You have to evaluate what the horse has done and what he can do whether he is tracking properly. His daughters had riding horses, and he had learned to love them when he was growing up. If the owner s horse wins, he gets 60 percent of the claiming price, plus the purse, and can even reclaim the horse later if it shows promise. Skip Cheesman loves horses, but he lets a jockey do the riding. When they re not racing, they are looking for horses to buy and races to run. Cheesman said he buys...

He confirmed, however, Plough's reputation as a major fan of horse racing and betting and said Plough often visited tracks in the region during the decades when they were friends. Kanter, who described himself as a longtime friend of Plough's before the firing in March, said he doubted that the judge did any betting through the county computer. That allowed dozens of visits to gaming and gambling Web sites and services that updated information about horse racing. The head of Thistledown...

Concerns about the impacts of gambling prompted two South Okanagan elected officials to oppose an equine horse racing facility in Osoyoos Thursday. Osoyoos has also received widespread support for the facility from the central and north Okanagan regional districts and the Southern Interior Local Government Association (formerly the Okanagan Mainline Municipal Association), where Premier Gordon Campbell agreed to wear a pin stating his support for the facility. Osoyoos has also received...

The club moved the competition to Tampa about 15 years ago because a suitable space for running and jumping horses is hard to come by anymore in Pinellas. The competitors range in age from 2 to 75, and riders compete in the explicit style of show hunters and jumpers. Horse lovers bring their riding skills to compete in Tampa. She shovels stalls, rides for an hour and a half three times a week, and feeds Honey pellets and grain and carrots. She's been on horses since she wore diapers. And...

As Chad Johnson puts on his racing shoes today to go mano y caballo, Bengal fans can reminisce about a similar event some 24 years ago featuring fellow wideout Cris Collinsworth vs. Chad's venture into racing versus horse recalls 1993 event featuring Collinsworth. That also can be expected for today's race, probably as much for the event as for the fact that it features the brash and boisterous Johnson and his popular theatrics. Owens had the advantage of a running start, and the surface...

In the afternoon there was a medieval re-enactment and other attractions included classic cars, fishing, and a food market. Country show proves a crowd puller. A few stands couldn't operate because of the conditions, but otherwise everything went ahead. There was even an opportunity to watch ferrets racing. Some of the lorries have had to be pulled out of the mud by tractors, but we have just got on with it. A range of attractions had been promised at the Blackwater Country Show, at Rook...