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June 13, 2008

Dark clouds and morning rain threatened Saturday's race card at Tampa Bay Downs and caused a stir among the connections of Tampa Bay Breeders' Cup race favorite Cosmonaut. ...more

February 24, 2008

Looking back, it wasn't long ago that Wesley Chapel sat unnoticed, tucked between the Hillsborough County line and Zephyrhills, in an area where cattle seemed to outnumber people and almost every backyard housed a pony, goat or handful of chickens. ...more

January 8, 2008

Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies still are searching for three horses taken from a farm in Frostproof. ...more

December 21, 2007

SEBRING — Highlands County Animal Control is looking a bit like Old McDonald's Farm these days, due to the recent series of marijuana growhouse busts. Animal control recently picked up 15 sheep following a growhouse raid by the sheriff's office. The day after the sheep were impounded, workers at animal control discovered they had a 16th sheep in their care. "Overnight, one of the sheep gave birth, and we have a baby lamb here now, too," said Darryl Scott, animal control director. Pens and pasture areas at the county facility are also sheltering three horses, three large hogs, four rabbits, a chicken, two yearling cows, and an 8-foot-long Burmese python. Many, but far from all, of these animals came into the county's care from growhouse raids. ...more

December 7, 2007

Lawyer Ron was made the slight favorite over Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and Preakness winner Curlin on Tuesday for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. ...more

October 24, 2007

He scared off wolves with firecrackers in Mongolia and rescued his dog from hungry miners in Kazakhstan. But after three years on horseback, Tim Cope has retraced the route of Genghis Khan and other Asian nomads who crossed into Europe over the centuries. ...more

September 23, 2007

LARGO - Five severely malnourished mustangs, including one so weak it was not expected to survive, have shown a marked improvement since being seized from a boarding facility last month as part of an animal mistreatment case. ...more

September 7, 2007