Oklahoma news briefs

Edit The Oklahoman 22 Oct 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY. Pow Wow Club plans event ... The gourd dance is from 2 to 5 p.m., and the grand entry is at 7 p.m ... Horse show continues ... National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show opened on Friday and continues through Oct ... The show features 1,800 Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses....

In Paraguay, 100 horses are protected, traded for moto-carts

Edit Topix 22 Oct 2016
Nearly 100 horses that have clopped through the streets of Paraguay's capital for years, hauling heavy loads of junk, are being retired to a farm sanctuary. The haggard, ill-fed horses pull carts filled with cans, cardboard and plastic that their owners scavenge from garbage bins and later sell to recycling centers ... ....

Documentary on Lt. Col. Edwin Price Ramsey will premiere Nov. 13

Edit The Oklahoman 22 Oct 2016
A documentary film of Lt. Col. Edwin Price Ramsey, an Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame member who led the last mounted horse cavalry charge in the U.S ... “To them we must have seemed a vision from another century, wild-eyed horses pounding headlong; cheering, whooping men firing from the saddles,” Ramsey wrote ... Ramsey attended Oklahoma Military Academy at Claremore where he learned to ride horses ... ....

Former $10-million lottery winner fined $5,000 after giving OxyContin pill to undercover cop in prostitution sting

Edit Toronto Sun 22 Oct 2016
She also spoke of the remorseful Underwood feeling "guilt and shame" over what he did and pointed out he is now in a "state of financial disrepair" after losing a lot of money in a vacation home development scheme ... Underwood, a race horse owner and former boxing promoter, had admitted giving the undercover officer an OxyContin ......

Are you a farmer or a hobbyist?

Edit Wilmington News Journal 22 Oct 2016
In regards to a horse related business, the 2014 Agricultural Tax Issues paper, states. Horse breeding, training, showing or racing activities meet the presumption if they show a profit in 2 of 7 consecutive tax years ... In regards to a horse farm, the 2014 Agricultural Tax Issues paper, it says. Horse breeding, training, showing or racing activities meet the presumption if they show a profit in 2 of 7 consecutive tax years ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7....

Harriet Graham’s Scotswell challenges in Kelso handicap

Edit Scotsman 22 Oct 2016
Three-time course scorer Scotswell flies the flag for 
Borders trainer HarrietGraham in the feature race at Kelso today. The Jedburgh raider, partnered by Tommy Dowson, faces six rivals in the 3m 2f £17,000 EDF-ER Handicap Chase. Graham said ... “He will run from the front as usual but he's a real stamina horse. It looks a quite a decent race and he's up against a few horses fit from the summer ... ....

Not a single dull moment at Antaragni

Edit The Times of India 22 Oct 2016
Kanpur. The annual cultural fiesta of IIT-Kanpur, Antaragni, is into its fifty-first year of celebration. Students from all over the country have come for the fest. More than 80 colleges are participating this year ... Another student, Tejasvika Sarin, a member of the Gargi College's Film Society said, "I am totally sleep deprived. We've managed to sleep for just 2 hours ... I cannot give it a miss."....

Will food critic Matthew Evans give carnivores something to chew on?

Edit The Guardian 22 Oct 2016
It ain’t always pretty ... Maybe they would be put to sleep? Maybe they got old and fell over? ... Wrong. Screen bites ... Read more ... Twitter ... How much room do the chickens get? Do they get to sleep or go outside? What are they eating? How long do they live? ... At an RSPCA-approved farm, the conditions for chickens look quite cramped, but they are still given more room than usual to roam; they’re also kept warm, and are allowed to sleep each night ... ....

Pickwick Gardens owners are turning to Burbank residents to help determine its fate

Edit The Los Angeles Times 22 Oct 2016
... Gardens starting off as a swim park with horse stables across the street from it....

With rugged feminist piece 'Certain Women,' Kelly Reichardt shows why she's the last indie purist ...

Edit Daily Press 22 Oct 2016
Over the course of a half-dozen films, director Kelly Reichardt has earned a reputation as a fiendishly stubborn artist. She has shot in extreme cold and insane heat, set up camp in remote deserts and corralled nearly two-dozen horses. And she’s really tired of it. “This level of filmmaking is ... ....

Racing NSW to investigate trainer Gerald Ryan over sexual assault allegations

Edit Canberra Times 22 Oct 2016
Racing NSW has launched an investigation into allegations of historical sexual abuse by a high-profile Australian horse trainer ... ....

Battlefield 1: Calvary Calamity - IGN Global Battle

Edit IGN Insider 22 Oct 2016
James Duggan steals a horse and then goes on absolute tear in the IGN Global Battle against the world ... ....

Transition in Clinton business scene

Edit Worcester Telegram 22 Oct 2016
CLINTON - An iconic Clinton business has changed hands.According to a letter on its website, William Reisner Corp., 33 Elm St., has been sold to Joseph Freedman Company.Both are longtime, family-owned businesses.According to an online company history, William Reisner began picking up scrap metal with a horse-drawn wagon around 1891. His sons, David and Harold, took over the reins after World War II and modernized the company ... ....
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