Horses

In the team jumping final on Saturday, Team USA clinched silver and Sweden won gold.

Riders say the statue may have distracted several horses in qualifying for the individual jumping final on Tuesday.

Sally Lechner has been volunteering for a little over a year now for the nonprofit that focuses on rescuing some of the biggest—and often the gentlest—of horse breeds.

The horse Medina Spirit won the 2021 Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

Firefighters were able to free a horse surrounded by flames and smoke after an explosion rocked an entire neighborhood in Ontario, Calif., on Tuesday.

The Fremont Fire Department released video of a horse and pony being rescued from a mudslide in Monterey County.

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.

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.

By mid-March, Hunter Ridge Stables owner Maria Matthews instituted 1½-hour time slots for individual boarders so that only one rider would be on-site at any given time. But after Gov. Larry Hogan’s issued a stay-at-home order effective March 30, Matthews closed her barn at Bridgefield Farm in Davidsonville to all except her staff, veterinarians and farriers. “I have to keep…

The clip shows the man and horse turning the streets of D.C. into their own rodeo, galloping freely as cars pass by. News4 confirmed this is the same man who had a group of alpacas escape his petting zoo.

Fourteen horses were found shot to death in rural eastern Kentucky, leading to an investigation of who was responsible for what a sheriff called a “heartbreaking” slaying. A horse owner contacted authorities in Floyd County on Monday after finding one of his animals had been killed, before investigators found more slain colts, fillies, mares and stallions the next day, Sheriff…

Santa Anita has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months.

In interviews with NBC, five female jockeys described a long and persistent history of gender discrimination in the sport. Some say their careers have been deterred by sexual harassment and bullying.

Virginia Padilla and her family were devastated to learn that their family ranch, which houses more than 60 horses, was burned to the ground on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 during the Creek Fire in Sylmar.

As firefighters tenaciously battled flames from several major fires that all flared in just 24 hours in Southern California, animal lovers worried about their pet’s safety as over 50,000 mandatory evacuations were issued.

A person in a Tyrannosaurus Rex costume allegedly growled at a pair of horses pulling a carriage in Charleston, South Carolina. The horses were frightened and caused the carriage to jackknife, injuring the driver.