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Mother’s Day turns into Animal Day! Smith spooked by crossing goat in Giro, Madouas gets piglet as gift

While it’s not uncommon to see a stray dog crossing the road in the Giro d’Italia, the third and final stage in Albania brought a different kind of obstacle, a goat. Riders at the back of the peloton ...
KVUE

Goat rancher looking for help after saving more than 50 goats from Smoke Rider Fire

HENLY, Texas — When Keith Miller got the call his nanny goats were in danger of the Smoke Rider Fire, he was more than an hour away. Miller has owned goats for seven years, joking that he bought his ...
Los Angeles Times

Afghans love to get their goat in national sport of buzkashi

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Leaning far off his horse like a polo player, amid a chaotic-looking scrum of other riders doing the same, the rider snatched the decapitated goat by a foreleg and ...
The Straits Times

Rider at Giro survives encounter with run-away goat

New Zealand rider Dion Smith survived a run-in with a stray goat before finishing the third stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday. Smith, who rides for the Intermarche–Wanty team, was on the 160km ...
Los Angeles Times

Afghans love to get their goat in rough national sport

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Leaning far off his horse like a polo player, amid a chaotic-looking scrum of other riders doing the same, the rider snatched the decapitated goat by a foreleg and galloped off.