Kentucky Horse Park Awarded
January 10th, 2008 by admin
NEW YORK – The Kentucky Horse Park, home to the great John Henry for nearly a quarter-century, has been honored with a special Eclipse Award for contributions to thoroughbred racing. The award is presented by the National Turf Writers Association, Daily Racing Form and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
Best known for its Hall of Champions, the horse park was founded in 1978 and now features as many as 53 different breeds of horses at work and at play.
Two-time Horse of the Year John Henry was just one of many retired champions of the race track and show ring to spend time at the park. John Henry, who died in October, was the most popular attraction.
“For 23 years, we were able to care for John Henry, while he was visited by millions of fans, and allowed us to tell our story,” said John Nicholson, executive director of the Lexington, Ky.-based park. “John Henry epitomized our philosophy that horses are our heroes and our partners.”
The park hosts nearly 900,000 visitors and 15,000 competition horses in 75 special events and horse shows each year. It is also the home of the National Horse Center, a collection of 34 national, state and regional equine organizations.
In 2010, the park will play host to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the first time this global event has ever been held outside of Europe. More than 60 nations are expected to compete.
The award will be presented at the Eclipse Awards ceremony Jan. 21 at Beverly Hills, Calif.
Source: The Associated Press - Photo: PBS
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Neglected horses rescued
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Eighty-four emaciated horses, ponies and donkeys were rescued from a field, where they were discovered alongside 31 dead animals, in one of the biggest operations if its kind.
The animals were seized from a farm in Hyde Heath near Amersham in Buckinhamshire but the charity´s vets had to have three horses put down.
They had been badly neglected and their bodies left where they had fallen.
The rescued animals have been taken to sanctuaries by the RSPCA, Redwings Horse Sanctuary and the International League for the protection of Horses.
As the team arrived, a scuffle broke out with a 44-year-old man at the farm - said by neighbours to be a horse dealer from a family of travellers.
He was arrested for assaulting a police officer and criminal damage and the horses were loaded onto horse boxes.
Source: The Telegraph (UK)
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