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Read the first 15 chapters of "Prince Ali" free online. A new chapter is available each week.
Education & Entertainment Reviews 

Arabian horse novel Prince Ali free to read online

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 2992 Views 0 Comments

The first 15 chapters of a book about an arabian horse named Prince Ali are available to read for free on the Readers & Writers Book Club.

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Culture Features News Reviews 

The art of the farrier showcased in new photographic book

August 15, 2020August 21, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 5426 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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Features Reviews 

Christmas gift ideas for the equestrian with everything

December 3, 2019June 10, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 8637 Views 0 Comments

Got a hard-to-buy-for equestrian in your life? Here’s some inspiration to help this festive season.

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Culture News Reviews 

Dr Seuss’s unreleased horse manuscript to be published

March 4, 2019April 14, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 11524 Views 1 Comment

The latest work, the manuscript of which was found in the late author’s Californian home, is titled Dr Seuss’s Horse Museum.

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The match between Driver and Aaron at Maidenhead, by Richard Roper (1754).
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Horses, historians, and early modern England

January 3, 2019April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 12877 Views 1 Comment History

Two new volumes offer an insight into Britain’s social history through horse racing and the breeding ventures of a famous aristocratic.

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Care & Training Culture Reviews 

Military equitation still informs the modern rider

November 19, 2018April 14, 2020 Alane Alchorn 10694 Views 0 Comments History

Combined volume offers new insights into 18th-century equitation and its timeless application.

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James Fillis
Culture Reviews 

The Franco-German (dressage) war

August 13, 2018April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 16100 Views 0 Comments History

French and German master equestrians clashed in mid to late-century over the proper theory and practice of dressage and equitation, particularly as they pertained to the training of military horses and riders.

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Mounted and dismounted members of the Scots Greys, 1898. From left, Mounted Drill Order; Sergeant-Major Standard-Bearer in Full Dress; trooper wearing Review Order; a mounted orderly and a dismounted orderly. From Real War Horses: The Experiences of the British Cavalry, 1814-1914.
Culture Reviews 

Equines and the Empire: British war horses revealed

May 26, 2018April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 14425 Views 0 Comments War Horses

Both “Real War Horses: The Experiences of the British Cavalry, 1814-1914” and “Horses in the British Army, 1750-1950” add value to the critical literatures on cavalry and warhorses.

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An old war horse taken in by Dorothy Brooke in Egypt.
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An amazing life: The real story behind equine charity founder Dorothy Brooke

December 31, 2017April 14, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 26831 Views 0 Comments War Horses

From Scotland to Egypt, Dorothy Brooke rescued some 5000 WW1 horses from a life of misery and poor care.

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Patrick Hogan and Cambridge Stud's Tavistock.
Culture Reviews 

Luck of the Irish as Patrick Hogan’s racing success story continues

December 5, 2017April 14, 2020 Contributor 11984 Views 0 Comments

Revised edition of 2007 best seller updates the story of Patrick Hogan and Cambridge Stud.

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Black Caviar with Peter Moody and connections after winning the Lightning Stakes.
Culture Reviews 

The rise and fall of Peter Moody: Black Caviar’s trainer tells all

December 4, 2017April 14, 2020 Contributor 17993 Views 0 Comments

Peter Moody tells all about his life in the racing industry – the good times and the bad.

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Culture Reviews 

Revisiting equestrian classics: Outdoor Baucherists

October 16, 2017April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 12876 Views 0 Comments

General François Faverot de Kerbrech’s “Methodical Dressage of the Riding Horse” (1891), with “Dressage of the Outdoor Horse” (1907), and Étienne Beudant’s “Horse Training, Outdoor and High School”.

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Culture Features Reviews 

Ghosts on the Great Plains: Sitting Bull, Buffalo Bill, and the battle for Standing Rock

October 11, 2017April 14, 2020 Deanne Stillman 13173 Views 1 Comment History

The little known story of the unlikely friendship of two famous figures of the American West – Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull – told through their time in Cody’s Wild West show in the 1880s.

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A Cecil Aldin watercolour from Black Beauty.
Culture Reviews 

Still helping horses after 140 years: Rare “Black Beauty” edition for auction

September 18, 2017April 14, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 13619 Views 1 Comment

A 1915 edition of the classic horse book is being auctioned to raise funds for Redwings.

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Tom Roberts and Spring Song demonstrate "feeling for the mouth" to Virginia Batten, Coromandel Valley, South Australia, 1972. Image by Webb McKelvey, published in Horse Control - The Young Horse.
Culture News Reviews 

New volume honors renowned Australian horse trainer’s legacy

September 17, 2017April 14, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 9139 Views 0 Comments

Legacy of legendary horseman Tom Roberts recognised in new book by Andrew McLean and Nicki Stuart.

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Tom Roberts and Spring Song demonstrate "feeling for the mouth" to Virginia Batten, Coromandel Valley, South Australia, 1972. Image by Webb McKelvey, published in Horse Control - The Young Horse.
Culture Reviews 

Recognising a pioneer of Australia’s equestrian success

August 31, 2017September 1, 2020 Contributor 10823 Views 0 Comments

Associate Professor Kirrilly Thompson looks at the new book about legendary horse trainer Tom Roberts.

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Culture Reviews 

Posthumous Santini: Horseman’s Dictionary and Caprilli Papers

June 26, 2017April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 14679 Views 0 Comments

The latest in the Santini series features two posthumous works from the man known as Caprilli’s “intermediary and interpreter”.

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Harold Power, "Bringing Up the Guns".
Culture Reviews 

Picturing horses in the Great War

May 18, 2017April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 17198 Views 0 Comments History, War Horses

“Horses of the Great War” offers a very engaging and edifying overview essay to non-specialist readers interested in horses, modern warfare, or art depicting them.

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Culture Reviews 

Santini’s first foray: Riding Reflections

May 4, 2017April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 10805 Views 1 Comment

In the opening chapter, Santini briefly invokes Caprilli as the founder of a system of horsemanship based on “the principles that a horse should be interfered with as little as possible.”

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Culture Reviews 

Rangelands revealed: A modern look at ecology and management

March 26, 2017April 14, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 11359 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

“Rangeland Systems – Processes, Management and Challenges” is an unprecedented compilation of ecological and management knowledge of global rangelands.

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