Racehorse jumps barriers into crowd, injuring seven spectators
Australian racehorse Banna Strand, leapt the barrier at the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool carnival in Victoria
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Prue Barrett to lead Australian eventing team towards 2012
Experienced coach and competitor Prue Barrett has been appointed national performance director of the Australian eventing team
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Australian race meeting abandoned due to kangaroo invasion
An Australian race meeting had to be called off yesterday (Wednesday 26 January) due to an invasion of kangaroos.
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Pony dragged behind car 'lucky to be alive'
The Australian RSPCA has said a pony that was dragged behind a car on Christmas day is lucky to be alive
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Cause of Australian horse deaths uncertain
Tropical plants are suspected of causing the deaths of 40 horses in Queensland
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Australian Megan Jones withdraws from WEG after 'flight from hell'
Megan Jones’s Kirby Park Irish Jester has had to be pulled out of the Australian eventing squad for WEG after not travelling well
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Australia reveals showjumping team for WEG
Edwina Alexander leads the Australian showjumping team in Kentucky
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Australia announces eventing team for World Equestrian Games
The Australian selectors have announced their choices for the eventing competition at the World Equestrian Games (25 September - 10 October)
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Australia names dressage team for World Equestrian Games
The Australian dressage squad for the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky has been chosen
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Baby dies after being kicked by a horse in Australia
A one-year-old boy in Australia has died after being kicked by a horse at his grandmother's farm
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Jumps racing banned in Australian state of Victoria from 2010
Jump racing will abolished in Victoria from 2010 after 20 horses have been killed in the past two years
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RDA horse in Australia attacked with blunt instrument
Police in Australia are hunting for a person who attacked a horse belonging to the Riding for the Disabled Association
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Man charged with cruelty for allegedly shooting horse
An Australian man has been charged with cruelty to animals after he allegedly shot a horse with a crossbow and filmed it dying.
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Police horse nominated for bravery award
A former Australian police horse has been nominated for a posthumous award for bravery for his action in the Victoria bushfires this year
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Australian vet dies of Hendra virus after treating infected horse
Australian vet Alister Rodgers has died in hospital in Brisbane after treating a horse infected with the Hendra virus
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Another horse dies and five people in hospital due to hendra virus
A third horse in Australia has died from the hendra virus, and five people are now in hospital in Brisbane after coming into contact with infected horses
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Australian stud farms quarantined after horse dies of Hendra virus
Stud farms in Australia are under quarantine after a horse died from hendra virus in Queensland last week
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Australian trainer dies after being crushed by racehorse
Australian racehorse trainer Pat Quinn has died after being crushed by his runner, Insensitive, at Canterbury racecourse
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Australian trainer fractures back after being thrown by a horse
Australian racehorse trainer Jason Clifford has fractured his back after being thrown while exercising a young horse on a beach
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Racehorse collapses and dies mid-race in Melbourne
Racehorse King Of Ashford collapsed and died in the middle of a race in Australia last week
