Pete Luce was a bundle of nerves the first time he stood next to a towering former racehorse, knowing he could be seriously injured or killed with one kick. Months later, Luce moves easily among the one-ton animals at a Virginia prison in a program that ...

A group that finds homes for retired racehorses is raising money to care for 177 neglected horses seized from prominent breeder Ernie Paragallo and offering to oversee rehabilitation and placement of the animals. Paragallo, however, said Monday that only about 20 horses on his upstate farm were underweight and ...