With society and neighborhoods changing, it’s becoming more uncommon to be friendly with your neighbors. Some people are in and out at odd hours, or busy when everyone else is! You never quite know what’s happening next door. Martha Carrasco quickly realized she had no idea what secrets her neighbors had been hiding when animal…
We’ve all heard of the Dog Whisperer, so let me introduce you to the newest animal sensation: the Horse Barber. Melody Hames, 32, started her “horse barber” brand nearly five years ago after she began clipping art into her horses’ coats. She’s taken her brand global and now clips art into horses all around the…
Horses always seem to have the most unique personalities. So when you see these four big buddies in action, you’ll see firsthand just how silly they can really be! Ben Hansen was checking on the horses when he noticed all of them were lying in the middle of the field. While some people would assume…
Two horses have been rescued from an overturned horsebox involved in a “difficult and challenging” recovery operation following a collision with a car. Emergency services including Devon & Cornwall Police, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, Highways England, paramedics, and a vet attended the accident at the A39 between Barnstaple and Bideford. A spokesman…
Riders are using three times the rein tension horses would select themselves, a pilot study has shown. The research by Lara Piccolo and Kathrin Kienapfel at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany showed horses inside reins without a rider voluntarily opted for a contact of around 1kg. Under saddle, riders were found to be using a significantly…
A para rider who overcame spinal surgery to take two wins on a horse who had recovered from colic surgery said: “nothing’s going to stop me now”. Nikki Newbould and her 10-year-old gelding Diamond Smuggler (Smug) won two elementary dressage tests at Barleyfields Equestrian Centre on 9 June, nearly two years after Smug underwent emergency…
A teenage rider who underwent major surgery for a rare form of ovarian cancer is to cycle more than 200 miles in aid of the hospital that saved her, and Hannah’s Willberry Wonder Pony Charity. Tabitha Wood was 13 when she was diagnosed with cancer after which surgeons removed a tumor the size of a…
Equestrian competitions are fierce; people come from all over with horses that they’ve been training with for months on end, years in some cases. Needless to say, the performances are generally extraordinary. But even among all those spectacular performances, we’ve never seen one like this! When this horse and his rider are preparing to perform,…
1) “Isn’t it terribly dangerous?” What you say: There is always a risk when horses are involved, but there’s plenty you can do to minimize the chances of getting hurt. What you think: Not really as your horse seems to spend more time on box rest than in work. Although the experience of walking him…
For decades, the Namibian desert in Africa has witnessed the struggle for survival of wild horses, with dwindling numbers in recent years threatening extinction. The combination of recurrent attacks by predators, primarily hyenas, and tough weather conditions with long and recurrent droughts has threatened the population of feral horses in the southwestern African country of…