Where Horses Rule
Lisa and Jimmy Gaudio own a farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. It’s the same farm on which Lisa raised Kyrie, her beloved Arabian horse. The pair formed an incredible bond as Lisa transformed the beautiful foal into a national champion. For personal reasons, Lisa and Kyrie were separated for 15 years. Lisa, however, made it…
Raising farm animals is a difficult job and one that requires a careful blend of intuition and professional skill. When emergency situations arise, farmers need to react quickly and often come up with creative solutions to solve them. When Marek Slodkowski (aka The Lone Farmer) discovered one of his horses was trapped in a repair…
Like Victoria Goss, the owner of the Last Chance Corral, I was deeply disturbed to find out about a widespread trend in the thoroughbred breeding industry. It’s an annual inhumane and disturbing practice and one that many people are becoming increasingly aware of. They’re called nurse mare foals, “only born so that their mothers will…
In 1997, doctors removed a tumor from Theresa Batchelor’s neck before it nearly severed her spinal cord. Though the surgery went well, doctors told her she’d likely never walk again. Batchelor, however, chose to take that diagnosis as a suggested hypothesis rather than ultimate truth. She plunged herself into physical therapy, and via miraculous willpower…
Landyn Mount has been appreciative of veterans ever since her great-grandfather, a World War II soldier, visited her class for Veterans Day when she was 8 years old. She considers the people who serve in the armed forces a special group. She knows the sacrifices they make are huge, and that those of us who…
It is great riding on a horse which is galloping at a certain speed because you feel the adrenaline rushing all over your body but it is more amazing when you take it on camera and what you are going to watch in this video is a jockey on a horse recording the whole galloping….
We have often seen horses get out of control and when this happens it is difficult to stop them. People run all over the place and the horse gets more spooked and runs faster and harder causing even more panic to the people watching. This is what happens at Southwell Racecourse. A horse gets out…
What Francisco Mena needed in order that he be healed was a real and sincere friend, his horse. Doctors gave him little hope for improvement but his condition completely changed after his horse paid a visit to him. Esquilador, the horse, seems to transmit a lot of positive energy to his owner. After his condition…
A rider who has lost almost two stone since her vet told her she was too heavy for her pony says his words were the best possible motivation. Paige Matthews had not realized how much weight she had gained until her 13.2hh Connemara/Arab mare Dream went lame. Her vet asked how much she weighed but…
All horses are beautiful but we always have our favorites and speak highly of them because we cannot and do not want to see their faults, if any. But the Arabian in this video is just magical, magnificent, majestic and gorgeous. Arabians are one of the most beautiful horses in the world and in my…
In life, strange things happen that make you ask yourself what, why, and how. Sometimes there are answers; other times, it’s just best not to know. In this rambunctious horse’s case, it is best to keep your questions to yourself and just watch. In a stable full of horses, one equine decided to be a…
It’s always amazing to see how animals affect our moods. Just holding a dog or a cat feels like it lifts our worst moods sometimes. And for the children in the hospital at Akron Children’s Hospital, there is nothing better than having a visit from Petie the pony, a mini Shetland therapy pony. Just short…
After nearly four years of dating, Matt was ready to propose to Emily. But he knew he couldn’t do it without finding a way to include Estella, Emily’s beloved horse in the big surprise. Matt secretly contacted Emily’s best friend, a professional photographer named Leslie. The friend happily agreed to keep a major secret from…
Interspecies bonding is always beautiful and intriguing. It’s not every day you get to see kindness between a carriage horse a flock of hungry pigeons. This dark horse was enjoying a red bucket of food on the streets of New York City when he was suddenly surrounded by a large group of gray pigeons. The…
Animals are just like us in many ways, especially emotionally. They understand love and the absence of love and companionship — loneliness. Zookeepers at the Cincinnati Zoo noticed that one of their horses seemed lonely and sad after the passing of her companion. But she also seemed to take a liking to her neighbors —…
If there is something to be said about mini horses, it’s that they’re one of the most adorable creatures out there. Just by her reaction, it’s easy to say that this little toddler agrees. The young girl was inside her home with her mom, Brenda, the owner of the Little Hooves miniature-horse ranch. It was…