three tracks Arlington, Calder and Fair Grounds all took out...

He broke inward and got squeezed, raced a little wide in the first turn, a little wider in the second and then got sandwiched between horses in the stretch before finishing third. He appears to be the most talented horse in the field, and his breeding suggests he'll like the move to the grass. With one of the largest stables in the region, he should make a bid this year to win his first Lone Star training title. Making his first start in two months, he circled horses and finished...