The New York Racing Association is calling for harsh penalties for horsemen who directly or indirectly sell a horse for slaughter. The policy announced by NYRA on Thursday also asks horsemen to support horse rescue, adoption initiatives and to find humane ways of dealing ...

Horse lovers from around the country are hauling away sickly horses from thoroughbred owner Ernie Paragallo's upstate New York breeding farm. Ron Perez, president of the Hudson Greene Humane Society, says about 40 horses have been spoken for at the farm 20 miles south of Albany ...

A group that finds homes for retired racehorses is raising money to care for 177 neglected horses seized from prominent breeder Ernie Paragallo and offering to oversee rehabilitation and placement of the animals. Paragallo, however, said Monday that only about 20 horses on his upstate farm were underweight and ...