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Horse racing

Teenage Rider Wins Mongol Derby

Sports

Nineteen-year-old Lara Prior-Palmer decided that she wanted to spend her summer break a little differently. So, she embarked on a 1,000 km horse race across Mongolia. She won.

Horse doping scandal rocks Dubai’s racing empire

Global Politics

Mongolia merges modern life with tradition with annual Naadam games

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee a sign of the evolution, rise of the British monarchy

Global Politics

As Kentucky Derby nears, horse racing in America reaches a crossroads

Arts, Culture & Media

Investigation finds startling mortality rate among horses at U.S. race tracks

Arts, Culture & Media

A year-long investigation into horse racing in all 50 U.S. states has found that horses here race on drugs, race while sick and die at rates far in excess of those in other countries around the world. Worse, there seems to be no one who can do anything about it.

VIDEO: Horse deaths on set lead HBO to cancel high-profile TV show, ‘Luck’

Arts, Culture & Media

HBO’s “Luck” has been canceled after a third horse died on set during the show. Some speculate, however, that it may have been a convenient reason to cancel an under-performing show.

Science photography on a nano scale

Arts, Culture & Media

A photographer helps people visualize the invisible and illuminate science.

Horse Doping Scandal Rocks Dubai’s Racing Empire

Global Politics

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the ruler of Dubai and the Prime Minister of the UAE. He’s also one of the most powerful figures in global horse racing. But a doping scandal involving horses at his stable in the UK has rocked the sport.

As France Moves Toward Legalizing Same Sex Marriage, Huge Crowds Disagree

Conflict & Justice

Vivienne Walt, who writes for Time Magazine in Paris, says even though French public opinion is strongly in favor of gay marriage, there have been massive demonstrations against it over the past few months in the French capital.