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Culture

Articles on equestrian culture and the horse in art and history.

Culture Reviews 

Lives of the Saint: Nuno Oliveira and his disciples

July 27, 2014April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 17421 Views 2 Comments

“A horseman not only must ride, but also must observe, study, and think deeply.”

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Horseback journey proves to be the adventure of a lifetime

July 2, 2014June 10, 2021 Neil Clarkson 5166 Views 0 Comments History

Tale of life on Pakistan’s north-western frontier is a real eye-opener.

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Culture News 

“If I never sold another painting … I’d still paint horses”

May 26, 2014June 20, 2018 Marianne van Pelt 10586 Views 5 Comments

Irish artist Tony O’Connor talks of his passion for painting and horses.

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Culture Reviews 

How a MOOC can be your horse’s friend

April 22, 2014April 14, 2020 Robin Marshall 7590 Views 0 Comments

First lesson in online learning is discovering what a MOOC is.

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Culture 

Mustangs, inmates thrive at Arizona State Prison

April 17, 2014July 29, 2016 Horsetalk.co.nz 4995 Views 0 Comments EAS

The difference between human and equine prisoners is that the horses haven’t committed any crime.

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Culture Reviews 

A tale of two masters

February 6, 2014April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 8197 Views 0 Comments

Similarities end as de Bragança and de Oliveira volumes compared.

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Culture 

Horses in cave art: Were women mostly responsible?

October 17, 2013December 17, 2020 A'ndrea Elyse Messer 5365 Views 0 Comments History

Evidence suggests women in Upper Paleolithic period had greater role in cave art than men.

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Culture Reviews 

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language, by David W Anthony

July 7, 2013April 14, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 7438 Views 0 Comments History

Solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries, and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past.

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Culture Reviews 

Xenophon to Zettl: a look at classics of horsemanship

June 27, 2013April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 10067 Views 0 Comments History

Literature on the horse and training and usage represents a rich and distinguished tradition.

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Culture 

Snowman movie makers seeking extra footage

June 25, 2013December 17, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 11336 Views 0 Comments

Help sought to bring the story of “The $80 Champion” to the big screen.

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The ruins of ancient Troy will be examined by a cross-disciplinary team of scientists in an expedition led by UW-Madison classics professor William Aylward.
Culture Features 

Fresh excavations planned at site of ancient Troy

October 17, 2012May 12, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 3998 Views 0 Comments History

The ruins of ancient Troy, sacked by the Greeks through trickery and a fabled wooden horse, will be examined by a cross-disciplinary team of scientists next year.

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Culture Reviews 

Horse at the Corner Post: Our Divine Journey

March 21, 2012April 14, 2020 Contributor 5312 Views 0 Comments

In this award-winning book, Denise Lee Branco writes straight from the heart about her deep, lifelong connection to a horse named Freedom.

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The finishing touches go on Phar Lap's skeleton
Culture News 

Mighty Phar Lap’s skeletal makeover is complete

March 14, 2012May 12, 2021 Neil Clarkson 10663 Views 1 Comment Phar Lap

New Zealand’s national museum Te Papa will on Saturday put the 1930 Melbourne Cup winner back on display in Wellington, having spent months re-articulating his skeleton.

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Culture Reviews 

Royal Heritage – the story of Jordan’s Arab Horses

July 14, 2011May 12, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 12958 Views 0 Comments

Co-authored by HRH Princess Alia, the eldest daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan, and the artist and author Peter Upton, Royal Heritage tells the story of the Arab horse in Jordan, from the early days of the Bedouin tribes to the 21st century, a story closely associated with the Hashemite family of Jordan.

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Elizabeth Taylor, as Velvet Brown, on the second horse from left at the start of the race in National Velvet.
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“National Velvet” star Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

March 25, 2011May 25, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 1258 Views 0 Comments Obituary

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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The Yukon Horse (E. Lambei).
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New evidence rewrites time for American horse extinction

December 16, 2009March 11, 2019 Horsetalk.co.nz 7744 Views 0 Comments History

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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Two wild horse advocacy groups applaud US lawmakers for budgeting funds for use of contraceptive vaccines.
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The American mustang

July 18, 2007November 2, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1785 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

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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Gavin at work on the dig.
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Boy’s find fills gap in horse evolution

January 12, 2007June 10, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 726 Views 0 Comments History

A startling discovery by a young Californian boy has helped fill a key gap in the evolution of the horse.

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WWI horses in Palestine.
Culture Features 

The battle of Beersheba

December 15, 2006October 31, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 807 Views 0 Comments

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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