US teenager Ashley Stout and her horse, Avant-Garde, were training at Standing Ovation Equestrian Center (SOEC) in Halfmoon Township, Pennsylvania when a terrible accident got the lives of the 13-year old girl and her horse on 11th of July. It is believed they had a rotational fall. A statement from the center said: “Tonight we…
The British Horse Society (BHS) is investing £250,000 in a new scholarship scheme to encourage the best instructors across the UK. It is also hoped to boost the number of qualified BHS assistant instructors (AI) by helping with the costs of training, BHS Stage Three and Preliminary Teaching Test examinations and the first year on…
Horses have proven to have a healing power that humans are incapable of imaging. The crucial role that horses played in the rise of Temple Grandin from an autistic youngster to a professor of animal science at Colorado State University is the perfect example of what has just been said. A paper published in the…
According to a scientific publication, a horse cannot comfortably carry more than 10 percent of its own weight, which means more than 80% of people cannot ride horses. However, public opinion tends to disagree with this and so do we. According to The US Cavalry Manual of Horse Management (1941), a horse should not carry…
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…