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Irish rider Denis Lynch has been officially disqualified from the Beijing Olympics equestrian events for a positive drug test on his horse. The International Equestrian Federation also suspended the…

An Ashburton irrigation company has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 following the death of an employee when a trench collapsed.

The Cambridge trainers Murray and Bjorn Baker have been fined $15,000 and their three horses Nom De Jeu, Fully Fledged and Mountain Road disqualified for wins at Te Rapa in ...

Some 33 horses remain in contention for the world's richest weight-for-age race, the WS Cox Plate to be run at Moonee Valley in Melbourne on the 25th of this month. ...

An anti genetic engineering group has raised concerns about what it sees as a threat to New Zealand bird populations from importing a genetically modified vaccine to protect horses against equine…

The global financial crisis is set to leave its mark on Melbourne's Spring Racing Carnival and on Australia's most expensive horse race. This year, many high flying Australians who have ...

The French-trained super filly Zarkava has stormed to victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the world's richest horse race on turf. Zarkava was sent out ...

The International Olympic Committee president says it's a more credible organisation on doping since the Beijing Games. Just eight athletes were suspended for using banned substances and the IOC's…

TV3 is denying claims it buckled to political pressure by dropping a televised election debate of political party leaders. It cancelled the debate after Helen Clark and John Key refused to debate with…

The refusal by Labour and National's leaders to participate in a television debate is an affront to democracy, says United Future Party leader Peter Dunne.

The expanison of the A-League has gathered pace with Football Federation Australia granting a Melbourne consortium exclusive negotiating rights to become the second Victorian-based team. The move will…

An application to import a vaccine containing live genetically modified organisms will be heard by the Environmental Risk Management Authority next month.

The double Olympic equestrian gold medallist Mark Todd says his decision to return to the sport fulltime and compete at the London Olympics means he will have to move back ...

The British 3-day eventer William Fox-Pitt has joined equestrian greats Mark Todd and Ginny Elliott in the record books after winning the Burghley Horse Trials in England for a fifth time. ...

Monday's papers: Two die of carbon monoxide poisoning in cabin, third man survives; slump in house values; close vote expected on merger between Silver Fern Farms and PGG Wrightson.

Ireland's triple Ascot Gold Cup winner Yeats has been named top weight for November's $7 million Melbourne Cup. Yeats has been allocated 59 kilograms, marking the third year in a ...

The horse of Brazilian equestrian rider has returned a doping test during the Olympic Equestrian competition last month. The International Equestrian Federation says Rufus the horse of Rodrigo Pessoa…

Distance and the high dollar has forced a New Zealand fence company to design specific products for customers overseas. Euro Corporation was formed 11 years ago: 15% of its product is now exported.

For the second year in a row horses from Japan will not compete in the Melbourne Cup. This follows fears of equine influenza being reintroduced, forcing Australia to ban them. ...

Hong Kong has issued its highest storm warning since 2003 for Typhoon Nuri.

Four countries in the Olympic Games showjumping finals have been provisionally suspended after their horses returned positive drug tests. The international equestrian federation revealed that the…

Police have vowed to impound or destroy horses and stock found grazing at the roadside in the Taupo and Ruapehu districts.