FARGO, N.D. — An investigation report sheds more light on what happened to an Alberta woman who died recently after a horse trampled her at the North Dakota State University Equine Center.

Dogs, and even cats, are often used as therapy animals to help those in need of emotional, physical or behavioral support. One family, however, has found success with Manes and Miracles, a horse therapy program.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Jesse Wright is no stranger to success at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

South Dakota Farm Bureau (SDFB) held their 102nd Annual Convention in Sioux Falls, Nov. 22-23, 2019. Agricultural policy discussions, election of board leadership and special awards were part of the two-day event.

FARGO, N.D.  — The woman who the Fargo Fire Department said was trampled by a horse at North Dakota State University's Equine Center has died, according to her friends and colleagues in Canada, where she is from.

There aren’t too many people that hitch horsehair anymore.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A wild horse facility is looking to make its home in eastern Laramie County, but residents near the proposed site have some major concerns.

Whatever happens in Vegas, Taylon Carmody doesn’t plan to leave it there. Instead, he plans to bring back hardware to his hometown of Mobridge.

BROOKINGS — This fall, the South Dakota State University Equine Teaching Facility hosted horse handling and riding programs for American Indian students, veterans and current service members.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — It’s a start, they stressed.

The lifetime ban for one of the most famous equestrians in the world became official on Nov. 19 after a U.S. sports board found he was sexually inappropriate with at least one child years ago.

Reports of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) along the East Coast of the United States climbed this summer, with an outbreak reaching as far inland as Michigan, where 27 horses, 11 deer, and nine human cases have been reported to date in the lower part of the state. Two states away in Minnes…

5:00 a.m. — “The horse was in extreme distress and the horse owners agreed: The only option to alleviate the suffering was euthanasia,” said Ed Murray, DVM, owner of Coosa Valley Equine Center in Pell City, Alabama. Dr. Murray shared his experience about a devastating case that stands out am…

For Nuggett and Talli Carmalt, rodeo royalty travels by bloodline.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the owners of Maximum Security seeking to challenge the decision to disqualify their horse as the winner of the Kentucky Derby.

“We aren’t in Mexico, but the culture continues here,” said Paloma Sanchez, one of the leaders of the escaramuza team.

DEL MAR, Calif. — Amid the debate about the safety of thoroughbred racing in Southern California, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club could point to one fact: It had not suffered a single racing fatality in 2019.

Raymond the mule — who lived 20 years among Corolla's wild horses — munched happily Nov. 7 on a bag full of hay in his escape-proof corral.

It appears the relationship between two well-known Flathead Valley, Mont., horsemen has soured after one sued the other in an apparent business disagreement.

It appeared that Santa Anita had a safe Breeders’ Cup, but in the last race, at the top of the stretch, Mongolian Groom was pulled up in distress. He suffered a life-ending injury to his left-hind leg and was euthanized on Nov. 2. It was the 37th death at Santa Anita since Dec. 30 and will r…

BILLINGS, Mont. — Hank Franzen is walking a little taller these days.

A paradise for farriers opened on Oct. 19 in Stockyards City, Okla.

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — Over 100 years ago, wild horses used to roam the area. But that all changed in 1906 when the last great horse roundup happened in Grant County, Washington.

The New Jersey Racing Commission could be on the cusp of what the Thoroughbred Daily News called “the country’s most stringent anti-whip rules in thoroughbred racing:”

Another horse was euthanized at Santa Anita Park in California on Oct. 25, bringing the total to 35 since last December.

Firewaters Moon Guy, a 2-year-old stallion, was one of the Glen Blasius Estate sale, Kimball, S.D., consignments sold on Oct. 19 at South Dakota Horse Sales in Corsica, S.D. He is big, quiet and gentle, sired by an own son, both top and bottom, by AP Six Frosted Moons.

DALY CITY, Calif. — Trigg McClellan’s next patient is just moments away, arriving in a heap of dust and dirt, adrenaline and pain.

On the heels of a deadly winter/spring racing season, yet another horse has died at Santa Anita Park in California.

BILLINGS, Mont. — Shawn Downing almost secured his spot in the 2020 Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals in one weekend.

LAWTON, Iowa. — Harold Fischer will tell you that nowhere in the Bible is there any mention of retirement.

Emtech, the 3-year-old colt who had a fatal breakdown on the second day of the current Santa Anita meeting, had tested positive for a painkiller about a month before his death.

Emtech, the 3-year-old colt who had a fatal breakdown on the second day of the current Santa Anita meeting, had tested positive for a painkiller about a month before his death.

WARNER, S.D. — Max is 18 and milk wash white with a cap, tail and four socks of brown.

BILLINGS, Mont. — There are cowboys who ride and rope under the bright lights for big money, making their living eight seconds at a time.

Just two days before she started college at Ohio State this past fall, Lesa Ramsburg went with Ford. No, she didn't buy a truck.

Just two days before she started college at Ohio State this past fall, Lesa Ramsburg went with Ford. No, she didn't buy a truck.

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Buoyed by the presence of two-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Doug O’Neill, about 50 workers and supporters of horse racing rallied outside Santa Anita’s main entrance on Oct. 5.

Ky. Colonel, a 5-year-old gelding, went into cardiac arrest after a jog on the training track at Santa Anita— becoming the 33rd horse to die at the California track since December 2018.

AMES, Iowa – No doubt about it, women are the majority owners and caretakers of horses.

2019 Year End Awards

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Minot, N.D. – A new event has been added to the Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo.

WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Riding in rodeos is not just what Amberley Snyder does. It’s who she is.

FARGO — Theodore Roosevelt National Park rangers will resume a birth control program with the goal of eliminating the need for roundups to remove wild horses to keep the herd from overpopulating.

The wild horses that live on North Carolina islands are doing fine after Hurricane Dorian hit the coast, rescue groups say.

The wild horses that live on North Carolina islands are doing fine after Hurricane Dorian hit the coast, rescue groups say.

Horses are flight animals. Their first instinct is to run away from anything that could pose a threat, including crowds of boisterous LSU football fans and drunken Mardi Gras revelers.

Now in its 22nd year, the Stirling Family Memorial Ranch Rodeo will be held Sept. 14-15 at the Stanley County Fairgrounds in Fort Pierre, S.D. Every year, the rodeo coordinators give the proceeds of the events to individuals and their families fighting cancer.

HURON, S.D. – The Ninth annual South Dakota Timed Event Championship (SDTEC) sponsored in part by Panhandle Slim and Double D Western was held Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 in Huron at the South Dakota State Fair.

• Show date: August 25, 2019, Webster, S.D.