Neither Stampede’s signature event resembles any authentic Old West or Native American tradition OMAK, Washington; CALGARY, Alberta––The 2026 “stampede” subset of the rodeo season, consisting most notoriously of the annual Calgary Stampede and Omak Stampede, ended on August 16, 2026 with the fourth and last running of the year of the Omak “Suicide Race.” Riders […]
Kangaroo cleats & Aqueduct horse racing: sports jump & run to change
Kangaroo leather soccer boots & thoroughbred racing in NYC, both now history, were both booming businesses not so very long ago QUEENS, New York––The ongoing FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, from which Team USA was eliminated on July 6, 2026 in Seattle, and the June 28, 2026 last race at the Aqueduct Racetrack in […]
For horse racing & Major League Baseball, gamefowl come home to roost
Just when the Kentucky Derby appeared to have escaped stepping in poop––and can the Dodgers dodge pitcher’s promotion of cockfighting? SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico; NEW YORK, N.Y.––The horse racing industry breathed a premature sigh of collective relief when the May 2, 2026 Kentucky Derby concluded without another of the public relations disasters that for more […]
Risk of horse slaughter resuming in U.S. offsets Bouvry closure in Alberta
Canadian horse slaughterhouse may have closed in anticipation of U.S. competition FORT MacLEOD, Alberta; WASHINGTON D.C.––Animal advocates celebrating the recent closure of the Bouvry Exports horse slaughterhouse in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, once the biggest in Canada, may be celebrating prematurely. The real reason for the Bouvry Exports slaughterhouse closing may be anticipation that horse slaughter […]
Two track closures end horse racing in Canada west of the Rockies
Last thoroughbred track folds four months after last standardbred track VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada––Both thoroughbred and standardbred [harness] horse racing appear to be history in Canada west of the Rocky Mountains with the December 5, 2025 permanent closure of the Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver. Both the first and last dedicated thoroughbred track in British Columbia, […]
Not just a suspect in the toilet after FBI & ICE raid on Idaho horse track
As many as fifty undocumented immigrants nabbed & five operators including two Mexican citizens charged with illegal gambling WILDER, Idaho––“Person Dragged Out of Portable Toilet as Federal Agents Raid Gambling Setup” was the Storyful headline after as many as 200 members of law enforcement raided La Catedral Arena just outside Wilder, Idaho on October […]
Holly Cheever, DVM, 75: “In lieu of sending flowers, don’t eat meat”
Spay/neuter vet, veterinary reformer, expert witness, & Mother-of-the-Year besides NEW SCOTLAND, New York—Holly Cheever, DVM, a leading light in animal care and advocacy for more than half a century, and a longtime friend, source, and donor to ANIMALS 24-7, “died on February 9, 2025,” the Altamont Enterprise reported ten days later from Albany County, New […]
Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?
Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK, Washington––The 91st edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak, Washington, is to conclude on August 10, 2025, as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Checking to see how many horses died at Omak this […]
“Yes, laws do apply to you!” Supreme Court tells horse owners & pig farmers
Major players in horseracing & pig farming hoped to overturn laws bringing them under regulation WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 and June 30, 2025 twice in two business days corralled animal use industries hoping to evade regulation, reaffirming both the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act of 2020 and California Proposition 12 requirements […]
Greyhound & horse racing: bad bets to last much longer
Only massive subsidies keep any form of animal racing lucrative CAERPHILLY, Wales; LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas; PLEASANTON, California; SARATOGA, New York––Greyhound racing is to end in Wales perhaps as soon as May 2026, and is now banned in Arkansas, where the last remaining track, in West Memphis, closed in 2022. Horse racing ended in northern […]