Half-million price tag expected for Munnings’ grey hunter
Munnings has taken a traditional format of a huntsman riding to hounds and transformed a usually static image into one filled with animation and spontaneity.
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Culture
Articles on equestrian culture and the horse in art and history.
Evidence places extinct horse with humans in Oregon cave 14,000 years ago
Cave contains evidence of one of the earliest human occupations in North America.
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Earliest known South American people ate horse meat, research suggests
Evidence from Argentina puts humans in region 14,000 years ago.
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But is it art: How 12 horses ignited the Arte Povera movement
Mariolina Bassetti discusses the provocative 60s movement which championed the idea that art could be made from anything.
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The Greater Santini
Major Piero Santini, arguably Federico Caprilli’s most ardent disciple, achieved recognition and praise as an equestrian, instructor, author, and tireless advocate for forward riding,
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Ronnie Reagan’s cowboy memorabilia up for auction
Items from horse-loving president’s private collection up for auction at Christie’s in New York.
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“Invisible” equine artwork headed for auction in London
World Horse Welfare’s Invisible Horse sculpture trail featured at the Badminton Horse Trials. The works are to be auctioned later this year.
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Major equine exhibition chronicles magazine’s memorable cover art
“The Chronicle of the Horse in Art” showcases major artists from around the world.
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Classical music found to soothe stressed horses
“Forrest Gump” theme music used in French study.
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Honor for famed horse racing cartoonist “Peb”
French-born horse racing cartoonist Pierre Bellocq receives Jockey Club Medal.
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Evidence of horse-protein residues found on 250,000-year-old Stone Age tools
Early humans in region of Jordan adaptable in a challenging habitat.
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Portrait marks wild horse heroine’s place in history
Laura Leigh follows “Wild Horse Annie” in Nevada Historical Society honors.
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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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The Austrian Connection
Two new offerings give both a historical and modern look at Austrian equitation.
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Equines in the Anglo-Boer and Great Wars
How a major imperial power outfitted its military up to WW1.
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Horseman as Bookman: The Library of Johan Dejager
A glimpse inside a collection of horse books spanning nearly four centuries.
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Excerpt: The Power of the Herd, by Linda Kohanov
New avenues for equine thinking and “nonpredatory power”.
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Dressage Italian Style
A look at Grisone’s Rules of Riding and Tomassini’s The Italian Tradition.
Read moreHow German is it – H Dv 12 cavalry manual
Rich intellectual and practical resource and a very good “read.”
Read moreNepali horse culture explored in new film
Crowdfunding sought to complete film described as “a breathtaking vision of an almost lost world”.
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