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Teen girl arrested for allegedly stabbing 3 horses at Las Vegas national barrel racing event

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Teen girl arrested for allegedly stabbing 3 horses at Las Vegas national barrel racing event See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Teen girl arrested for allegedly stabbing 3 horses at Las Vegas national barrel racing event See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleA teenage girl allegedly stabbed three horses in a bizarre barn rampage during a national barrel racing event in Las Vegas over the weekend, according to authorities.

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Police rushed to the South Point Casino in Las Vegas just after 2 a.m.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The NBHA confirmed in a statement that the incident involved “a limited number of equine athletes” at the venue, which hosted the barrel racing show from Friday through Sunday.”
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Multiple sources quote the NBHA statement regarding 'a limited number of equine athletes' and confirm the event ran from Friday through Sunday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to run around preset barrels in the fastest time. In collegiate and professional ranks, it is usually a women's event, though both sex…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_racing
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hailey Kinsel (born October 3, 1994), is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing and competes in the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). She won the WPRA bar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hailey_Kinsel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Martha Josey (born Martha Lavaughn Arthur in Gregg County, Texas, on March 11, 1938, daughter of Robert Jonas Arthur, Sr. and the former Martha James) is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who spe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Josey
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Claim 2: “the horses were slated to compete in the 2026 National Barrel Horse Association Professional’s Choice Las Vegas Super Show.”
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Multiple sources explicitly name the '2026 NBHA Professional’s Choice Las Vegas Super Show' as the event the horses were slated to compete in.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cherie DeVaux (born December 2, 1981) is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. In 2026, she won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes as the trainer of Golden Tempo, becoming the first woman…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherie_DeVaux
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hobby horsing is a sport with gymnastic elements which uses hobby horses, also known as stick horses. Movement sequences similar to those in show jumping or dressage are partly simulated in courses, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_horsing
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Finals Rodeo (NFR) is the premier championship rodeo of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). It showcases the talents of the PRCA's top 15 money winners in the season for ea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Finals_Rodeo
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Claim 3: “The girl... may have used a knife to inflict “multiple injuries to the horses,” police said.”
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Multiple reports state that police believe the suspect may have used a knife to inflict injuries on the horses.
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web search NEUTRAL — A teenage girl was identified as a possible suspect, police said. She allegedly had access to the barn and authorities believe she may have used a knife to wound the horses, police said.
https://abc13.com/post/teenage-girl-arrested-competition-hor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police arrest teen for injuring 3 horses with 'sharp object' at equestrian event.Police say detectives later identified a teenage girl as a possible suspect, claiming she had access to the barn area a…
https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/da-recommends-teen-suspect-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police believe she may have used a knife to injure the animals. Detectives located the suspect at a nearby hotel and transported her to Clark County Juvenile Hall. She was booked on 12 counts of willf…
https://vegasnews.com/articles/police-arrest-teen-after-thre…
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Claim 4: “While the injuries are not considered life-threatening, they are expected to prevent the horses from competing”
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Web search results confirm police stated the horses are expected to survive (non-life-threatening) but will be unable to compete.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 · Police said the horses are expected to survive, but their injuries will likely prevent them from competing. Teenage competitor accused of ...
https://www.facebook.com/13WMAZ/posts/police-said-the-horses…
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web search NEUTRAL — Racehorse injuries are considered especially difficult to treat, and often result in euthanizing the horse. A 2005 study by the United States Department ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racehorse_injuries
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 24, 2025 · Many human-horse related injuries and fatalities are not examined in equestrianism for the purpose of developing safer future risk mitigation ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11847095/
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Claim 5: “Police rushed to the South Point Casino in Las Vegas just after 2 a.m. on Saturday and discovered that three equines had been “intentionally injured with a sharp object,” according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.”
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Multiple web sources confirm the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to the South Point Casino around 2 a.m. on Saturday and found three horses intentionally injured with a sharp object.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD, nicknamed Metro) is a combined city and county law enforcement agency for the City of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is head…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Metropolitan_Police_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list contains incidents of misconduct that have resulted in a conviction, confession, plea bargain or some sort of administrative disciplinary action taken against a member of the Las Vegas Metro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misconduct_in_the_Las_Vegas_Me…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Las Vegas Police Department (NLVPD) is the police department of the City of North Las Vegas in Clark County in southern Nevada. Although North Las Vegas and Las Vegas are both within Clark Count…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Las_Vegas_Police_Departm…
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Claim 6: “A teenage girl allegedly stabbed three horses in a bizarre barn rampage during a national barrel racing event in Las Vegas over the weekend”
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Multiple independent news sources (koco.com, People.com, and another web source) confirm that a 17-year-old girl was arrested for allegedly stabbing three horses at a Las Vegas barrel racing event.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · A teen girl was arrested on May 30 for allegedly stabbing three horses at a Las Vegas barrel racing competition · The owner of one of the injured ...
https://people.com/owner-of-horse-stabbed-by-teen-competitor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · Emily Grace, a 17-year-old barrel racing competitor, was arrested in Las Vegas on May 30, 2026, after allegedly stabbing multiple horses inside ...
https://www.facebook.com/WVTM13/posts/a-17-year-old-girl-was…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 · com/yxmck53u. koco.com. Teen arrested for stabbing horses at Las Vegas barrel racing event. 3w. 4. Christi Collins Weild. Curt Jones. 3w.
https://www.facebook.com/koco5/videos/a-17-year-old-girl-was…
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Claim 7: “The teen was arrested at a nearby hotel and taken to Clark County Juvenile Hall”
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Multiple sources confirm the suspect was located at a nearby hotel and transported to Clark County Juvenile Hall.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell (born February 3, 1977) is an American contemporary artist, filmmaker and ufologist based in Los Angeles, California. Initially gaining prominence as a visual artist, by …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joe Louis Clark (May 8, 1938 – December 29, 2020) was an American educator and administrator, who was best known for his tenure as principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey from 1982 t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, informally known as the Sacramento County Superior Court, is the California Superior Court located in Sacramento with jurisdiction over Sacramen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_County_Superior_Cou…
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Claim 8: “she was booked on 12 counts of willful animal torture and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property over $5,000.”
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One source explicitly details the booking on 12 counts of willful animal torture and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property over $5,000, while other sources confirm multiple felony charges.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Twelve or 12 may refer to: 12 (number), the natural number following 11 and preceding 13 December, the twelfth and final month of the year Dozen, a group of twelve.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 12.12: The Day (Korean: 서울의 봄; RR: Seourui bom; lit. Seoul's Spring) is a 2023 South Korean historical drama film directed by Kim Sung-su, starring Hwang Jung-min, Jung Woo-sung, Lee Sung-min, Park Ha…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve may refer to:
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