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Author: CuChullaine O’Reilly

Culture Features News 

Paola’s ride for peace crosses two continents

July 2, 2020July 12, 2020 CuChullaine O’Reilly 4829 Views 3 Comments

Paola Giacomini overcame a raft of challenges during her 15-month journey in the saddle.

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Culture News 

Dramas in the saddle: Encountering a crazy, chaotic world

August 9, 2018August 14, 2018 CuChullaine O’Reilly 8487 Views 1 Comment

The remarkable story of Filipe Leite’s two-year 10,000-mile journey on horseback from Canada to Brazil.

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Culture Features 

Bears, bogs and bone-chilling cold: A horseback adventure in Siberia

March 4, 2017March 16, 2017 CuChullaine O’Reilly 6578 Views 0 Comments

New Zealander Ian Robinson faced challenges at every turn as he journeyed through a vast and remote wilderness.

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Features 

Queen of the Cossacks: The woman who rode across Siberia twice

November 5, 2015July 11, 2016 CuChullaine O’Reilly 11539 Views 0 Comments History

Spotlight on the largely forgotten exploits of Alexandra Kudasheva.

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Filippe Masetti's horseback journey covered 16,000km.
Features 

Long Rider: “Dreams do come true”

November 4, 2014July 11, 2016 CuChullaine O’Reilly 6414 Views 3 Comments

What an adventure: 16,000 kilometres in the saddle from Canada to Brazil.

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Features 

Sidesaddles and suffragettes – the fight to ride and vote

October 6, 2014November 4, 2020 CuChullaine O’Reilly 41314 Views 3 Comments

The sidesaddle once represented social, political, and equestrian domination.

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Features 

Lithuania’s riding renaissance

May 14, 2013July 11, 2016 CuChullaine O’Reilly 8337 Views 1 Comment

An equestrian culture suppressed under Soviet rule is blossoming once again.

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Features 

How American drugs corrupted England’s Sport of Kings

May 7, 2013July 11, 2016 CuChullaine O’Reilly 6854 Views 0 Comments Doping

The first illegal substances in horse racing crossed the Atlantic more than a century ago.

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Features 

Savin’ All My Love for You – a story of horse carnage in the US

February 12, 2013June 10, 2021 CuChullaine O’Reilly 14410 Views 2 Comments History, Slaughter, Wild horses

Early 20th century North America was the scene of widescale, unprecendented horse slaughter.

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News 

Horror smash in Tanzania claims life of Long Rider

January 31, 2013April 5, 2015 CuChullaine O’Reilly 11136 Views 7 Comments

Harrowing details emerge of bus smash that killed English Long Rider Christine Henchie.

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Features 

How the west was really won: Ireland’s forgotten cowboys

December 7, 2012July 11, 2016 CuChullaine O’Reilly 13588 Views 4 Comments History

The cowboy’s origins lie in the Emerald Isles, not the US west.

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