“ Luck ,” HBO’s new gritty, realistic (if somewhat confusing) horse racing drama, is in hot water with PETA, after it became public that two horses died during the filming of the series’s first season. As Entertainment Weekly reported , the pilot — which fictionalized a horse being injured and euthanized in one scene — did not carry the American Humane Association’s stamp to assure viewers that “No animals were harmed” during filming. That’s because a horse suffered a severe fracture while filming a race sequence and had to be euthanized. The same fate befell a second horse during episode seven’s filming. Read full article > >

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‘Luck’ in hot water with PETA over two euthanized horses

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana finally has the horses to beat top-ranked Kentucky. Christian Watford’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer from the left wing stood up to a replay review Saturday night, giving the Hoosiers a stunning 73-72 upset. The lead changed hands five times in the final 121 seconds before Watford’s big shot set off a wild scene, with Indiana fans storming the court and crowding around players. Hoosiers coach Tom Cream and the officials stood side-by-side, pressed up against the scorer’s table to look at the replay. Read full article > >

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Christian Watford hits 3-pointer at buzzer to give Indiana 73-72 upset of No. 1 Kentucky

Animal rights advocates in New York are strengthening their push to ban the hansom cabs, whose owners say they are being harassed.

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Campaign Gains to Make Central Park Carriage Rides Horseless

More than 60 horses and ponies have been rescued and nine found dead at a farm in Antrim.

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Horses kept in squalid conditions

I have the soul of a rider. I was born with it. I’m from the Greenspring Valley in northern Maryland. It’s where Sagamore Farms is — when I was a toddler, my mother would avoid driving by that farm because I would scream I wanted a horse. It would start as soon as we got near that farm. I didn’t really learn to ride until I was 19 or 20. I had a boyfriend, and he was like, “If you’re gonna be with me, you gotta learn to ride.” I took to it like a duck to water. I didn’t keep the boyfriend but kept the horses. Read full article > >

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First Person Singular: Kimberly Clark, 48, Horse trainer, Leighton Farm

Barns burn down, sending horses scattering.

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Twister Hits Kentucky Derby Track

Times photographers were a presence at Aqueduct, Belmont, Yonkers and Roosevelt from the 1950s through the 1970s.

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Lens: They Had the Horse Right Here

Jaguars, bison, horses, prairie dogs, bears and other fascinating creatures. Read full article > >

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A sea lion, pied hornbills, rescued turtles and more in this week’s animal views

Dozens of swans have been slaughtered around the UK this year, a serial cat killer is on the loose in Norfolk, and over the past three decades hundreds of horses have been mutilated. But how is serial animal violence investigated?

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Inside animal CSI

The 86th running of the Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase race at Great Meadow in The Plains and the 137th Kentucky Derby in Louisville both take place May 7, but preparing horses for the track is a daily event involving early-rising trainers and their mounts. Read full article > >

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Neeme Jarvi looks as though he knows what a dance is supposed to be about. On the podium of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center on Thursday night, starting Glazunov’s Concert Waltz, the Estonian conductor moved his whole body with a big man’s buoyant grace even before the music began, conveying a sense of being at once debonair and slightly lumbering, which the orchestra mirrored perfectly. A waltz like this, all honeyed tunes and arabesques, is supposed to make you want to move your body. It’s even better when executed with absolute virtuosity so that its details convey not only prettiness but also humor. If the NSO didn’t quite achieve that, it showed it knew how to make the waltz fly. Read full article > >

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From Estonia to NSO, conductor Neeme Jarvi wins with all-Russian war horses

Neeme Jarvi looks as though he knows what a dance is supposed to be about. On the podium of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center on Thursday night, starting Glazunov’s Concert Waltz, the Estonian conductor moved his whole body with a big man’s buoyant grace even before the music began, conveying a sense of being at once debonair and slightly lumbering, which the orchestra mirrored perfectly. A waltz like this, all honeyed tunes and arabesques, is supposed to make you want to move your body. It’s even better when executed with absolute virtuosity so that its details convey not only prettiness but also humor. If the NSO didn’t quite achieve that, it showed it knew how to make the waltz fly. Read full article > >

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From Estonia to NSO, conductor Neeme Jarvi wins with all-Russian war horses

A $700,000 red-brick, five-stall barn near the zoo will house horses for parks department patrol officers.

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Central Park, Built for and With the Help of Horses, Will Again Offer Them a Home

Six racehorses died after a passing driver flicked a cigarette into their trailer, causing the hay around them to catch fire. They were being driven to their first start of the season at the Belmont Park racetrack in Long Island, New York; the trip had…

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Six Racehorses Burn to Death

Last year’s winner Don’t Push It tops the weights as 40 horses are set to contest the 164th Grand National at Aintree on Saturday.

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