The Hong Kong Jockey Club has pulled the plug on efforts to allow Australian-based horses to compete in the Longines Hong Kong International Races Dec. 9 at Sha Tin. The HKJC had been negotiating with ...

A member of a small herd of Brumbies, affectionally named 'the welcoming committee' by local horse watchers, rests in deep snow in Australia's Kosciuszko National Park.Brook Mitchell/Getty Images The ...

Around the world, the age-old sport of horse racing is facing existential threats from multiple sides. In the United States, some of those threats come in the form of legalized gambling, which has ...

“Threatened native species are in danger of extinction and the entire ecosystem is under threat. We must take action,” NSW’s environment minister Penny Sharpe said. “This was not an easy decision, no ...

Experts warn that Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales won’t recover from environmental destruction and overgrazing if the horses remain. Reading time 3 minutes A proposed plan to cull upwards ...

In fact, the world of Australian horse racing is much more than the riders and trainers who make the races happen. It’s the executives who govern the track, and the presenters who commentate and ...

The race that stops the nation, the Lexus Melbourne Cup, is by far Australia’s biggest race. But it has become a race that is bigger than just Australia, and every trainer around the world wants to ...

The Australian government plans to kill wild horses by shooting them from the air. "There are simply too many wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park," an environment official said. About 19,000 wild ...