Horse ambulance a life saver for winning race filly Keisha
A quick-thinking driver and a custom-built horse ambulance helped save the life of a filly who sustained a fractured tibia mid race.
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Features
Equestrian features from around the world.
From abandoned foal to YouTube star: Teeny, tiny Duke makes his debut
Equestrian vlogger This Esme shares her first week with rescued Welshie Duke, a tiny pony with a huge personality.
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The amazing “sixth sense” of para-equestrian horses
“As living beings with thoughts and feelings of their own, horses are extremely sensitive to the specific needs of an athlete’s disability, and are highly perceptive to verbal and non-verbal cues.”
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Grazing horses benefit butterflies in Czech conservation initiative
The presence of horses, cattle and bison presumably increased butterfly species richness and abundance by altering vegetation conditions.
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Para riders prepare to strut their freestyle stuff at Tokyo 2020
“When the horse, rider and music all come together in a perfect fit, that’s when the magic happens.”
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Showjumping’s “comeback king” Flexible dies at 25
Flexible, who has died peacefully in his paddock, overcame three potentially career-ending health issues to stay at the top of the game.
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Arabian horse breeder, Rolling Stone drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80
Best known for being part of one of the world’s most enduring rock bands, Charlie Watts was also well known in equestrian circles for the breeding of Polish Arabian horses.
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FDA on ivermectin use for Covid: “You are not a horse. Stop it”
“Animal drugs are often highly concentrated because they are used for large animals like horses and cows, which can weigh a lot more than we do. Such high doses can be highly toxic in humans.”
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Maximum long distance horse transport limit put to UK Government
A proposal to halve the current maximum journey length to 12 hours have the support of international charity World Horse Welfare.
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Hot competition expected among para dressage riders at Tokyo 2020
There are 78 Para-Equestrian riders from 27 nations taking part in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Among them, one of the sport’s most enduring athletes, a strong contender for a ‘triple-triple’ and a Para-Equestrian legend going for a record number of medals.
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The outrageous treatment of America’s wild horses and their legal habitat
The so-called “Path Forward” plan presently adopted by BLM and USFS is, in my professional opinion as a wild-horse ecologist, a “wipeout” plan, in that it “wipes out” generations of natural adaptation to the particular ecosystems from which these equines came.
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#WeThe15: Horse sport’s FEI backs global disability campaign
A global movement to represent the world’s 1.2 billion people with disabilities has been launched by the International Paralympic Committee
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Shorter course, improved welfare promised for pentathlon horses
A simpler course with lower obstacles will be part of the “new” Modern Pentathlon format to be introduced in 2022.
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One-eyed, super-cute pony Doughnut seeking a new home
Doughnut, 21, is on the mend after having an eye removed. The 11.2hh native pony is looking for a new home with ponies close to his own age.
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Aachen horse show goes paperless in new sustainability initiative
No more paper or plastic bags at Aachen as show strives to avoid waste and improve sustainability.
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US racing’s new Act the best chance for reform, Jockey Club boss says
“What I saw … was a once in a lifetime opportunity to make the sport safer for horses and jockeys, to serve the overwhelming majority of horse people who want to win fairly and who want to play by the rules.”
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Laminitis, heart attack claim leading thoroughbred sires in their prime
Berardini, 18, has succumbed to complications related to laminitis, and Mastercraftsman, 15, has died of a heart attack.
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PETA seeks an end to horse sports at the Olympics
A senior PETA official writes to International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach outlining the organisation’s concerns.
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Bye, bye, Bella: Retirement for star dressage mare Bella Rosa
Isabell Werth’s star mare Bella Rose will have one last competition before she is retired at Aachen next month.
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Hoofing it on the road to recovery: Abandoned trio nursed back to health
A brighter future awaits three donkeys who had been abandoned and left neglected on a British farm when their owner moved.
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