Owners and their four-legged companions arrived in costumes crazy and colorful for the event at the Shasta College horse arena. For Halloween, riders, equine partners dress up for a little horsing around. Competitions included the extended-trot and slow-lope contests, off-and-on bareback, ride and lead, and the boot, ribbon, and spoon and egg races. Weanlings, yearlings, ponies, miniatures, geldings and stallions all had a chance to dress up. You agree not to post comments that are off...

The purpose of these sessions, which include dance classes and circuit training, is to help the students reach peak fitness levels to enable them to properly manage and ride the horses that they work with. Students who wish to pursue a career in the racing side of the industry are benefiting from support from Racing Welfare, racing's leading welfare charity, and with support from Devizes Council, all of the students have been attending regular Tuesday afternoon sessions at Devizes Leisure...

Horse racing almost got through its season-ending championship day without a fatal breakdown. Typically these injuries occur near the end of the race, when the horse is more fatigued and you've got less support to the joint. The announced on-track attendance of 41,781 was several thousand under expectations, only the eighth-largest behind seven Haskell Handicap days in track history. Season-ending race day can't escape fatal breakdown. He stayed home to care for his ailing dog, Happy....

There had been numerous predictions as to how 'George' would perform in his second Classic winning and restoring some pride on the first blank Breeders' Cup day for Europe in nine years being a popular one among them but crossing the winning line for the 14th and last time in his career in the back of a clanking old iron horse ambulance, towed by a tractor, had not been countenanced. There had been numerous predictions as to how 'George' would perform in his second Classic winning and...

Post Comment WEST LONG BRANCH Once the horses were done racing Friday, it was the people who hustled through the steady rain toward their goal plates of hors d'oeuvres, glasses of wine and a good cause. Find www.app.com stories from the past week as well as calendar events, classifieds, advertisements, Yellow Page listings, local Web sites and more all in one search. The 2007 Breeders' Cup Charity Celebration brought together hundreds of New Jerseyans with deep pockets lawyers, politicians...