Music is one way the mares, part of Nodiff-Netanel’s nonprofit called Mini Therapy Horses, comfort people, especially hospital patients, in Southern California.
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Kyle Melnick,
Washington Post,
9 May 2026
The day before the Kentucky Derby each year is known as Ladies’ Day, with several stakes races for fillies and mares, highlighted by the Kentucky Oaks.
According to experts, stallions are known to engage in fierce, sudden battles, which is one reason North Carolina law prohibits anyone from coming within 50 feet of the horses.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
The stallions are known to engage in fierce battles in public spaces, including chasing, kicking and biting.
Laurel Park The 2026 Preakness run at Laurel Park is now in the books and Winner Napoleon Solo has placed himself in the conversation as one of the top three-year-old colts in the country.
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Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
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