Renowned horse showman honoured with lifetime achievement award
Recently retired show producer Allister Hood honoured with Horse & Hound’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Author: Robin Marshall
Thoroughbred aftercare group gives $3.5m for ex-racehorses
Grant brings the total given by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance to more than $20.7 million since it was founded in 2012.
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Oldenburg dressage prospect tops sale at $NZ225,000
Fürstenerbe, by Fürsten-Look, sells for €126,000 ($US148,000, $NZ225,000) to Swiss buyers at the latest Fall Elite Oldenburg auction in Germany.
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Glasgow university launches new equine practice
The Glasgow Equine Hospital and Practice at The Weipers Centre, based at the University of Glasgow Garscube Estate campus, will service horse owners around the northern side of Glasgow.
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Boost for welfare of world’s working equines
The Welfare Aggregation and Guidance (WAG) tool, an accessory to The Donkey Sanctuary’s welfare assessment questionnaire EARS (Equid Assessment Research and Scoping), has been published by the peer-reviewed scientific journal, “Animals”.
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Charity moves to keep school kids engaged in racing industry
A British charity that offers education programs free to schools at racecourses, studs and trainers’ yards is managing to keep
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#TheNakedChallenge bares even more for equestrian well-being
There’s a new twist and a new focus for this year’s Naked Challenge, which raises awareness of concussion and traumatic brain injury in an entertaining way.
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Zed brings his A-game to Erewhon’s breeding
Formerly unfashionable thoroughbred stallion Zed has left his mark on station bred horses in New Zealand’s South Island.
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Philip Graham: Endurance rider ready to go the distance
North Canterbury endurance rider is one of just two New Zealanders aiming for this year’s FEI World Equestrian Games.
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Aust thoroughbred research plan under starter’s orders
Research proposals are being called for to address the priorities of the Australian thoroughbred industry under a new program by AgriFutures Australia.
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Alzheimer’s link with contact sport concussion questioned
“The findings of the research may help us understand better the underlying pathophysiology and hopefully render in developing better therapeutics in the future.”
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Galloping to freedom: Saving the Adobe Town Appaloosas
Photographer Carol Walker shines a light on the struggle faced today by wild horses in the Americas.
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Is respect for the horse being lost in pursuit of the prize?
Read morePhilip Graham notches first NZ 160km endurance champs win
3* winner powers home on locally bred horse to take title for first time.
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South Island lifeline for Kaimanawa horses
Christchurch woman in bid to get horses to the South Island.
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Paying homage to the horse in the deserts of Dubai
Dubai must surely be the centre of the equine world in the Emirates.
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McCourt aims for home run with new showjumping League
“The sky’s the limit”, says creator of new teams competition.
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The Kiwi Crabbet Arabian horse connection
A look at recent developments in the breeding of these special horses.
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The Spotted Wonder, by The Tetrarch
Entertaining book on the racing “rocking horse” from the early 1900s.
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Conventional wisdom abounds at Crabbet arabian horse gathering
Crabbet enthusiasts got together for their 2013 convention in Britain.
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