Where Horses Rule
PARADISE, Calif. – When Jeff Hill returned to his neighborhood in Paradise, California, after evacuating during the Campfire, he came across a wayward horse — in a backyard swimming pool. The horse appeared to have jumped in to escape the flames and was caught in the pool cover. He had been checking on a neighbor’s…
For thousands of years, the bond between man and animal has proven to be effective in creating an emotional, healing bond. Horses are used by physical, speech, and occupational therapists to reach their patients on a personal level through what is referred to as “hippotherapy.” Children with autism also benefit from equine therapy due to…
A colt who lost his mother a few days after he was born has been saved thanks to a nanny goat who stepped in to feed him. Imelda and Jim Kingston, from Co Cork, Ireland, welcomed a foal from their home breed Irish draught mare Carrigbawn Sunset but owing to complications with the placenta, the…
1.Bay- To most people: A body of water indenting a shoreline. To horse people: A brown horse with a black mane and tail. 2.Frog- To most people: An amphibian that’s either cute or creepy, depending on your phobias. To horse people: A part of the horse’s hoof that acts as a shock absorber. 3.Green- To…
The FEI has “strongly recommended” riders do not use dry ice as a cooling agent, following an outcry over a video of an endurance horse standing amid dramatic clouds of vapor. Immediately after the incident in France, the FEI advised the “possibility” of bringing a case of abuse against the horse’s Spanish rider Arkaitz Arakistain…
5.Secretariat. Record: 21:16-3-1. ‘Big Red’ became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years when romping in the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths. His amazing feats on the race track are difficult to surmise but encapsulated in the documentary below. Secretariat would also become the leading broodmare sire in North America in 1992. 4.Frankel….
A horse managed to revive its stablemate that was about to be put down after her owners tried unsuccessfully to get the animal to its feet in a six-hour operation. The shire horse, called Beatrice, was found collapsed in its stable after suffering equine colic, which is severe abdominal pain. Due to the horse’s weight…
A stud is calling for a change in law after a heavily pregnant mare, and a mare with her two-week-old foal was chased by an out-of-control dog. Becca Cameron, youngstock manager at Ormiston Highlands in Kingussie, Scotland, discovered pregnant mare Gordina and mare and foal Jura and Norman being chased by a husky. “I heard…
A rider and her five-year-old homebred mare are navigating the entire 1500km of the Welsh border this month to raise money for two charities. Bethan Matthews, 24, who runs a livery yard near Brecon, and Charm have so far tackled bridges, beaches, highways and hills on what will form an epic 29-day trek. “It’s been…
A horse who went missing during an endurance ride in Hampshire has been found, apparently unharmed, nearly 24 hours later. Organizers of the Endurance GB Three Rivers Ride had asked for help in finding the mare, who parted company with her rider during the 34km event near Martin Down Nature Reserve at about 11 am….
The showing world has paid tribute to one of its best-loved and respected supporters. Ghita Jago passed away peacefully in hospital this month, surrounded by six of her eight children, aged 95. A matriarch of the showing community, she loved looking after the scores of children who competed for her over the years — many…
Wendy Schonfeld started riding horses at the age of 14 so it had always been a personal passion. However, after her daughter was born with a disability, therapeutic horse riding created a deeper, more personal connection between them. When Wendy’s family moved to rural South Carolina, she had a vision and a mission to bring…
An elderly horse is helping a teenage girl in far-west New South Wales overcome her autism. Rachel Kellie, 15, has been receiving equine therapy at the Murray River border town of Buronga, near Mildura, for more than a year. “Whenever I’m around Psalm, I’m a lot calmer and a lot more courageous than I would…
We were feeding, grooming and exercising the horses on our farm one hectic Saturday morning when a car pulled into the yard. A woman wound down the window to talk to my husband, Michael. ‘We heard that you have children here to help on Saturday mornings,’ she said. ‘We wondered if you would have our…
Mr. Changue, a 6-year-old horse who was rescued earlier this month after falling into a sinkhole, won his first start since that incident Tuesday at Canada’s Fort Erie Race Track. The Ken Albu trainee scored a victory in a claiming race on the undercard for the Prince of Wales Stakes, the second leg of Canada’s…
3) ANKY VAN GRUNSVEN – WEG2006 Freestyle Final. Still at the 2006 WEG but with another rider this time! That’s almost 3 million views for Anky Van Grunsven and Keltec Salinero. Both commentators agree to say that watching this test is absolutely relaxing and fascinating! The music choice is great and you can feel that…