Tag Archives: RIP

Polo legend Sunset "Sunny" Hale passed away on Sunday, Feb. 26, at an Oklahoma hospital due to complications from breast cancer, reports sister Stormie Hale. She was 41. Hale's impact...

The image is seared in the minds of Thoroughbred racing fans. It's the end of the 1999 Belmont Stakes and as Charismatic's Triple Crown hopes fade to a third-place ending,...

The connection we as humans have with animals, is one of the most primal and spiritual that we will ever hope to know. As we grow, this unique connection changes...

This May at Rolex, U.K.-based American eventer Liz Halliday-Sharp and her 12-year-old Irish Sporthorse, HHS Cooley, completed their first CCI****, finishing in 40th place with a clear cross-country round. The...

The body of 37-year-old horse trainer Monique Snowden was pulled from the Green River Sunday night near her home in Enumclaw, WA. Authorities believe Snowden committed suicide by jumping from a bridge....

On June 12th, renowned horse trainer Mark Russell suffered a catastrophic neck injury while hosting a clinic in Massachusetts. The accident occurred as Russell was working a young horse. He...

Legendary equestrian Frank Chapot passed away on June 20 at the age of 84. A six-time Olympian and two time Olympic silver medal winner, Chapot had been living in an...

During his 15 years as part of the Massachusetts Mounted Police Force, Elliot was respected as much by his fellow officers as he was the people of Boston, young and...

The 2016 colt foaled by beloved mare Zenyatta has passed away, Lane's End Farm announced via the Team Zenyatta website. The colt, by War Front, was born on April 10th....

Champion thoroughbred and prominent stallion Gulch passed away Sunday at his home at Old Friends Farm in Georgetown, KY. At age 32, Gulch was the oldest living Breeders’ Cup champion,...

Hall of Fame horseman John Nerud passed away yesterday at the age of 102. He will forever be remembered as the trainer of the great Dr. Fager, who in 1968...

The horse who could not lose strutted onto the track at Belmont Park on a hot July day, 40 years ago. The eyes of all 50,000 in attendance, and tens...