Bute back in spotlight after slaughter revelations
Bute detected in five British horses destined for the dinner table highlights concerns.
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The Horse in Poetry and Prose
Compared with the arts, the horse has a far lesser status in literature.
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Graze Anatomy: Handling horses on a small acreage
Keeping horses on limited acreage takes knowledge, cunning and guile.
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Bronze horses and men: equestrian statuary
The horse an ideal subject for sculptors – but they present many challenges.
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Ponies at the Poles: a proud history
The use of horses at the Poles was started by Norway’s “father of Polar exploration”.
Read moreThe blessing of the horses in Guadalupe, Spain
Jo Kimmins shares her images from the spectacular Blessing of the Horses in Guadalupe, Extremadura.
Read moreHow the west was really won: Ireland’s forgotten cowboys
The cowboy’s origins lie in the Emerald Isles, not the US west.
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Why did horses die out in North America?
North America was hardest hit by the end of the Pleistocene epoch, and global cooling.
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Horse websites: Finding your place on the web
Websites seem to be the perfect marketing tool for a horse-related business, especially a stud.
Read moreIntelligence study: horses are no one-trick ponies
Research improves understanding of how horses use their brains and identify cues.
Read moreHemingway’s horses
To Hemingway, bullfighting was a metaphor for the War’s human carnage.
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Color vision in horses: Do horses see color?
Age-old question of whether horses see in color probed.
Read moreVision in horses: More than meets the eye
Horses have only two different cone types on their retina, providing them with dichromatic vision.
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Hide and seek – How to identify quality leather
Working yourself into a lather over leather, and eyeing the enormous difference in prices?
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Building a horse-riding arena: Thinking outside the rectangle
It’s crucial to get it right; remediation costs will bring tears to your eyes.
Read moreExcitement in new equestrian sport of Horseball
Horseball is still in its infancy. It’s proving an exciting alternative to traditional equestrian sports.
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Lest we forget: New Zealand’s horses at war
“For a soldier to work this hard, he would be weighed down with medals.”
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Understanding horse intelligence
There are some who dismiss horses as being instinctive rather than cognitive in their behaviour.
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Horse manure: An easy guide to composting
Horse dung may have its shortcomings, but it has also received some bad press.
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Horses’ reliance on humans explored in French study
Horses showing more interest in humans performed less well in challenge, research shows.
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