Among the various events are bareback, steer wrestling, saddle bronc, tie-down roping, ladies barrel racing, bull riding, and boys steer wrestling. I think the Stampede puts a lot of pride and effort into the fact we try and bring the best cowboys in the world to Williams Lake, and I think weve accomplished that to a lot of degrees, Thomas says, noting that theres a lot of other rodeos the Canada Day long weekend. I think the Stampede puts a lot of pride and effort into the fact we try and...

With the radiography equipment designed mainly to treat cancer in small animals, state-of-the-art imaging equipment will be used to diagnose and treat problems of the head, neck and legs in horses. He explained: "One problem we have had for several years is that the images of the head and neck we've taken in horses have been quite poor and, as a result, we still don't know enough about dental diseases and sinus problems. A 3million animal cancer centre will benefit equine patients when it...

She goes to school in Fairfield and enjoys barrel racing, football, trampoline, swimming, camping, gymnastics and playing the piano. She is a member of the Wood River Rodeo team and participates in barrel racing, pole bending and in the queen competition. When she is not competing she is usually found in the pastures riding her horses or playing with her foals. Her hobbies include education, 4-H, rodeo, basketball, volleyball, church activities and camping in the mountains with her family....

In addition to attracting nationally known horses and trainers - last year, the sixth-place horse in the Kentucky Derby ran in the Virginia Derby - some local trainers also eye the race. But, as Albemarle-based bloodstock agent Debbie Easter pointed out, horsemen want more racing days only so long as the purses stay high. The top trainers around the country are actively looking for 3-year-old turf horses. Officials hope the attention the turf course and the racetrack in general will...

By Melonie Magruder / Special to The Malibu Times Malibu's January fire, sparked by extremely dry weather conditions and, perhaps, a carelessly thrown cigarette butt, and the recent fire in Lake Tahoe underscored the vulnerability of not just human residents, but that of a teeming animal population, including horses and other large mammals. By Melonie Magruder / Special to The Malibu Times Malibu's January fire, sparked by extremely dry weather conditions and, perhaps, a carelessly thrown...

The food fight has been going on for a year, with Ithaca claiming the sundae was invented there in 1892 by drug store owner Chester Platt. After some local researchers turned up evidence that appeared to melt Wisconsin's case, Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-Ithaca, dished up a resolution (co-sponsored by several other members including Jack McEneny of Albany), sprinkled with some choice nuggets, including: After some local researchers turned up evidence that appeared to melt Wisconsin's...

In 1996, he patented his first product, The Stableizer, an equine restraint and training system, which is designed to fit over a horse s head and go behind the ears and under the top lip next to the gum. When a simple pressure is applied by a red button on the device, the horse is distracted from other parts of the body being worked on and endorphins and related compounds are released from acupuncture points one behind each ear and the other under the top lip. When a simple pressure is...

From the outset it was the race every owner wanted to win, and the whole history of the thoroughbred species was dictated by the genes of the first past the post in the Derby. Not that any of these great races can hope to compete in terms of spectators against the world's biggest sporting event - as any trivia freak will tell you, the Tour de France is undoubtedly the most humungous of them all. For a whole variety of reasons, the Derby lost its prestige and its hold on the public...