He descended into the well, slid ropes around Mati's front legs and hindquarters and was able to pull her out of the well, "no worse for the wear," he said. The story of a horse falling into a well gets odder still. The artesian well had been covered with boards, but the wood had begun to deteriorate. The well shaft was filled in with gravel Tuesday to prevent any future incidents. Elsewhere on the Web CNN.com Abbas outlaws Hamas militia forces ABC News Kids' Health at Risk as Politicians...

The owners have said little publicly about the horse some thought might be the odds-on favourite for last month's Kentucky Derby. While most of America rooted for the likes of Seabiscuit and Smarty Jones - the misfits and blue-collar horses that overcame adversity or long odds - this was a thoroughbred that made the aristocrats swoon. He was a two-year-old in training, on schedule to run in the 2007 Kentucky Derby and for sale to the highest bidder. During a morning gallop at Churchill...

For die-hard fans, fantasy baseball and football have become appetizers for the real thing, so why not a form of fantasy horse racing? The Saratoga Race Course, the Constitution Hall of American thoroughbred racing, doesn t begin its 36-day summer season for another month but horse racing enthusiasts are already salivating over the possibilities when the 138th Travers Stakes, oldest stakes race in the U. The Saratoga Race Course, the Constitution Hall of American thoroughbred racing, doesn...

The sophomore took fourth in the goat-tying final after a time of 6.8 seconds, and also tallied an eighth-place overall finish in barrel racing. National American University had four participants make the finals, however, the team did not finish as well as theyd hoped to. Jessica Painter, last years breakaway champion, suffered a no time in the finals when her calf broke from the ropes. We had a lot of success here at the finals, but sometimes we have to take the bad with the good. SDSUs...

We learn that Sweat loved Secretariat like his own child, that he was a soft touch for a loan, that he drank too much and that he ignored his own family in favor of his work. Scanlan is, however, an enthusiastic writer with an almost childlike fascination for horses. Though it has been written many times before, Scanlan is wise enough to include particulars of Secretariat's performances on the racetrack, especially in 1973. The book reads like a series of detailed letters, or extended...