Video: Cuoco describes bone-crunching horse accident
Kaley Cuoco was told before emergency surgery that she might lose her foot.
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Computers analytics used to help zebras
Survey uses predictive analytics software to help identify patterns tohelp in decision-making on conservation measures.
Read moreGenetic research reveals picture of donkey domestication
Donkeys were first domesticated more than 5000 years ago by mobile, pastoral people in the harsh Saharan landscape.
Read moreRoy Rogers auction fetches $US2.9 million
All of the items in the auction of Roy Rogers memorabilia at Christies this week were sold, fetching a total
Read morePrices go sky high in Roy Rogers auction
An auction of Roy Rogers memorabilia has seen his mounted horse, Trigger, sell for $US266,500 and the prized Edward H. Bohlin saddle he wore fetch $US386,500.
Read morePhar Lap’s skeleton – a personal opinion
Phar Lap’s skeleton has been the subject of a series of blogs and articles on this website over the last
Read moreUnearthed chariot provides spectacular detail
A preserved luxurious Roman chariot, unearthed with two horses from a grave in Bulgaria, has yielded spectacular detail about their construction.
Read moreRoy Rogers’ legendary horse Trigger to go under hammer
One of the world’s most famous horses is to go under the hammer at Christie’s, with a pre-auction estimate of
Read moreFamily of rare ‘intersex’ horses discovered
Equine researchers at a Canadian university have identified a family group of horses with a rare genetic abnormality which means
Read moreFour riders recovering from cross-country falls
Two Canadian riders and two from the US injured at Pine Top Horse Trials in Georgia.
Read moreTop dressage sire Gribaldi dies at 16
Top dressage sire Gribaldi has died of a ruptured aorta at the age of 16. Veterinarians fought for two days to save the black stallion’s life.
Read moreBlue Hors Matiné dies in paddock accident
Sad loss of popular dressage mare.
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New evidence rewrites time for American horse extinction
Researchers who removed ancient DNA of horses and mammoths from permanently frozen soil in central Alaskan permafrost dated the material at between 7600 and 10,500 years old.
Read moreRefrigeration is best, say researchers
US and Danish researchers have found that refrigeration is the best means of storing horse dung while waiting to carry out a faecal egg count.
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Blue tongue video: Horse society demands rollkur investigation
BHS chairman asks for investigation in the ethics of rollkur (hyperflexion).
Read moreForage diet results in stable gut environment
Fewer less desirable bacteria species found in the gut of horses on a high-forage diet.
Read moreCouple prosecuted for allowing pony to become obese
British couple cops five-year horse-keeping ban over the care of two Shetland ponies, one of whom was grossly overweight.
Read morePicasso horse doodle passed in at auction
Doodle drawn on a page ripped out of a 1959 book of photographs of Picasso.
Read moreBitless bridle outperformed jointed snaffle in study
The authors said a recent review of tack-induced riding accidents listed more than 200 negative behavioural responses and 40 different diseases caused by the bit.
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Arabian horse breeder and actor Patrick Swayze dies
US actor Patrick Swayze lost his nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer today. He was 57.
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