Neglect sees return of equine skin disease
Verrucous Pastern Dermatitis eliminated from horses in the British Army during the Crimean War, but is making an alarming reappearance.
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Super pony Theodore O’Connor put down after accident
Standing at just 14.1hh, the Shetland/ Arabian/ Thoroughbred-cross gelding was the reigning Team and Individual Gold Medalist from the 2007 Pan American Games.
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Coloured thoroughbred a first for Australia
A stud in Australia has imported a thoroughbred colt whose unusual colouring is thought to be unique in the breed in the Southern Hemisphere.
Read moreIan Millar’s wife Lynn dies after long illness
Lynn Millar played a quiet, behind-the-scenes role in the sport, she was an outstanding horsewoman and an integral part of Ian Millar’s success.
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The history of the FEI European Eventing Championships
The first individual European Champion was Britain’s Major Laurence Rook. Only the British and the Swiss competed in the inaugral championships in 1953.
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World horse population estimated at 58 million
According to the 2006 FAOSTAT report, there are 58,372,106 horses in the world.
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Four new additions to family of “gentle giants”
A British stud farm dedicated to preserving the rare Poitou donkey has managed to breed four foals within a 20-day period — two colts and two fillies.
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Germany’s legacy: The great European dressage horses
As far as the great European dressage horses are concerned, German breeding has been dominant throughout the history of the FEI European Championships.
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Tiny Caspian horse breed back from the brink
These finely built horses are now known, through DNA testing and other research, to be the forerunners of the native wild horses of Persia, and a key breed in the development of the Arabian horse by the Mesopotamians in the Third Millennium BC.
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The American mustang
Highly prized by the Native Americans, the mustangs would go on to symbolise generations while substantially changing their way of life.
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Przewalski horse breed may soon thrive in the wild
The birth of a Przewalski foal at Toronto Zoo is another welcome step towards the ultimate dream: To have the primitive breed of horse restored to healthy numbers in the wilds of their native Mongolia and surrounding territories.
Read morePalomino thoroughbred colt a first for Britain
The importation of a fully registered palomino thoroughbred colt to Britain is a first for the country.
Read moreIdaho’s extinct Hagerman horse to ride again
US shipping company U-Haul is featuring the extinct Hagerman Horse on 1800 of its new 26-foot moving vans. The Hagerman
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Boy’s find fills gap in horse evolution
A startling discovery by a young Californian boy has helped fill a key gap in the evolution of the horse.
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The battle of Beersheba
The battle for Beersheba has been called the last great cavalry charge. Some dispute this, but there is little doubt that October 31, 1917, marked the last significant and successful cavalry charge in wartime.
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Korean rider killed in rotational fall at Asian Games
The eventing competition for the Asian Games at Sport City in Doha was interrupted after South Korean rider Kim Hyung Chil suffered a fatal accident at the eighth fence on the cross-country and was crushed under his mount.
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Frank Levinson: Following the way of the horse
“The Maui Horse Whisperer” has a plain, old-fashioned word that sums up his approach: Trust.
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Eventer dies three months after cross-country fall
US eventing rider Amanda Pirie Warrington has died following a fall on the cross-country at the Fair Hill Horse Trials in Maryland in September.
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