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Polo Officials Ban Genetically Enhanced Ponies To Save 'the Magic of Breeding'

(Don't) hold your genetically enhanced horses.

Ronald Bailey | Coming: From the May 2026 issue


An illustration of a horse as a DNA strand | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson Source images: iStock
(Illustration: Joanna Andreasson Source images: iStock)

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Ronald Bailey is science correspondent at Reason.

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