In what turned out to be the horse’s last race, Medina Spirit finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 6 at Del Mar racetrack. Just over four weeks later, the 3-year-old colt was dead.

Spirit Horse right at home on Dancing Crane Ranch Dancing Crane Ranch sits on 380 acres in Sawyer, Minn., and is home to chickens, a sheepdog, a couple ponies, a herd of about 12 bison, and now, a ...

Janice Dapitan, left, speaks with Paige DePonte as a horse named Maverick stands nearby, as part of a philanthropy-supported equine therapy program at the Spirit Horse Ranch, on Tuesday, July 9 ...

Medina Spirit, the disputed winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, died Monday of a heart attack after a workout at Santa Anita Park, trainer Bob Baffert said. “My entire barn is devastated by this ...

The Spirit Horse Ranch founder Paige DePonte walks with Maverick, one of the horses at her equine-assisted trauma-informed care facility, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Kula, Hawaii.

Janice Dapitan brushes a horse named Maverick during a philanthropy-supported equine therapy program at the Spirit Horse Ranch, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Kula, Hawaii.

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA KANAIO, Hawaii (AP) — Fear. Anxiety. Anger. Depression. Overwhelmed. Janice Dapitan began her second counseling session by writing those words on a whiteboard, refle… ...