Horses
Curling, Baking, Typos: How This Year’s Kentucky Derby Contenders Got Their Names
What’s in a name? A lot, if you want to tackle the Triple Crown
The Pony Express Was Short-Lived And Costly
The service only lasted 18 months, but became an important icon of the West
A Horse Racing Favorite Died Minutes After Completing the Melbourne Cup
Admire Rakti wasn't even the only horse to die at the races
The World’s Oldest Pants Were Developed for Riding Horses
3,000-year-old pants discovered in ancient tomb in China
14 Fun Facts About Broncos
Number six: Horses once had three toes
Central Park’s Horse-Drawn Carriages Could Be Replaced With Old-Timey Electric Cars
Demand for horse-drawn rides has reportedly spiked as tourists and locals alike rush in for a chance to take one last buggy ride through the park
The Mustang Mystique
Descended from animals brought by Spanish conquistadors centuries ago, wild horses roam the West. But are they running out of room?
Galloping Ghosts
In Poland's primeval forest, a Nazi scientist re-created an extinct breed of horse. Or did he?
Barbaro's Legacy
The effort to save the fallen champion shows how far equine medicine has come in recent years. And how far it still has to go
Saving the Raja's Horse
British horsewoman Francesca Kelly brings India's fiery Marwari to the United States in hopes of reviving the breed
They Drink the Wind
Famed for their "floating-on-air" gaits, Arabian horses run in 100-mile races and ask for more
The Horses Exalt the Officers Who Ride Them
Cantering through smoke, over obstacles and down city streets, recruits in Washington, D.C. train for careers as mounted police
Race for a Remedy
Retired from the track, thoroughbred First Flight served as a "factory" to produce botulism antitoxin
Leonardo's Horse: A Long Shot Pays Off
500 years late, but 56 hands high
The Horse Whisperer
Legendary trainer Buck Brannaman relies on trust, not terror
Mustangs on the Move
Without free-roaming bands of wild horses, the American West just wouldn't be the same
Union Colonel Phil Sheridan's Valiant Horse
A young war-horse helped Phil Sheridan win the day in the Shenandoah Valley and, made famous by a poem, helped Abraham Lincoln win re-election
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