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How horse hitching posts in China became cultural treasures

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 641 Views 0 Comments History

“Some of its original functions vanished, and the value changed from a practical implement to a standard of wealth, good taste and culture.”

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Basha and her Russian stallion, Count Pompeii, who features in the flying mascot of the Long Riders' Guild.
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Basha O’Reilly, adventurer and renowned Long Rider, dies at 73

January 18, 2021January 19, 2021 Neil Clarkson 7040 Views 55 Comments Obituary

“Nobody I knew could begin to understand my contempt for possessions, my urge to travel, my love for spending all day in the saddle and all night under the stars.”

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Jim and Scott swimming the horses in a pantano to cool off.
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How an epic horse ride captured a photographer’s adventurous spirit

December 30, 2020January 1, 2021 Louise Parkes 3450 Views 0 Comments

Jim Hollander’s work as a photographer has taken him to hotspots of conflict all around the globe including Ethiopia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Liberia, Iraq, Kosovo and the Persian Gulf — but his most treasured memory is that of a 1000km horse ride across Spain.

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Chess and horse sport share one common element: The expensive part

December 27, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2650 Views 1 Comment

Good mounts can be costly to obtain in horse sport. The same goes for knights in chess sets.

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Remarkable depictions of ancient South American horses found in “Sistine Chapel of the ancients”

December 25, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2769 Views 0 Comments History

“The ice-age horse had a wild, heavy face. It’s so detailed, we can even see the horse hair. It’s fascinating.”

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Climate change destroyed river civilisations, not Genghis Khan’s horsemen – study

December 24, 2020December 29, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2559 Views 0 Comments History

“Our research shows that it was climate change, not Genghis Khan, that was the ultimate cause for the demise of Central Asia’s forgotten river civilizations.”

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Horse bones in demand for ice skates in medieval Poland, research shows

December 6, 2020December 11, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2289 Views 0 Comments History

“Horses, unlike other domestic animals, usually lived to old age. However, after their death, there was no hesitation in using their remains.”

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The “Undefeated” Asteroid, with Ansel (his trainer) and Brown Dick (jockey), 1864, by Edward Troye. Trainer Ansel Williamson is on the far right.
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Voice of African American equestrians sought for new chronicle

December 6, 2020December 11, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1791 Views 0 Comments

The Chronicle of African Americans in the Horse Industry is seeking stories and research to contribute to the collection.

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Erin Doherty, who plays Princess Anne in The Crown, during filming at Hickstead. Amy Inglis was the rider in the jumping scenes.
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Hickstead goes Royal as Badminton stand-in for “The Crown”

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 5017 Views 1 Comment Badminton Horse Trials

Hickstead has a starring role in the latest episodes in the hit Netflix series, as Princess Anne takes on Britain’s most famous horse trials event.

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Dorothy Brooke with an old war horse in Cairo.
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Home-town honour for founder of “war horse” charity Brooke

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1803 Views 0 Comments War Horses

Dorothy Brooke has been honoured in Salisbury with a Blue Plaque, a historical marker commemorating her links with the city.

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Fossils in India support new hypothesis for origins of hoofed mammals, including horses

November 8, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 17083 Views 0 Comments History

Findings provide insights into the controversial question of where hoofed animals evolved.

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Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Kentucky equine hospital co-founder tells his “half” of the story

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2164 Views 0 Comments

Profits from the sale of Tom Riddle’s “The Riddle Half (of Rood and Riddle)” will go to the AAEP’s Foundation for the Horse and the Theriogenology Foundation.

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Indian Love Call by Newell Convers Wyeth fetched $US3.15 million at a sale of art from the colledction of T. Boone Pickens.
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Cowboy art collection fetches $US20 million at auction

October 30, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1659 Views 0 Comments

Iconic western works from the collection of T. Boone Pickens sold at Christie’s in New York.

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A and tracing of the horse dubbed B.II.1, engraved on the right-hand wall in Aitzbitarte Cave III
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Rock engravings, including horses, found in Spain extend range of ancient art culture

October 29, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1950 Views 0 Comments

“The study has shown the close regional relationships in Western Europe cave art since very early times, at least 25,000 years ago.”

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Howard Terpning’s Flags on the Frontier, which was painted in 2001, is expected to fetch between $US700,000 and $US1 million.
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Leading equestrian artists feature in sale of oilman’s cowboy collection

October 19, 2020October 29, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2181 Views 0 Comments

“The Legend of the West: Iconic Works from the T. Boone Pickens Collection” will go under the hammer at Christie’s in New York later this month.

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Mounted Chinese warriors played ball sports to stay fit 3000 years ago – researchers

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2459 Views 0 Comments

Although the balls were found in the graves of horse riders, researchers cannot link them to any game akin to polo.

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Bush races are usually over a 2km distance.
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South Africa welcomes new “traditional” equestrian discipline

October 7, 2020October 8, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 7844 Views 2 Comments

Bush racing and traditional and cultural horse sports are now being overseen by the South African Equestrian Federation.

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Detail of the Munnings portrait of Mahmoud (78 x 99cm) that sold at auction in Paris for 450,000.
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Munnings portrait of Mahmoud tops half-million dollar mark

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 3876 Views 1 Comment

Famous portrait from the collection of the Aga Khan sells for €450,000 at auction in Paris.

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Detail of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Cheval de chasse à courre (1880).
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$450K estimate for early Toulouse-Lautrec hunting works

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1883 Views 0 Comments

The later of two works, “Cheval de chasse à courre”, painted when the artist was only about 16, is exected to fetch up to $US250,000.

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From A General System of Horsemanship (1743).
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William Cavendish: An English Giant of French Dressage

September 21, 2020September 22, 2020 Charles Caramello 3931 Views 2 Comments History

François Robichon de la Guérinière invoked Cavendish in the immensely influential 18th-century treatise École de Cavalerie (1733) as “the greatest expert of his age in the matter of horses.”

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