Body-camera footage from responding officers shows the team of Saratoga Springs police and neighbors grunting and straining to pull Sly, a 1,300 pound horse, from a hole in the ice late Monday ...

(SOUNDBITE OF HORSE GRUNTING) HEGYI: At a nearby corral, some of the mares look gaunt. REID: You can see their ribs and their hip bones. And that is definitely a direct impact from the drought.

This is usually nothing to worry about.” Like certain top tennis players, some horses grunt or groan with exertion. This may be rhythmic, with each stride, or occur on take-off or landing over a ...

Its abdomen was "distended," and the horse’s breathing was "labored and shallow with audible grunting between each breath," the report said. The horse's hooves were overgrown and cracked.