When a simple pressure is applied by a red button on the device, the horse is distracted from other parts of the body being worked on and endorphins and related compounds are released from acupuncture points one behind each ear and the other under the top lip. In 1996, he patented his first product, The Stableizer, an equine restraint and training system, which is designed to fit over a horse s head and go behind the ears and under the top lip next to the gum. When a simple pressure is...

Article continues Fortune, who had his 35th birthday last week, has been in racing long enough to take the rough with the smooth and does not dwell on losing the Derby ride on Authorized to Frankie Dettori. She was having her second race in 24 hours when runner-up in a maiden at Hamilton and has better prospects back in handicap company here. He has a good feel for a horse. Four years ago, a persistent back problem finally got the better of the rider. He's got loads of speed and won't mind...

He helps with the feeding, sorting, shipping and breeding program of the rodeo stock including breeding mares and cattle. Three members earned FFA Star awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in a supervised agricultural experience program and active participation in FFA. At the state level, winners receive a $1,000 scholarship from a sponsoring business or individual and a $300 scholarship from the National FFA Foundation. She started her program when she was 10 and decided to...

In times past, workers like Perez would have been on their own with such injuries - maybe an emergency room visit, maybe a self-prescribed dose of a veterinarian s medicine. BOSTON - Suffolk Downs trainer Felix Perez was matter of fact when he showed Quincy nurse Trish Bowe the horse bite on his hand. It s deep, the 65-year-old native of Puerto Rico told her, as he settled into her tiny office in the race track s medical-clinic trailer. Since they have no health insurance, the free clinic...

He descended into the well, slid ropes around Mati's front legs and hindquarters and was able to pull her out of the well, "no worse for the wear," he said. The story of a horse falling into a well gets odder still. The artesian well had been covered with boards, but the wood had begun to deteriorate. The well shaft was filled in with gravel Tuesday to prevent any future incidents. Elsewhere on the Web CNN.com Abbas outlaws Hamas militia forces ABC News Kids' Health at Risk as Politicians...

The owners have said little publicly about the horse some thought might be the odds-on favourite for last month's Kentucky Derby. While most of America rooted for the likes of Seabiscuit and Smarty Jones - the misfits and blue-collar horses that overcame adversity or long odds - this was a thoroughbred that made the aristocrats swoon. He was a two-year-old in training, on schedule to run in the 2007 Kentucky Derby and for sale to the highest bidder. During a morning gallop at Churchill...

For die-hard fans, fantasy baseball and football have become appetizers for the real thing, so why not a form of fantasy horse racing? The Saratoga Race Course, the Constitution Hall of American thoroughbred racing, doesn t begin its 36-day summer season for another month but horse racing enthusiasts are already salivating over the possibilities when the 138th Travers Stakes, oldest stakes race in the U. The Saratoga Race Course, the Constitution Hall of American thoroughbred racing, doesn...

The sophomore took fourth in the goat-tying final after a time of 6.8 seconds, and also tallied an eighth-place overall finish in barrel racing. National American University had four participants make the finals, however, the team did not finish as well as theyd hoped to. Jessica Painter, last years breakaway champion, suffered a no time in the finals when her calf broke from the ropes. We had a lot of success here at the finals, but sometimes we have to take the bad with the good. SDSUs...

We learn that Sweat loved Secretariat like his own child, that he was a soft touch for a loan, that he drank too much and that he ignored his own family in favor of his work. Scanlan is, however, an enthusiastic writer with an almost childlike fascination for horses. Though it has been written many times before, Scanlan is wise enough to include particulars of Secretariat's performances on the racetrack, especially in 1973. The book reads like a series of detailed letters, or extended...