African American dominance of early US horse racing in spotlight
The profound impact of Black horseman in US horse racing is being brought to life in a new immersive exhibit at the Kentucky Derby Museum.
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The profound impact of Black horseman in US horse racing is being brought to life in a new immersive exhibit at the Kentucky Derby Museum.
Read moreResearchers hope to build their understanding of Sable Island so that all elements of the ecosystem, including the horses, can be effectively protected.
Read more“This study demonstrates a very sophisticated relationship between indigenous peoples and horses.”
Read moreHorses were essential in the daily lives of the ancient nomadic tribes of west Kazakhstan. How did those who could not afford a horse make the ride into the afterlife?
Read more“Some of its original functions vanished, and the value changed from a practical implement to a standard of wealth, good taste and culture.”
Read more“The ice-age horse had a wild, heavy face. It’s so detailed, we can even see the horse hair. It’s fascinating.”
Read more“Our research shows that it was climate change, not Genghis Khan, that was the ultimate cause for the demise of Central Asia’s forgotten river civilizations.”
Read moreDressage, showjumping and eventing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will take place in Versailles with a full quota of 200 horses and riders.
Read more“Horses, unlike other domestic animals, usually lived to old age. However, after their death, there was no hesitation in using their remains.”
Read moreFindings provide insights into the controversial question of where hoofed animals evolved.
Read moreFrançois Robichon de la Guérinière invoked Cavendish in the immensely influential 18th-century treatise École de Cavalerie (1733) as “the greatest expert of his age in the matter of horses.”
Read moreTesting of ancient DNA largely rules out Asia Minor, according to researchers, who suggest the focus should be on the Black Sea region.
Read moreMany researchers stick to the hypothesis that Yakutian horses come from ancient crossbreed wild horses from the north.
Read moreHistorical marker to be unveiled following a long search to find Justin Morgan’s original home in Vermont.
Read moreScientists create a life-like reconstruction of Propalaeotherium voigti, and painstakingly recreate its skeleton.
Read more“The engraved stones are firmly domestic art – this may have been important as people moved back into northern Europe towards the end of the last Ice Age.”
Read moreThe importance of the so-called “Horse Butchery Site” in England, inhabited by humans nearly 500,000 years ago, is explained by archaeologist Matt Pope.
Read moreThe team worked with a reconstruction artist to bring the site and its social complexity to life.
Read moreArchaeologists traced the remaining outlines of leather straps attached to the metal harness components, providing insights into how the harness was employed.
Read moreEadweard Muybridge’s jumping horse photographic sequence has been made into an online jigsaw puzzle.
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