Southern California’s 2010 polo season closed on a high note, with the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic Oct. 10 at Will Rogers State Historic Park. Nacho Figueras, the Argentine polo player whose face is known the world over as the face of Ralph Lauren’s Polo Fragrances, trekked in from New York to play under his Black […]
They’re majestic, sexy and ready for their close-ups. We’re talking horses. Continuing a trend of equine-themed films galloping into the multiplex, a biopic about 2009’s longshot Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and a tear-jerking tale of cavalry service during World War I are set to join modern classics The Black Stallion and Seabiscuit. Steven […]
Ron Emmons took first and second place in the Magnificent Seven stock horse competition at the 12th Annual Western States Horse Expo, which took place June 11–13 in Sacramento. The rider, of Ione, CA, was named All Around Stock Horse Champion amassing $10,528 in winnings aboard Olena Oak, owned by Mel Smith and Nichole Scott. […]
There are practical as well as commercial arguments that can be made in favor of horse slaughter. There are ethical and environmental reasons to oppose it. Horse slaughter proponents see the matter primarily in terms of dollars and cents. The so-called “killer buyers” who purchase horses on behalf of slaughterhouses typically shop at auction, where […]
There has been a veritable stampede on Capitol Hill, with no fewer than three horse protection bills introduced since the beginning of the year. One has already cleared the House of Representatives with a decisive 239 to 185 win, while companion bills under the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009 are parked in the […]
