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”).