NEWTOWN -- In a true tale as dramatic as any movie, a horse was rescued from the brink of slaughter, survived a near fatal foaling, and was reunited though Facebook with the young woman who had owned ...

George Stubbs, “Whistlejacket” (circa 1762) at London‘s National Gallery (photo Michael Glover/Hyperallergic) LONDON — What’s in a name? "Whistlejacket" is a magnificent, rampant beast. Where to find ...

History is always full of irony and contradiction. Every heroic image or treasured archetype carries within it elements of weakness, greed, cruelty or deceit. Every heartwarming saga has a chilling ...

Secretariat, the 1973 super horse, was no Seabiscuit. And that creates problems that "Secretariat," the movie, never overcomes. A well-acted tale of an underdog's triumph that sorely lacks an underdog ...