Horses

The Riverside County Department of Animal Services today warned horse owners to beware of an equine influenza outbreak that has killed an estimated three dozen wild burros in the region.

Armed with knives, some knowledge of their prey and a large dose of cruelty, attackers are going after horses and ponies in pastures across France in what may be ritual mutilations

Arnold Guevara started with his Huntington Beach, California-based horse therapy program two weeks after losing his dad in a work accident. “Where I grew up there was sometimes shooting and fires and things like that,” he told NBCLX. “And it gets me worried because I feel like… that’s going to happen to my family.” On one of his first...

An animal therapy program in California is using rescue horses to help at-risk children in Los Angeles overcome their trauma. The Huntington Beach, Calif.-based program, called Free Rein, uses formerly wild horses that might otherwise be destined for a slaughterhouse to connect with children struggling with violence, abuse and grief.

Racing is set to resume Thursday at Santa Anita Park, but there won’t be any races on the track’s hillside turf course, on which a horse suffered a fatal injury Sunday and became the 23rd equine death at the facility since late December.

Racing is set to resume Thursday at Santa Anita Park, but there won’t be any races on the track’s hillside turf course, on which a horse suffered a fatal injury Sunday and became the 23rd equine death at the facility since late December.

According to published reports, two horses from the barn of two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert have tested positive for a banned substance.

 Santa Anita will resume live racing Friday after receiving approval from Los Angeles County health officials. The Arcadia track stopped live racing on March 27 by order of the county health department because of concern over the spread of the coronavirus. From March 12-27, the track raced without spectators. Racing will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday with only essential…