The owner of two ponies who ate grass cuttings dumped in their field said people who think they’re “doing a good deed” need to be aware of the danger it can cause. Tia Evans, 29, of Lancaster, discovered six-year-old gypsy cob Gunner and Thomas, a 21-year-old New Forest, eating two piles of cuttings. Tia said:…
Multiple Olympic medallist Carl Hester and top international dressage judge Peter Storr are teaming up to help riders “turn good into amazing” at a Bolesworth masterclass. Titled “80% is the new 70% — through the eyes of the judges”, Carl and Peter will discuss what judges are looking for in a test and how attention…
The video that you are going to watch is a sensibility video for drivers to be informed about roads used by horse riders and the speed limit they should use. Driving offenses involving death. The main types of driving offenses involving fatalities are ‘dangerous driving’ and ‘careless or inconsiderate driving’. The driver’s behavior is what…
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…