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Jahzahra with her new foal.
Breeding News 

Out of Africa: Rare wild equid babies born in Britain

August 17, 2020August 20, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2750 Views 1 Comment Rare breeds, Zebras & asses

Marwell Zoo has welcomed Somali wild ass and Hartmann’s mountain zebra foals in recent days.

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Blenheim 2016 CCI3* winners Bettina Hoy and Seigneur Medicott.
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New organiser sought for Britain’s Blenheim Horse Trials

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1256 Views 0 Comments Blenheim Horse Trials

Tenders being considered for the running of the 2021 event, previously run by British Eventing.

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Culture Latest News 

Historic find in Scotland provides insights into use of horse harness 3000 years ago

August 16, 2020August 21, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2837 Views 1 Comment History

Archaeologists traced the remaining outlines of leather straps attached to the metal harness components, providing insights into how the harness was employed.

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Cushing's disease in horses commonly causes excessive hair growth, muscle wasting along the top line, and abnormal fat distribution. Photo: AbujoyCC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
News Training 

Can discomfort in horses affect the results of hormone tests for Cushing’s disease?

August 15, 2020August 22, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2670 Views 0 Comments

The hormone measured in the diagnostic test for Cushing can be elevated when horses are in pain. Could this lead to a false positive?

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A wary wild horse band on the Pint Nut Mountain HMA during a solar eclipse.
Features Latest News 

America’s wild horses face elimination in govt’s “path forward” plan

August 15, 2020August 15, 2020 Craig C. Downer 5321 Views 7 Comments Wild horses

As the US Senate considers a $102 million proposal to reduce wild horse numbers in the west, wildlife ecologist Craig Downer makes a plea for urgent action to save the mustang herds.

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The art of the farrier showcased in new photographic book

August 15, 2020August 21, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2410 Views 0 Comments

“The Farrier” is the “culmination of a 10-year project with one purpose: to share joy and pride for the craft of farriery”.

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Health Latest News 

Researchers delve into complications arising from cheek teeth removal in horses

August 14, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2092 Views 0 Comments

“Treatments to correct these post-extraction problems are often more time-consuming and more difficult than for the original underlying disease.”

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Giigwanens is the first foal from the rare Ojibwe Horse breed to be born in Manitoba for many years.
Breeding Latest News 

Endangered Canadian horse breed welcomes new foal

August 13, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 4244 Views 0 Comments Rare breeds

There are fewer than 200 Ojibwe Horses, or Lac La Croix Indian Pony, left in the world. The arrival of a filly foal in Manitoba is cause for celebration.

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Flank watching is a classic sign of colic.
Latest News Training 

Colic the main reason for calling out horse vets after hours – study

August 13, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1806 Views 0 Comments

Colic responsible for more than a third of such callouts, followed by wounds, then lameness.

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All three of the rescued donkeys had severely overgrown hooves. Pictured are Sophie's front feet on arrival.
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Safe haven for neglected donkeys after three charities step in

August 12, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2017 Views 0 Comments

Smokey, Belle and Sophie rescued from a life of serious neglect: “This would have taken many months to develop and it would have been obvious that they were struggling to walk.”

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Mark Todd and Charisma winning Olympic gold at Seoul in 1988, following their success at Los Angeles in 1984.
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Chance for horse riders to “hack with their hero”

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1417 Views 0 Comments

World Horse Welfare’s summer prize draw offers riders the chance to win a hack out with their eventing heroes, with prizes being offered by Zara Tindall, Pippa Funnell, Alex Hua Tian and Sir Mark Todd.

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Equine “crash test dummy” dedicated to making horse transport safer

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 3482 Views 1 Comment

“It is time we brought some of the developments in safety and new technology that we have in other vehicles to horse transport.” 

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Breeding Latest News 

Hopes high for diagnostic test after key cause of early pregnancy loss in mares found

August 11, 2020August 16, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2519 Views 0 Comments

“These findings will allow researchers to develop new diagnostic tests for pregnancy losses, which would offer hope to thousands of owners of breeding mares that suffer this condition.”

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Latest News Research 

Concussion linked to heightened risk of dementia and Parkinson’s disease

August 10, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 5223 Views 2 Comments Rider safety

Those affected by concussion usually recover within a week of injury, but there may be long-term consequences.

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Challis Wild Horses in the Central Idaho high desert.
Features Latest News 

Freedom at last: Idaho preserve welcomes wild horses home

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2768 Views 1 Comment Wild horses

Mustangs from 2019 BLM Challis roundup arrive at their new home at Wild Love Preserve in central Idaho.

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Different methods of processing horse manure were put under scrutiny in a study in Sweden.
Latest News Research 

Horse manure a great addition when composting spent coffee grounds – study

August 9, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2978 Views 0 Comments

Large quantities of spent coffee grounds go to landfill. The solution? Add horse manure and compost it.

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Paul Tapner and Bonza King of Rouges winning Hickstead's MS Amlin Eventers’ Challenge on Thursday. 
Features News 

Top eventer Paul Tapner suffers stroke after horse fall

August 9, 2020August 13, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 3396 Views 0 Comments Eventing safety

Leading rider sustains two brain bleeds and a stroke after a fall while out hacking on August 5. Recovery “will be slowly over weeks and possibly months”.

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Breeding Latest News 

Important cause of early pregnancy losses in mares pinpointed

August 8, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2602 Views 0 Comments

The cause of early pregnancy loss in 21.8% of the cases examined in the study was identified in DNA testing.

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Reading the microchip of a competition horse.
Latest News 

Equine charity backs England’s mandatory microchipping move

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1666 Views 0 Comments

If horse, pony and donkey owners in England do not microchip their animals by October 2020 they could face sanctions.

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Health Latest News 

Equine mesenchymal stromal cells may prove helpful in healing wounds, findings suggest

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 1896 Views 0 Comments

Proteins released by these cells even managed to destabilize biofilms produced by methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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