LEXINGTON, Ky. — The debt crisis in Dubai was being closely monitored Friday by buyers and sellers of high-end racehorses, but there was no immediate indication Dubai's ruler would scale back his enormous financial ties to the industry in the United States and elsewhere. The emirate's ruler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and his family have been among the highest spenders at major American thoroughbred auctions dating to the 1980s, often paying millions of dollars for top bloodstock even during market downturns such as the current one. ...

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The Arabian Horse Foundation in Dayton, Ohio established a scholarship in honor of Patrick Swayze, who died of pancreatic cancer at 57 earlier this year, and his wife. The two were avid horse lovers who owned Arabian horses and competed in shows, reported the Associated Press. The scholarship will be awarded every spring to a young person involved with...Read more....

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Whether your pug needs a facelift or your Jack Russell deserves a new Vivienne Westwood number, they can have it – and increasing numbers of us are willing to pay for it. ...

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