Perhaps one of the more recently extinct equidae, the Quagga was a subspecies of the plains zebras. They were with us until the end of the 19th century.
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The Equinest archives
Miniature Horses – Horse Types
The Horses of Aelbert Cuyp
Aelbert Cuyp was a Dutch painter during the late 17th century. He came from a family of artists and grew to become a celebrated landscape artist and the most famous member of the Cuyp family.
Hard to Credit
While Cuyp was a prolific artist he rarely dated his paintings which has made it difficult to put them in chronological order. Horses are not an important part of his art, but tend to make an appearance in the idyllic pastoral or lakeside scenes he was fond of painting.
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Nanette Levin – Horse Author Interview
Name
Nanette Levin
Website & Places you can find me online
Websites: www.HorseSenseAndCents.com, www.BookConductors.com & www.HalcyonAcres.com
Twitter: @NanetteLevin
Facebook: Hors Sense and Cents & Nanette Levin
Linkedin: Nanette Levin (active in many of the equine groups and co-manage Horse Lovers of the Business World and Horse Trail Riding).
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Bird of Paradise – Toxic Plant of the Week
It’s toxic plant Monday again and time to take a look at another of the more beautiful but wicked members of the plant world. Today it’s the lovely and brightly colored Bird of Paradise, another beautiful flower for a Monday.
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Icelandic Horses in The Wintertime
There is something a little magical about the Icelandic Horse. Their physical isolation makes them one of the purest breeds on the planet & that’s a real accomplishment.
Wait For It…
Iceland is not the most hospitable place so often images of them are set in an isolated and dramatic landscape. This video is no different but the animals seem to instantly warm their environment with their frosty breaths and colorful fur coats. The video is a little slow to start, but the horse shots are worth the wait.
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Weekly Rescues
This handy post is curtesy of Amy Lizee who works with J&M Acres Horse Rescue on behalf of horses in need.
About J&M Acres
J&M Acres Horse Rescue is a non-profit rescue in Maple Ridge, BC. We rescue most of our horses from auction or from off the racetrack. Our aim is to get as many horses as we can off the meat truck and adopted into loving homes so that we are able to rescue more.
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Hagerman Horse or Equus Simplicidens – Extinct Equidae
The Hagerman Horse (also called the Hagerman Zebra) was native to North America from the Pliocene to the Pleistocene (around 3.5 million years ago).
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Hotblooded Horses – Horse Types
Different from some of the other types of horse, there are only two recognized hotblooded breeds the Arabian and the Thoroughbred. A cross between the two breeds is also considered hotblooded.
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The Horses of Baron Antoine Jean Gros
Antoine-Jean Gros was a French painter during the late 18th and early 19th century. By the time he was 20 he had been accused of sympathizing with French royalists during the revolution and fled the country to Italy.
Meeting A Muse
It was in Milan that Gros met Napoleon, who would later be the subject of some of the most renowned work Gros would complete. At the end of the 18th century the artist made his way back to France where his portraits of Napoleon were celebrated and he was honored.
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Horse Books on Kindle
If you are a big reader and don’t know about Kindle you are in luck. It’s a wireless reading device specifically designed to be low glare and easier electronic reading.
Books Just Got A Whole Lot Lighter
Perhaps one of the biggest benefits of Kindle is the fact that you can carry around a whole stack of huge books all wrapped up inside that tiny machine. For the interested horse lovers I’ve got a great list of horse books for the Kindle device. For each one I’ve provided a brief description and a link to their Amazon Kindle page.
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Bermuda Grass – Toxic Plant of the Week
Welcome to toxic plant Monday where it’s time to learn more about plants that can do harm to our equine friends. Moving on to the B’s, this week we take a closer look at a fairly common grass, Bermuda Grass whose toxicity is actually not it’s fault.
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