Horses can spook over the most insignificant thing and they are so unpredictable that it makes really difficult for us to tell when they are reacting because of something that spooks them. As horse owners and riders we use different techniques of desensitizing a horse and each one we use seem to function up to…
Hurricanes have done a lot of damage and still continue to do. Millions of people are without power, roads loaded in debris and coastal areas face even more powerful destruction. But equestrians in Florida have really good news as they safely have weathered some hurricanes, but this time horses were also included. They got really…
Thousands of people visit Memphis every year to tour Elvis Presley’s home at Graceland. Behind the house, they see a pasture and some beautiful horses at play. You are going to watch the place where Elvis escaped the pressures of music and Hollywood and a place that is now home to the only residents still…
Joan Sinclair, one of the region’s most devoted horse and cattlewomen, is still riding and mustering cattle in the bush at 83 years old. She has lived on the same property since she was a few weeks old. She has married and buried two husbands, and when asked about her current relationship with her two…
Something strange happened at the Woodside Horse Trials when a stallion went after a gelding thinking it was a mare. As funny as it seems it was a really dangerous situation for the rider of the gelding for whom we can fully say, handled the situation quite perfectly. Credits also to the gelding as we…
When a horse hasn’t been ridden for a while or a period of time it can be quite unresponsive. Voice commands sometimes don’t seem to function and leg pressure doesn’t do the work. Although the horse can be really intelligent, smart, and have a good temperament, it will never be easy to ride it again…
There are all kinds of stories in the world we live in and we don’t have to be surprised when we hear or watch something that might look unusual as it sometimes it can really contribute for a good laugh. Little men have done great things and have reached heights unimaginable to us but what…
It takes a special bond between horse and rider to compete in a 100-mile-long race. For professional endurance rider Uma Mencia Uranga, it’s a bond that began in childhood in the Basque Country of northern Spain and eventually led her to pursue a riding career in Dubai. Today, she lives a busy but fulfilling life…
When we talk about symbiosis we take into consideration the relationship between two different kinds of living things that live together and depend on each other. This is the story of an old man called Roderick Olson and his horse Zaxson. People usually dispose of horses who lose their vision but Roderick isn’t one of…
New study shows that horses can learn to communicate with humans using their ‘horse code’ language telling whether they are too hot or too cold. The study was published in the journal Аppliеd Аnimаl Bеhаviоur Sciеncе and the 23 horses that were involved in the study showed that they could master the art of communication…