Do you all know what a helmet camera is? It’s easily guessable, however, here is a definition of it. A helmet camera, otherwise known as a micro video camera, is an action camera, usually a closed-circuit television camera, attached to a helmet allowing someone to make a visual record from their point of view (POV)…
A breeder has called the birth of surprise Connemara twin foals a “miracle”. Alexandra Middler’s 13-year-old mare My Cashel Eile gave birth to a colt and filly by Alexandra’s 27-year-old class one stallion Weston Armada. Alexandra, owner of Craigmancie Stud in Aberdeenshire, said: “We put Eile in foal but we couldn’t scan her because she…
A rider whose horse rolled on top of her after a showjumping fall at Hickstead has credited her helmet for saving her from more serious injury. Grace Walker Raper’s nine-year-old gelding Alvaro De Reve tripped on landing after the water in a 1.25m derby. “Alvin” landed on Grace, who had been thrown over his head,…
A rider who found herself surrounded by a herd of cows while using a bridleway has praised her “one in a billion” horse who took it all in his stride. Amanda Prior, an equine product tester from Dorset, was hacking her 16.1hh eventer Max when the cows appeared. Amanda said: “I’d been for a gallop…
The world’s largest recognized herd of Caspian horses could be in jeopardy if sponsors cannot be found to ensure its future. The Sirhowy Stud, based in Farnham, Surrey is home to 50 of the rare breed, which was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in Iran in 1975. Following the closure of the…
If someone were to ask me, “Does your horse love you?” I would not hesitate to respond, “Of course my horse loves me!” Right? However, even love between humans is barely understood, even when looking at the emotion’s many dimensions, such as neurochemistry, philosophy, and anthropology. Likewise, behavior science can’t tell us–at least not yet–if…
Contrary to popular myths, many stallions do not live with a harem of mares. Nor, in natural settings, do they fight each other to the death in competition for mares. Stallions that are kept from estrous (a regularly recurrent state of sexual receptivity during which the female of most mammals will accept the male and…
This is the story of Onyx, which is similar to a lot of other stories that you have read recently. We are glad that there are people ready to do their best for their horses. Let’s hear the owner’s thoughts about her relationship with Onyx and watch the video for more: “Yeah, so this is…
Twiggy, a racehorse being sent to an abattoir got rescued by her owner. Let’s read what the owner has to say: “Twiggy was being re-fed with extensive amounts of grain as well as grass. She was being fed responsibly and obviously, the amount was gradually increased over time. She had also received herbal and massage…
The mighty Clydesdale is to be celebrated as a prestigious show is set to come to the UK for the first time. The World Clydesdale Show is to be held at the P&J Live arena in Aberdeen, Scotland on 20 to 23 October 2022. The show, which was first held in 2007, has previously run…