by HorseMinute.com | May 18, 2026 | Horse Law News
The 2026 Kentucky Derby initially seemed to avoid controversy, with jockey Jose Ortiz winning on a longshot and making history with trainer Cherie DeVaux as the first female Derby-winning trainer. However, the celebration was short-lived as both Ortiz brothers, Jose...
by HorseMinute.com | May 18, 2026 | Horse Riding
New research from the University of Helsinki, published in Science Advances, has pushed back the timeline of human-horse relationships by over 1,300 years, revealing that horses were being ridden, worked, and traded as early as 3500 to 3000 BCE. This challenges the...
by HorseMinute.com | May 17, 2026 | Dressage
Go With It Farm (GWIF) made a historic one-two sweep at the 2026 USEA Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) Championship, with their teams GWIF Groupies 2 and GWIF Groupies 3 taking the champion and reserve champion titles respectively. Competing against 22 teams and...
by HorseMinute.com | May 17, 2026 | Horse Riding
The article highlights the author’s transition from a specialist agriculture writer to a broader focus on community issues, particularly in the Upper Hunter region where they have lived and worked for over 30 years. While their role now encompasses various rural...
by HorseMinute.com | May 17, 2026 | Horse Racing Industry
Nineteen MPs from various parties have written to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy urging her to halt the Gambling Commission’s rollout of controversial affordability checks on gamblers, warning these measures could severely damage the horseracing industry. The MPs,...
