STAFFORD, Va. — Grace Purdum was happy when the thoroughbred mare known as Mare #1 kicked her in the leg one morning. "In our industry, that's a good thing," said Purdum, the president of Hope for ...

The annual Virginia Breeder's Awards program has been scheduled at Great Meadow Friday May 6th—the evening before the Virginia Gold Cup Races—in a return to more of a "normal times" format for the ...

RICHMOND COUNTY, Va. -- Two people were seriously hurt and a horse was euthanized following a crash on a Virginia highway. A 2015 Jeep Cherokee struck the back of a horse-drawn buggy on Route 3, near ...

The State Veterinarian’s Office of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) was informed on June 22, 2023 that two horses from the same barn tested positive for Equine ...

The Virginia Thoroughbred Alliance (VTA) announced the winners of its annual Championship Awards at the Virginia Gold Cup held over the weekend. The awards recognize the top Virginia-bred horses, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 25 (UPI) --A Virginia woman's pet horse was officially certified as the oldest in the world by Guinness World Records at the ...

LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - Two horses at The Virginia Horse Center tested positive for a virus early this week. One of the horses is in stable condition; the other was euthanized. Leaders say around 5 ...

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Flames have destroyed a famous horse barn on Chincoteague Island in Virginia. News outlets report firefighters were called Tuesday night to the Misty barn at the Beebe Ranch.

LEXINGTON, Va. (WRIC) — One horse has been euthanized and around 80 others are now under quarantine after two positives cases of a virus were found at the Shenandoah Classic Horse Show in Lexington, ...

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services today announced the state’s first positive case of West Nile Virus in a horse in 2015. The horse, a five-year-old Choctaw mare, is from ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Va. — The Virginia Department of Agriculture confirms a horse in Virginia has tested positive for West Nile virus. The unvaccinated quarter horse in Orange County, north of ...