The Preakness was under the spotlight after deaths at Churchill Downs earlier this month

By JESSIE SCHWARTZ Capital News Service BALTIMORE – Wearing shirts emblazoned with the phrase “horse racing” but with “racing” crossed out and “killing” in its place, about 50 members of Horseracing Wrongs, a non profit organization working to end horseracing,…

Local farm provides second chance for abused horses

It’s estimated that thousands of horses leave the U.S. every year for slaughterhouses in either Mexico or Canada. Many of those horses have been neglected and forgotten with nowhere else to go. But in Howard County, there’s a 60 acre farm where some extraordinary efforts are giving a second life to horses from around the country that might, otherwise, be on their last leg.

Baltimore’s arabbers keep history alive

BALTIMORE, Maryland — “The Last of the Mohicans” is how Donald Savoy III described the remaining handful of arabbers left in Baltimore on a sunny Wednesday, while watching a fellow horse-drawn cart vendor load up with fresh fruit and vegetables.…

Horse Rescue Farm Struggles with Space During Economic Recession

Day’s End Rescue Horse Farm takes in neglected and abused horses for rehabilitation and training. However the poor economy has decreased the number of horses they’re able to adopt out, leaving them struggling for adequate space to house about 70 horses.