The Royal Weeding between Prince Harry and Meghan is considered to be the biggest event of last year. However, as perfect as the things seem to have gone, a vet believes that something wrong has happened. The veterinary surgeon has claimed horses used in the royal wedding were in “obvious oral discomfort”, in an open…
A New Scholarship Scheme Of $250K For Talented Riding Instructors
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 Visit Dying Vietnam Veteran For The Very Last Time
When we think of life in terms of days, hours, minutes and seconds it feels like it takes forever until the day of the death, but when the moment comes, we realize how short our lives have really been. Below there is a video of a man named Roberto Gonzales’s who loved his horses even…
Jake Nodar, The Horse Washer Of The Year
Naturalist, adventurer, actor, activist, environmentalist, and horse-trainer are just some of the words to describe “Naked And Afraid XL” star Jake Nodar. Having an obsession with horses since childhood, when he moved with his parents to a small farm when he was 18 it was only natural that the first thing Jake would do was…
From Having Autism To Becoming A Professor With The Help Of A Horse
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…
“Do I Weigh A Lot To Ride A Horse?”
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…
1300-Year-Old Horse Bits Found In Russian Archaeological Dig
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 Of Arabian Show Horses- US Equestrian Federation Being Blamed
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,…
Extreme Weight Loss Of 20-Year Old Horse
Morgan, a 20-year old horse was overweight, hence the owner was advised to put him on a restricted diet to help him lose weight; his vet was concerned about a metabolic disease of the horse and by saying that, the diet was very needed. The owner stopped giving his horse beet pulp and senior feed…
The Bright Side Of Brexit Reflected On The Equine Industry
Britain leaving the EU is one of the hottest topics of the last two years. When people talk about Brexit, the conversations lean towards the negative effects of such agreement, but when it comes to the Equine industry, it can be a positive thing. Britain leaving the EU could be “an opportunity to make things…