A woman hired a trainer to tame and train a wild, “unhandled” mustang she adopted through the Bureau of Land Management. Dissatisfied with the horse’s condition after 4 months, she moved the horse to another barn and sued the trainer for $6,000, alleging the trainer had committed “animal cruelty.”

A New York court refused to dismiss the personal injury lawsuit of a rider who claimed a dude ranch employee torqued her knee while helping her mount the horse she was given to ride.  

The lawsuit was initiated by an experienced horseback rider who participated in advanced riding at defendant’s dude ranch for two days.

A federal appellate court recently dismissed a challenge to SafeSport that was brought  by three trainers who had been sanctioned by SafeSport for violating its code of conduct.  The trainers filed a federal lawsuit against the United States Center for Safesport (“SafeSport”), the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOC”) and the United States Equestrian Federation, Inc. (“USEF”).

The Virginia trial court dismissed an injured rider’s personal injury lawsuit against a stable on the basis of a pre-injury liability release signed by the rider. Relying on the signed release and Virginia’s Equine Activity Liability Act (“EALA”), the trial court concluded the rider could not sue. The rider appealed.

Renown Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, Todd Pletcher, recently appealed a $1,000 fine and 10-day suspension that was imposed on him by the New York Gaming Commission (“New York Racing”) after a horse he trained tested positive for Meloxicam after finishing in second place in a race held at the Saratoga Racecourse.

A New Jersey racehorse trainer unsuccessfully appealed stiff penalties imposed by the New Jersey Racing Commission after a post-race urine sample taken from a horse he trained tested positive for three banned substances: Oxycodone, an opioid used to treat pain; Carisoprodol, a medication used to treat musculoskeletal pain; and Meprobamate, a medication used to treat anxiety and insomnia.

A group of horsewomen have filed a products liability lawsuit in federal court in California, suing the manufacturer of the commonly used equine topical ointment “Fura-Zone,” claiming repeated exposure to the ointment caused them to suffer reproductive and fertility problems, including ovarian cysts and fibroids.

After her horse tested positive for a Banned Substance at an event held at Galway Downs Equestrian Center in Temecula, CA, an Israeli showjumper took immediate steps that enabled her to establish environmental contamination as the cause of the violation.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently struck down the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act ("HISA") on Constitutional grounds. The court's decision "splits" with that of the Sixth Circuit Court of

A horse trainer in Iowa asked one of his students to film him operating an antique horse-drawn sickle mower. After about forty minutes, when the mowing task had been completed, the trainer motioned for his

A Maryland horse trainer was absolved of liability for the injuries sustained by a child who fell off on a trail ride during her horseback riding lesson. The case went to trial before a jury,

A Louisiana appellate court has reinstated a personal injury lawsuit that was dismissed by a trial court, sending the case back to the lower court for a jury to decide whether the cause of the

The Supreme Court of Michigan has agreed to review the dismissal of a personal injury lawsuit brought by a woman who was injured while riding in a horse-drawn carriage. The Court of Appeals of Michigan

The IRS audited a couple, who operated a Quarter Horse breeding and training business, for the 2017-2019 tax years. The IRS determined that the couple did not operate their "business" with the necessary profit-motive to

An Arizona Court of Appeals recently reinstated the lawsuit brought by a disgruntled purchaser of a lame horse. The purchaser claimed the horse she bought was represented to her as "suitable for competitive team roping,"

A multi-jurisdictional veterinary clinic has secured an injunction prohibiting one of its former veterinarians from practicing equine veterinary medicine within numerous counties in Kentucky and New York. A veterinarian, who had worked for "Rood &