“National Velvet” star Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
Actress Elizabeth Taylor has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79, some 67 years after her first starring role in the equestrian classic National Velvet.
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Culture
Articles on equestrian culture and the horse in art and history.
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.
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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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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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