Key to Adelaide awarded to double Olympic gold medalist Gillian Rolton
Key to the City for AI 3DE director and two-time Olympic team gold medal winning eventer.
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Features
Special stirrup irons kick in to aid breast cancer research
American Equus is donating the proceeds of all sales of its Pink Special Edition Thoroughbred Racing Irons and 10% of total sales for the month of October for its Gallop for a Cure campaign.
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Helping the hurricane horses: Puerto Rico’s special Vieques horses are survivors
Horses at center of PZP contraception efforts on Vieques Island in Puerto Rico hit by Hurricane Maria.
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Major international horse show to run entirely on equine poop power
Energy needed for this month’s Helsinki International Horse Show requires the annual manure output of 14 horses.
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Horses stepping up for new glue-on horseshoes
New glue-on horseshoe – Glushu – has a forged aluminium shoe inside with a hardened steel bar at the breakover.
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Preparing pastures for winter starts in fall
There are steps horse owners can take to prepare cool-season pastures for winter and improve the pasture’s chances of weathering the cold season well.
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Can you make a lonely pony’s day? Rehoming call for eight rescued equines
World Horse Welfare highlights urgent need for rehoming after an influx of welfare cases across its Rescue and Rehoming Centres.
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Star shines brightly in his new home: He’s definitely a mummy’s boy
“I knew I needed to help him and offer him his forever home.”
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TV star ponies shun the limelight for a normal life
Ponies who featured on Channel 4’s “Animal Rescue Live” are in happy homes flourishing in their new roles.
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Gifts and cards help bring Christmas cheer to equines in need
Blue Cross has horsey gifts galore for equine lovers for this festive season.
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Super-cute Nutkin nabs Rehomed Superstar title at Burghley Horse Trials
Nutkin voted as ‘People’s Choice’ Rehomed Superstar in closely fought contest between six rehomed World Horse Welfare horses and ponies in the final.
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Reunited (and it feels so good): Fate brings pony back to old owner
“When it hit me that I would probably never see John Willy again I was devastated. It is the biggest regret of my life.”
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The deforestation of America: Wild horses lose out to cheap grazing and beef for China
In parts of the world forests have been intentionally burned to create more cheap grazing lands, and to some extent, that is already happening right here in America. When forests burn these areas are converted to range lands for decades, sometimes permanently.
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Three horse species roamed America’s western interior in the late Pleistocene – study
Work based on examination of cheek teeth and analysis of mitochondrial DNA.
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It’s official: Being in a horse club is good for your health
While so-called social networks are booming and Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp have millions of users, “real” social contacts are perceptibly declining.
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Badminton’s president, the Duke of Beaufort, dies at 89
David Somerset, the 11th Duke of Beaufort, and the president of the Badminton Horse Trials, has died at the age of 89.
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Smart tech: New RFID reader makes equine identification oh so easy
Small and easy to use RFID reader for equine microchips close to market.
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Extreme makeover, equine edition: Equifest four to show off their stunning transformations
Four World Horse Welfare rescue ponies are preparing to compete at one of Britain’s biggest showing extravaganzas.
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Can the Wild Horse Fire Brigade really work?
Wherever a species of large herbivore has its population depleted, vegetation becomes excessive, allowing catastrophic wildfires to take over.
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Carl Hester’s biggest challenge yet: 8.3hh shetland in dressage training
Pamela is the smallest entrant ever at Burghley, and also the first rescue pony.
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