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AROUND LUNCHTIME ON April Fool’s Day, 2019, a white transit van pulled up on the roadside of Moulsham Hall Lane in Chelmsford. Inside were three men, Michael McCool, Simon Peters and Jason Bishop, who had made the journey from Melton Mowbray to this spot just beyond the boundary of Chelmsford City Racecourse, ahead of a …

Name of breed: Kazakh horse Country of origin: Kazakhstan Breed origin: The Kazakh horse dates back at least as far as the 5th century, when it already had a large population. Its ancestors were wild horses of the steppe, but the breed was later refined and selectively bred by the Kazakh people, who primarily live …

A new automated platform created in Australia has taken racehorse care and management to the next level, according to horsetalk. The product is currently only being used in Australia and champion trainer Chris Waller said it has changed how he runs his stable. StableWizard is an app that was created by Segenhoe Stud chairman Kevin Maloney. …

Image copyright Cogent Image caption The filly foal, pictured with mother Ruby, was born using sex-sorted sperm A Suffolk Punch foal is the first in the UK to have been born using technology to determine its gender. The filly, born in Whitchurch in Shropshire, was conceived using sex-sorted sperm. There are fewer than 72 female …

Aalborg racecourse: police intervened at Monday’s meeting Police in Denmark stormed and shut down a race meeting in Aalborg on Monday as the gathering broke social distancing regulations. The Danish government has enforced an assembly ban whereby no more than ten people can gather and moments after the finish of the first race at Racing Arena Aalborg …

The first NBA HORSE challenge is in the books. After an interesting two-day event, Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley took home the title thanks to his indoor gym and ambidextrousness. After cruising past WNBA legend Tamika Catchings in the first round, Conley beat retired guard Chauncey Billups in the semis, and Chicago Bulls guard Zach …

More than two dozen trainers, veterinarians and others in horse racing were charged in a widespread doping scheme that “amounted to nothing less than abuse,” federal officials and court papers revealed Monday. The defendants ran horses at tracks in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky and the United Arab Emirates, federal prosecutors in New …

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A horse broke down in the last race at Santa Anita on Wednesday, the track’s first racing death of the winter-spring meet after a spate of deaths last year. Golden Birthday took a bad step in the stretch and jockey Victor Espinoza fell off while trying to pull up the 4-year-old …

ENJOYING a book at bedtime is a simple pleasure children have looked forward to for generations. But now audio books, tablets and smart speakers mean they can get their story fix without the need for Mum or Dad to read to them. 1 Writer Sir Michael Morpurgo has backed our great Books For Schools giveawayCredit: …

Let us not think too deeply about this one. Kim Jong-un did a photo shoot on a horse. The North Korean dictator rode the white steed through snowy fields, galloping between dusted trees, pausing for an aw-shucks-I’m-on-a-horse smile at the camera. His servants in the state media said on Wednesday that his eyes “were full …