Day: April 20, 2009

THOROUGHBRED BREEDER PARAGALLO CHARGED WITH 22 CRUELTY COUNTS

New York Thoroughbred breeder Ernie Paragallo was charged with 22 counts of cruelty to animals, the chief prosecutor in the case told The Horse‘s sister publication The Blood-Horse April 10. “The animals were clearly neglected,” Greene County District Attorney Terry J. Wilhelm, said of the Thoroughbreds at Paragallo’s Center Brook Farm in the Hudson Valley about 20 miles south of Albany. Continue reading…

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JOCKEY CLUB OFFERS FREE THOROUGHBRED IDENTIFICATION SERVICE

The Jockey Club has established a free service to help owners identify tattooed but unidentified Thoroughbreds in their possession. For legible tattoos, an owner can use a free tattoo lookup feature available from The Jockey Club’s Web site and the Registry homepage. Continue reading…

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