Bit found in mouth of donkey buried 3700 years ago
Israeli researchers also find evidence of saddle bags fitted to the animal’s back.
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Reducing your carbon hoofprint
Pretty much everything we humans do has some carbon cost, contributing to our carbon footprint.
Read moreUnravelling the genetics of grey horses
All grey horses carry exactly the same mutation, inherited from a common ancestor.
Read moreCheltenham jumps festival ‘the Olympics of racing’
Marketed as the Olympic Games of racing, Cheltenham gets bigger and better every year.
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The Vatican versus the Vikings – The roots of the American horse-eating taboo
The taboo against eating horse meat is centuries old.
Read moreCensus to gather picture of critically endangered breed
Perhaps only 250 hardy Newfoundland ponies of breeding age remain in North America.
Read moreSavin’ All My Love for You – a story of horse carnage in the US
Early 20th century North America was the scene of widescale, unprecendented horse slaughter.
Read moreScientists build picture of common mammal ancestor
Small, furry-tailed creature was the common ancestor of all placental mammals, research suggests.
Read moreBute 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.
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