Identified only by the number on their auction tags, three horses stood in crowded kill pens – their pasts erased and their lives reduced to mere dollars and cents. When no longer useful to their previous owners, they were sent to the auction house, thrown away like trash. With countless numbers of horses going through…
5) Palloubet d’Halong – 15 million dollars. He was known as one of the best show-jumping horses in the world and was bought by Olympic Gold Medallist Jan Tops for this whopping price. Tops is the coach of the Qatar jump showing team and Palloubet was bought to compete for the country. 4) The Green…
Three university students are set to take to the roads of Ireland on unicycles to raise funds for the Irish Injured Jockeys Fund. The trio of 21-year-olds, Will Forsyth-Forrest, Hector Chamberlain and Wilfrid Ward, currently studying in Dublin, will be starting their ambitious 400-mile challenge and hope to break the world record by completing the…
A fire that broke out overnight has destroyed part of the historic French National Stud of St Lo (Haras National de Saint-lo). A statement on the Pole Hippique Saint-lo Facebook page said a rider living on-site had spotted the outbreak of the fire in stable block number three at around midnight. All 22 horses in…
There are some people who are born with birthmarks which are usually in an odd shape on their back, hands, or legs. Horses, too, are born with birthmarks just like humans do but this particular foal is born with a very interesting birthmark that looks like himself! While it is not uncommon to find horses…
Many of us associate horses as majestic and smart creatures but it seems that this horse may not be one of them. Meet Tango the horse who is so spoiled that its owner needs to pay him a little bit of extra attention to him, especially during the winter season. Twitter user @mcKellogs shared Tango’s…
11-year-old Hannah Simpson dreamed of horseback riding but she had to forgo her dream after her parents told her it was too expensive to own one. However, the girl realized that she did not have to forgo her dream, she just had to find a new pet that can do all the things that a…
The mother of a five-year-old girl who fell and hit her head on the road after her pony was spooked by a group of cyclists said it “beggars belief” that anyone would organize such an event on that road. Vanessa Roxburgh’s daughter Bethany was hacking out on lead rein with Gemma Park, a friend who…
A rare breed horse with feet “the size of dinner plates” has traveled more than 1,000 miles to return to the UK. Tallyho, a 14-year-old Suffolk horse of about 18hh who was transported to Mallorca in 2006 has returned home to Coxwell Stud. Heather Glockling, who owns the stud with husband David, said: “My parents…
Firefighters came to the aid of a frightened horse who got into difficulty when he fell into a swimming pool and became entangled in the cover. A crew from Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service came to the rescue of the horse, who had escaped from his field and fallen into the pool of a nearby…