Do you know your horse racing lingo? If not, here are some terms you'll hear while watching the Kentucky Derby.

Clockwise from left: Chamber tomb facade, Prosilio, Greece; drinking cup; horse bridle bits(Yannis Galanakis/Courtesy of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports ...

Diane Crump, the pioneering Thoroughbred jockey whose riding breakthroughs set the stage for generations of female riders, died Jan. 1 at an inpatient hospice facility in Winchester, Va. She was 77.

The Bit & Bridle Saddle Club completed another busy season with over 200 horses and riders participating. The success of the shows enables the club to continue helping with improvements to the horse ...

It was great to see Sunday’s Timaru Nursery Stakes draw a strong field of two year olds. The juvenile feature was run consistently between 1937 and 2000 before it was off the scene for 20 plus years, ...

Since updating to the new version, riding an elk with a snaffle bit bridle doesn't allow it to sprint with ctrl. The curb bit bridle works fine. Changing the accessibility setting for toggle sprint ...

Double bridles’ effect on equine behaviour and noseband tightness were among the topics discussed at a session on biomechanics at the 2025 British Equine Veterinary Association 2025 congress.

For the first time in over a decade, Wakulla 4-H sent two horse club members to the State Horse Show, thanks in great measure to community support, which aided in restarting the Bits and Bridels Horse ...

Archaeologists in northern England have unearthed a remarkable Iron Age hoard, potentially rewriting British history. The Melsonby Hoard, containing over 800 artifacts including ornate horse harnesses ...

Shortly after she stepped into the basement as a volunteer to sort donations for a used tack sale, Audrey Lewis heard the sound of wind chime potential as someone pulled a nest of old horse bits out ...

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A vast hoard of over 800 important archaeological finds, one of the largest ever from the Iron Age, has been discovered in England. The excavation of chariots, decorated horse harnesses, ceremonial ...