A years-long debate of whether horses are damaging the water quality at Palma Sola Bay prompted the City of Bradenton to look ...

Bradenton police say that a guided horseback ride along Palma Sola Causeway went wrong over the weekend when a group of horses got scared, tossed off their riders and ran away. The beach horseback ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Bradenton police said two people were injured Saturday after a guided horse tour took an unexpected turn. Seven horses owned by Carousel Sea Horses were beginning a beach ride ...

Horseback riding companies have agreed to pause operations along Palma Sola Bay for one month in an attempt to end the years-long debate over whether horses pollute the bay. Recently, more advanced ...

Horseback riding businesses have returned to Palma Sola Bay after a one-month hiatus for a water quality study. The study aims to determine if horse manure is the source of frequent fecal bacteria ...

DNA testing detected horse fecal bacteria at 3 of 4 sites in Palma Sola Bay. Trace amounts of horse DNA raise contamination concerns but remain unquantified. Environmental groups plan more sampling to ...

Results from advanced water testing in Palma Sola Bay traced horse DNA to bacteria found around the causeway, adding fuel to a long-standing debate that horses contaminate the bay. Scientists with the ...

BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. — Several riders were thrown from their horses during a tour excursion Saturday morning in Bradenton Beach. The incident happened shortly after 11 a.m. on Feb. 1, the Bradenton ...