Researchers cast light on early horse domestication
Work at a Copper Age site in northern Kazakhstan has produced evidence that horses were domesticated up to 5600 years ago.

How to save money on your horse bills
The cost of keeping a horse is increasing all the time. Rising costs have seen us all tightening our belts as the economy slows. Perhaps it's time to look at a little girth-tightening, too.

Nineteen really interesting things about horses
How well do you know your horses? Researchers have been discovering some interesting things about our equine friends.

Forgotten Heroes
The setting of a new record for mileage in competitive trail by 37-year-old Elmer Bandit is a remarkable effort. But nearly 100 years ago the world witnessed another astonishing feat of equine endurance.

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General

The horse slaughter issue
• A story of horse carnage in the US | Horsetalk
• The horse slaughter debate: separating facts from rhetoric
• Notice to pro horse slaughter advocates
• Mustangs face perilous future
• The Vatican versus the Vikings - The roots of the American horse-eating taboo
• Sensible debate over unwanted horses would help anti-slaughter lobby
• Quarter horse policies part of the problem, not the solution
• Why the organizations opposing the Slaughter Prevention Act are wrong
• Views to a kill: The US horse slaughter debate
• Horse slaughter's ethical impact
• The relationship between horse slaughter and reported cases of abuse and neglect

Practical help
• Don't get scammed on internet horse deals!
• Reducing your carbon hoofprint
• Horse brands, reading standardbred brands
• Saddle Fitting
• How to save money on your horse bills
• Taking great horse photos
• When disaster strikes - coping with equine emergencies
• Making plans for the care of your horses after you're gone
• Tax trap for horse owners with lifestyle blocks
• Finding your place on the web
• Don't let thieves take you for a ride
• Thinking outside the rectangle - Building an arena
• Hide and seek - How to identify quality leather
• The cost of keeping a horse
• Caring for old horses
• Caring for horses while on holiday
• Rodents around stables and feed stores
• Horse covers: the ultimate guide
• Graze Anatomy - Handling horses on a small acreage
• Training smarter: how to use heart-rate monitors
• Horse manure: An easy guide to composting
• Electric fencing for dummies
• Stable toys: Keeping your stabled horse amused
• Coping with stable vices

Horse issues
• Horse vision - More than meets the eye - the eyesight of the horse
• Researchers cast light on early horse domestication
• Boy unearths important horse fossils
• A helping hand through a tough life
• How equine flu brought the US to a standstill
• The world's craziest horse laws
• Understanding horse intelligence
• Horses need physical contact, study finds
• Life skills improved when horses are involved
• Horses - the forgotten victims of bullfighting
• Is showing and racing exploitation?
• The unknown danger
• Undisputed ownership of your horse
• Special report: horse mutilation and abuse
• Horse slashers profiled
• US equine inventory up 1.3 percent
• Famous horse exploits throughout history
• Horses competed with rhinos for food

People
• Forgotten Heroes - the 20,000 mile horse trek across the US
• Two-Gun Nan - genuine cowgirl to the core
• The mark of Heath
• Talking to the animals
• How Bill Northern learned to listen
• Many Irons in the Fire - Jutta Rosenblatt
• Maren Domke makes move to NZ
• Plucky youngster back in the saddle
• The Happy Hackers of the Far North
• Five Generations Ride at Bay of Islands Show
• Berny's big adventure
• Hard man, hard country, hard life
• A horse of a different colour
• Winning author is in Horse Heaven
• He loves that darned old rodeo

• The year horses saved Christmas - a Christmas story
• Sidesaddles and suffragettes - the fight to ride and vote
• Nineteen really interesting things about horses
• Horses show ability in search and rescue role
• Kiwi hunts out the best of Aachen at WEG
• On safari in Botswana
• A riding adventure through American cavalry history
• The Byerley Turk - book extract
• The Horse of my Dreams
• Who needs a horse when you've got an elephant?
• Bitless, Treeless and Barefoot
• Saddled with a big responsibility
• The vet-patient relationship
• Pony club approval for Parelli methods
• Cathy's story: life with an orphan foal

 
Horse floats, trailers and trucks

• Fifth wheel trailer hitches for heavy duty towing
• The inside scoop on gooseneck trailer hitches
• The real cost of running a horse truck
• Beware of overpaying for road miles

Safety related articles are here

Breed Focus

• Life tough for the Newfoundland Pony
• The Icelandic horse in New Zealand
• Secrets of white colouring in horses revealed
• Hope for rare horse breeds
• Four new additions to family of "gentle giants"
• 2005 NZ National Arabian Show
• NZ's wild Kaimanawa horses
• Kaimanawa Wild Horses -photo essay
• 2002 Crabbet Convention
• The true name of the "Caballo Espanol" - Spanish Horses
• Life in Abu Dhabi - Arabian Central
• Guardians of the Breed
• East Coast Champs preview
• WAHO conference goes Down Under
• Arabian nationals a big success
• Report from the 1999 NSW State Arabian Titles
• Espano Estopa
• Obituary - Dynamit
• New book tells war mare's story
• A haven for mistreated donkeys

 
Competition / Sports

• Chariots of Desire
• What's it all about? Why do horse shows matter?
• NZ Mounted Games team tour to Canada
• 2002 UAE Endurance season kicks off
• 2001 Shahzada Preview
• An endurance adventure
• Ten Easy Steps for Organising a NITE Team
• South Island Endurance Champs wrap
• 2nd Al Wathba Cup Endurance Ride
• Tom Quilty 2000 results
• South Island Polo Classic Final
• Endurance - in the desert
• 1999 Tom Quilty Gold Cup
• Triple Crown Preview