by HorseMinute.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Horse Racing Industry
Speed figures are crucial for assessing racehorses, but class often determines outcomes when top-level competition is involved. This dynamic will be tested on August 23 in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, where Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Magnitude...
by HorseMinute.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Horse Riding
Veteran horse rider Guy Avis tragically died after falling from his horse during the Heythrop Hunt foxhound event in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. Avis, who had hunted for over 60 years and served as the “Singing Secretary” of the Heythrop Hunt for 28...
by HorseMinute.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Horse Rescue
The Wild Horse and Burro Adoption event, held from August 14 to 16 at the Simpson Events Center in Monroe, N.C., successfully placed 120 horses and 30 burros into new homes. Organized by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), this taxpayer-funded program aims to...
by HorseMinute.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Dressage
The Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), spanning thirteen weeks, features top show jumping and dressage riders competing for a record-breaking total prize fund of around sixteen million dollars, making it one of the richest events in the equestrian world. This year,...
by HorseMinute.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Horse Riding
Showjumpers from Guernsey and Jersey are struggling to participate in each other’s equestrian events due to conflicting ferry schedules operated by DFDS and Brittany Ferries. British Showjumping Guernsey reported no entries from Jersey at its Horse of the Year...
