Lifetime reining horse award for actor William Shatner
Long-time equestrian William Shatner is to receive the National Reining Horse Association’s Dale Wilkinson Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Features & The Arts
Equestrian features from around the world.
Genetic spotlight thrown on a hardy, high-altitude horse breed
How did the tough and adaptable Tibetan horse breed come about? Researchers have the answer.
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Italian breakthrough gives us Asinino Reggiano – cheese made from 100% donkey’s milk
Asinino Reggiano is the world’s first cheese made with 100 percent donkey milk.
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Researchers begin to unravel one of the mysteries of concussion
Differences between impacts that led to concussions and those that did not related to how and where the brain shakes.
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“Concussion pill” on horizon as World Brain Day marked
CBD and NMDA antagonist could reduce post-injury brain cell inflammation, headache, pain and other symptoms associated with concussion.
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Price no guarantee of greater safety with horse riding helmets, study findings suggest
Since the company’s last test in 2014, “helmets have become better, but there are still major shortcomings”.
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Sue’s historic day: 40 years since NZ woman’s horse racing milestone
Sue Day rode into the record books on July 22, 1978 as the first New Zealand female to win a race against her male counterparts, riding Jaws to victory at Timaru.
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Cruelty v. tradition as festival’s use of donkey questioned
“We recognise that it is important to maintain traditions, but not where they cause unnecessary harm to animals.”
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Legendary Kiwi racehorse Kiwi hits the big screen
Famous Melbourne Cup winner of 1983 immortalised in a film about his great run.
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Horse dentistry goes back more than 3000 years, study concludes
As herders began to use metal bits, they also developed a method for extracting troublesome teeth, similar to the way most veterinary dentists would remove them today.
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How wild horses deal with death and grief: A rare insight
“We were intruding on a hallowed ritual, each of these beautiful sentient beings were bidding Pixie goodbye.”
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CPR revives fully grown horse suffering from cardiac arrest
There was not a moment to lose as veterinary staff began CPR on the 550kg mare.
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Beleaguered Bermuda horses take flight for new homes
Riding school closure forces horses into care, with several travelling to new homes in the US.
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Sun King’s equestrian sculpture could bring $US13m at auction
Sun King’s “sumptuous portrait of royal power and absolute authority” up for auction.
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New beginnings as “war horses” return home
Development’s history as World War 1 veterinary clinic and remount base recognised with life-sized sculptures.
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Equestrian art breaks new ground: A sand arena
Freelance designer Martin Stockberg steps into the horse world for his latest piece of art.
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Massive war horse memorial unveiled near Ascot Racecourse
£300,000 bronze statue a reminder of the service and sacrifice millions of horses, mules and donkeys made in the First World War.
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Influenza is going to the dogs – and it’s not good news
“In this study, we identified influenza viruses jumping from pigs into dogs,” the lead researcher reports.
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Jack’s one out of the box: Abandoned cob heads for Hickstead
Blue Cross Jack has metamorphosed from a shaggy young stallion into a showing supremo.
Read moreIntellectual pursuits – even betting on horses – can help ward off dementia, study findings suggest
Active participation in intellectual activities, even in late life, might help prevent dementia in older adults, they concluded.
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