65 Horses Need Help, Texas Cruelty Arrest & Insider Trading Fraud 🐴🌎💥 HORSE NEWS NOW

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•August 18th, 2026
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Horse and Halo Seek Homes for 65 Seized Horses: Idaho’s Horse and Halo is seeking immediate placements for 65 horses seized and forfeited to the Latah County Sheriff’s Office, with an Aug. 28 deadline to find homes, as the primarily Morgan herd—including mares, stallions, geldings and foals—continues recovering and gaining weight in care. (Idaho News)
Second Suspect Arrested in Texas Horse Cruelty Case: Amanda Grady was arrested in Texas on animal cruelty charges alongside her father, Jimmy Grady, after 39 starving horses were rescued from a Sherman-area property, where a former worker alleged she witnessed dead horses and severe neglect. (KXII)
Insider Trading Scandal Rocks Horse Racing: HISA alleges Marshall Gramm accessed confidential veterinary records on nine horses before claiming them, calling the conduct “insider trading” and fraud, while planning to reimburse former owners for roughly $80,000–$90,000 in post-claim purse earnings and pursue severe sanctions against Gramm. (Paulick Report)
Britain Wins Eventing Gold as Jung Makes History: The FEI Eventing World Championship Aachen 2026 saw Great Britain win team gold with a record 84.0 penalties, while Germany’s Michael Jung and fischerChipmunk FRH claimed individual gold, as seven nations also secured qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. (FEI)
World Champion Thompson Returns After Cancer Battle: 2024 World Champion Dean Thompson returned to professional bareback riding after three months of chemotherapy for Burkitt lymphoma, celebrating being cancer-free with an 85-point ride and second-place finish in Jerome, Idaho, marking an emotional comeback to the arena following an unexpected cancer diagnosis earlier this year. (Rodeo SI)
Fillies Beat Males in Two Big Horse Races: Fillies stole the spotlight across North American racing, with Luster crushing the boys by 7¼ lengths in Woodbine’s King’s Plate, Survie winning Saratoga’s Grade I Christophe Clement Stakes against males, and Sweet Azteca completing her third straight Rancho Bernardo Stakes victory at Del Mar. (UPI)
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