He's a cowboy, alright. A horse named Cowboy unexpectedly fell into a manhole along Lincoln Avenue in Altadena on Wednesday afternoon. During a trot with rider Damon Scott, the owner's brother-in-law, Cowboy stepped onto a metal manhole cover that apparently could not hold the beast's weight. more ›

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department has seized 58 animals on a ranch — horses, goats, sheep, cattle and llamas — as a part of an investigation into whether the ranch's owners were neglecting their animals. more ›

A stagecoach horse collapsed in front of Knott's Berry Farm parkgoers on Sunday, prompting people to question the park's treatment of its animals. Parkgoers waiting in line watched in horror as Mike, the 12-year-old animal, fell to the ground. more ›

Another starving horse turned up in the Inland Empire this week — the same week that a skeletal horse found in Ontario made news all the way on the east coast. It turns out horse-dumping is an even bigger problem in Riverside County. This week officials told the Los Angeles Times that they found the 41st abandoned horse this year in a field near Perris. more ›

A horse on the brink of starvation was found tied up in a ditch in Ontario. The rescuers named the horse "Mommas" and have sent her to a horsie rehab in Pomona, where they will try to nurse her back to health. more ›

Officials say a drunk man was arrested Saturday after crashing his SUV on 60 Freeway, according to ABC Local. The man was towing a horse trailer at the time of the crash causing it to overturn, trapping inside two horses. more ›

A San Bernadino woman has been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of selling sick and abused horses to internet buyers who believed the horses were well. A statement released today by the United States Attorney's Office reports that 32-year-old Trina Lee Kenney will serve 41 months in federal prison for internet fraud, and will pay $272,609.50 to 88 victims. more ›

Shear, a 90-year-old paddock guard and former jockey who worked at the Southern California thoroughbred track for almost 50 years, is being hailed a hero for jumping between the runaway horse and the young girl, injuring himself, but leaving the 9-year-old unharmed. more ›

An incident that took place last night in the unincorporated area of Avocado Heights in the San Gabriel Valley has left the LA County Sheriff’s Department seeking help in locating suspects who were engaged in a confrontation described as a "brawl," according to LA Now. more ›

He beat it with a sledgehammer, took a chainsaw to its head and fed it to his dogs. Jack Ziniuk, 64, of Anza in the 909 951 was arrested today for felony animal cruelty. “He told us he was having an argument with his neighbors and some dogs had attacked his horse but when deputies got out there they found the horse already dead,” a Riverside County Sheriff’s said to the LA Times. “He essentially admitted that he did it and that no dogs had attacked the horse.” Ziniuk has a long list of animal related violations, but each citation was never enough for officials to legally take away his animals. By the paper's count, he has at least 33 dogs, eight puppies, 10 goats, peacocks and geese, which will be taken care of by two other men that live on the property. more ›

2008 is the 70th anniversary of Hollywood Park, a once grand-dame in the world of horse racing that may meet the fate of the bulldozer come next year. With racing not the draw it once was, the stands are often sparsely populated, and its home city of Inglewood has their eye on a more lucrative prize. more ›

LAPD's mounted horse patrol was working the Hollywood Entertainment District last night and they wanted to make sure you know that. Here, pictured above, at the Southeast corner of the tourist-heavy Hollywood and Highland is the horse dung they left. Oops! more ›

The Valley will still always be the Valley. From Burbank to Chatsworth, horses are street legal in some parts. more ›