Horses

Apr 24, 2019 — By Sterry Butcher

Healing a spooked horse takes time, patience, and skill. And maybe a little help from beyond.

Oct 19, 2018 — By Sterry Butcher

Without a good shoeing, a horse can indeed be lost. Enter the farrier.

Jun 11, 2015 — By Dan Solomon

Time to double-check the locks on your barns. 

May 22, 2015 — By Hannah Smothers

When torrential storms brought raging flood waters to their ranch in Eastland, the Barrett family took to the muddy waters to rescue their prized horses.

Apr 30, 2015 — By Dan Solomon

He had one job.

Apr 13, 2015 — By Dan Solomon

What is the world coming to? 

Dec 6, 2013 — By Sterry Butcher

My life with horses.

Jun 17, 2013 — By Francesca Mari

The "dinner theater" chain supplies all of its castles with purebred Andalusian horses, which are all born at an unassuming ranch in Sanger, Texas.

May 13, 2013 — By Kristie Ramirez

Equestrian gear that will steer a horse—and turn some heads.

Jan 21, 2013 — By Jason Cohen

With the USDA poised to once again allow the processing of horse meat, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram argues that Texas should repeal its 1949 law against the practice.

Jan 21, 2013 — By Jason Cohen

Five years after the federal government closed facilities that slaughter horses, President Barack Obama signed legislation that effectively reverses the old policy and allows slaughter plants to open. 

Jan 20, 2013 — By Carol Chapman

Redford, shmedford: If you think the aging Hollywood hunk is anything like the prototypical horse whisperer, you haven’t met Del Rio native Ernesto Rojas Serna.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Sterry Butcher

What does it take to break a wild mustang? Patience, horse sense, experience, and if you’re Teryn Lee Muench, no more than one hundred days.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Jasmin Sun

Sterry Butcher talks about her experience watching Teryn Lee Muench break a wild mustang in less than one hundred days.

Nov 6, 2012 — By Sonia Smith

The federal government made a cool $8.8 million over the weekend auctioning off racehorses that purportedly belong to the Zetas.

Dec 7, 2011 — By Sonia Smith

The drought leaves nothing untouched. This week the ongoing drought impacts the state’s groundwater, state parks, and horses. 

Nov 7, 2011 — By Jason Cohen

Summer's over, but the drought may never be, and it's affecting everything from tourism to pecan pie to horse welfare.

Jul 31, 2001 — By Pamela Colloff

For teenage girls in the Hill Country town of Llano, life can be short on glamour and excitement—except at the annual rodeo, when one of them gets a rhinestone tiara and a rare, thrilling moment of glory.

Mar 1, 1998 — By Gary Cartwright

After thieves stole his daughter’s horse, deputy U.S. marshal Parnell McNamara didn’t make a federal case out of it. Instead, he rounded up a group of old-style lawmen and lit out after them.

Sep 30, 1996 — By Paul Burka

Home on the Range All over Texas, small ranchers are giving up and moving to the city. But the Stoner family of Uvalde is as determined as ever to hold on to its land—and its way of life.

Jan 1, 1976 — By Harry Hurt III

A tale of chukkers, stable snakes, Andy Warhol, and the booming sport of polo.