Discovery points to roots of arabian breed
Discoveries from the remains of a 9000-year-old Saudi civilisation may point to the Arabian’s origins.
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Naughty Fabio rehomed over mealtime manners
Wild stallion Fabio picked up some naughty eating habits at his national park home, raiding human food sources and becoming aggressive toward those who tried to stop him.
Read moreCranking up the lightness and grace in dressage
Well darlings, it seems my last post on showjumping bridling struck a nerve with many people. But I think there
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The trouble with the arabian horse community
Everyone has an idea what the other guy needs to do to fix his problem but no one is really talking about the ‘elephant in the room’.
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Cover fit – how hard can it be?
When you are buying your own clothes, do you just go to the shop grab one off the rack and stick a belt around it to make it fit?? No!
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New evidence rewrites time for American horse extinction
Researchers who removed ancient DNA of horses and mammoths from permanently frozen soil in central Alaskan permafrost dated the material at between 7600 and 10,500 years old.
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Hundreds at Phar Lap unveiling
Hundreds of people turned up at Timaru’s racecourse this afternoon for the long-awaited unveiling of the bronze statue of Phar Lap.
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Bone of contention over Phar Lap’s skeleton
Phar Lap’s skeleton does not strike the elegant pose one would expect from one of the world’s best-known racehorses.
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Life is tough for the Newfoundland Pony
The Newfoundland pony is on the verge of extinction. A horse that once roamed this place by the thousands is down to fewer than 200.
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Chariots of Desire
A miniature horse who grew to be a giant among his peers was the unexpected inspiration behind the re-emergence of the chariot from the shadows of history.
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The history of the FEI European Eventing Championships
The first individual European Champion was Britain’s Major Laurence Rook. Only the British and the Swiss competed in the inaugral championships in 1953.
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Four new additions to family of “gentle giants”
A British stud farm dedicated to preserving the rare Poitou donkey has managed to breed four foals within a 20-day period — two colts and two fillies.
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Germany’s legacy: The great European dressage horses
As far as the great European dressage horses are concerned, German breeding has been dominant throughout the history of the FEI European Championships.
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Tiny Caspian horse breed back from the brink
These finely built horses are now known, through DNA testing and other research, to be the forerunners of the native wild horses of Persia, and a key breed in the development of the Arabian horse by the Mesopotamians in the Third Millennium BC.
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The American mustang
Highly prized by the Native Americans, the mustangs would go on to symbolise generations while substantially changing their way of life.
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Przewalski horse breed may soon thrive in the wild
The birth of a Przewalski foal at Toronto Zoo is another welcome step towards the ultimate dream: To have the primitive breed of horse restored to healthy numbers in the wilds of their native Mongolia and surrounding territories.
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The battle of Beersheba
The battle for Beersheba has been called the last great cavalry charge. Some dispute this, but there is little doubt that October 31, 1917, marked the last significant and successful cavalry charge in wartime.
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Frank Levinson: Following the way of the horse
“The Maui Horse Whisperer” has a plain, old-fashioned word that sums up his approach: Trust.
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New Zealand’s wild Kaimanawa horses
Between 1858 and 1875, Major George Carlyon imported Exmoor ponies from England and crossed them with local horses to produce a breed called the Carlyon, and during the 1870s some of these were released into the Ranges, and the distinctive ancestry of the Exmoor ponies (mealie muzzles and underbellies) is evident in many of the Kaimanawa Wild Horses today.
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