The misuse of medication in the racing American Quarter Horse industry continues to be a serious animal welfare issue, and one that AQHA, with the support of horsemen and the racing industry alike, is working to address.

It sounds like a scene out of The Godfather gone terribly wrong. An innocent park-goer made a disturbing discovery over the weekend while taking a Sunday stroll through Highbridge Park in Manhattan.

The policy change came in response to the committee’s review of statistics from the 2015 Youth World Show regarding leased horses and ownership transfers that took place shortly before and after the show. Because this is a World Show policy change—not a rule change—discussion and the following vote in favor of the new policy took place at the Executive Committee meeting in August 2015.

One California horse is dead and another recovering after being poisoned by cookies laced with oleander.

Number of horses diagnosed positive for the EHV-1 virus to-date: 61
Number of horses released today from the isolation barn: 3
Number of exposed barns that have been returned to non-exposed status to-date: 6

This historic transaction will be the first-ever sale of the Waggoner, an approximately 535,000 acre estate which was established in 1849 and spans across 6 Texas counties and almost 800 square miles. It is currently the largest ranch under one fence in the U.S., and includes thousands of cattle, hundreds of horses and oil wells, and 30,000 acres of farmland. Terms of the potential transaction were not disclosed.