It’s an attraction that was synonymous with Atlantic City for nearly half a century. But now its planned revival is sparking considerable controversy. The diving horses of the Atlantic City Steel Pier ...

I just finished reading Jenni L. Walsh’s Sonora, and I have to tell you, it’s a stunning piece of historical fiction.

For decades, Atlantic City’s Steel Pier featured High Diving Horses, a death-defying boardwalk stunt that featured the animals jumping from platforms as high as 40 feet into a water tank, straddled by ...

ATLANTIC CITY — Amid growing protests by animal activists, the owners of Atlantic City's Steel Pier amusement park announced today that they have scrapped plans to bring a legendary yet controversial ...

The Diving Horse has finally been put out to pasture for good. The owner of Atlantic City's Steel Pier says he's dropping a plan to bring back the legendary Diving Horse after animal rights activists ...

News Item - Atlantic City's Steel Pier scrapped plans to re-introduce its classic horse diving show this summer after protests from animal rights activists. For fifty years, Steel Pier patrons ...

From the Radio Times archive, we visit our interview about The Last Diving Horse in America: Rescuing Gamal and Other Animals – Lessons in Living and Loving. For decades, Atlantic City’s Steel Pier ...

In the midst of outcry from local animal rights activists, the Atlantic City Steel Pier has decided to cancel the return of the diving horses. In the original show that ran from the 1920s to 1970s, a ...