The two sides of the slaughter debate
Horsetalk has carried two important pieces this week on the wider issue of horse slaughter.
Read moreThe latest news and information on equine issues.
Horsetalk has carried two important pieces this week on the wider issue of horse slaughter.
Read moreAre you confused about the latest findings on Rollkur / hyperflexion by the FEI?
Read moreI’ve been an avid reader of Horsetalk for some years but have always felt the site lacked a certain – how shall I put it – equine input.
Read moreSad loss of popular dressage mare.
Read moreResearchers 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.
Read moreHundreds of people turned up at Timaru’s racecourse this afternoon for the long-awaited unveiling of the bronze statue of Phar Lap.
Read moreUS and Danish researchers have found that refrigeration is the best means of storing horse dung while waiting to carry out a faecal egg count.
Read moreBHS chairman asks for investigation in the ethics of rollkur (hyperflexion).
Read moreFewer less desirable bacteria species found in the gut of horses on a high-forage diet.
Read moreDoodle drawn on a page ripped out of a 1959 book of photographs of Picasso.
Read moreUS actor Patrick Swayze lost his nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer today. He was 57.
Read moreA deal has been done which will pave the way for the rehoming of 77 Arabian horses seized from a Texas property.
Read moreThe Equine Welfare Alliance in the US says animal welfare group PETA may have thwarted efforts to bring racehorses home from Japan who are at risk of being slaughtered.
Read moreSelenium concentrations from the polo ponies who died within hours of each in Florida were up to 20 times normal levels, the University of Florida has revealed.
Read moreThe auctions call them “loose” horses because they are run through the auction ring without riders and are sold mostly to “killer buyers”.
Read moreThe world’s oldest equine twins, Bill and Ben, have chalked up another milestone, reaching 25 at their seaside retreat in
Read moreVerrucous Pastern Dermatitis eliminated from horses in the British Army during the Crimean War, but is making an alarming reappearance.
Read moreStanding at just 14.1hh, the Shetland/ Arabian/ Thoroughbred-cross gelding was the reigning Team and Individual Gold Medalist from the 2007 Pan American Games.
Read moreA stud in Australia has imported a thoroughbred colt whose unusual colouring is thought to be unique in the breed in the Southern Hemisphere.
Read moreHe weighs in at 1.3 tonnes and wears an eight-foot cover.
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