The archaeological findings related to horses have been very successful during the last 10 years. Did you know that 10 years ago an international team of archeologists has discovered the earliest known traces to date of horse domestication by humans, dating back to 5500 years? What about the Equidae family, first appearing 55 million years…
Shanking is the practice of jerking violently on the lead line of the horse, often with a chain under its chin. The US Equestrian Federation has been blamed to have allowed whip use for the horses, The protest centered around the US Arabian and Half-Arabian National Championship Horse Show, with allegations that abusive correction techniques,…
Every year, horse races attract millions of people worldwide. Some of them are willing to spend a crazy amount of money for the horse they are rooting for so that is why decided to make a list with the richest horse races. The Everest is an Australian race for equestrians claiming to be among the…
Spirit T, the top mare of Jessica Mendosa, died at the age of 18, days after giving birth to a foal. The mare delivered a healthy filly by Aganix Du Seigneur Z on 7 July with no problems, albeit four weeks early, but it soon became clear there were complications and that the mare was…
Organizers have announced that due to the lack of the competitors, the Osborne horse trail is canceled. There were not enough entries for the competition, which was due to take place on Tuesday, July 23, and Wednesday, July 24. It came as an absolute surprise to the organizers because it was something unexpected. “We are…
A lot of celebrities have shown how much do they love horses, but here are five of them who love horses probably as much as we do. 1) Richard Gere has played a lot of films where he rides horses like, “First Knight”, “Sommersby” and “I’m not there.” Richard Gere owns a ranch in upstate…
A vicious storm tore through the Kansas City area Tuesday night, spawning tornadoes that downed trees and power lines, damaged homes and injured at least a dozen people. Fortunately, there were no victims. A horse, being there during the tornado was stuck into a bog remained there overnight until its owner – along with a…
There are over 350 breeds of ponies and horses in the world today and below there is the list with 5 outstanding of them: 1) Irish Thoroughbred- This is one of the horse breeds that has been designed and been perfected over the last 250 years specifically for that one horse that can beat the…
Horses are considered as one of the most expensive animals and based on what you are going to read below, they are, indeed. Let’s have a look. 5) Dutch Warmblood stallion Totilas ($11 million), most expensive dressage horse- Together with Dutch rider Edward Gal, they cleaned up at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, winning three…
Equine Therapy consists of putting people and horses together along with a therapist. The therapy does not consist of treating cancer itself but helping the person diagnosed deal with the psychological effects of such disease. Experts has shown that cancer survivors are the ones with an optimistic view of life. But what does equine therapy…