Spending the day at the TAB may be fun but now you can watch horse races online as well. Here are three sites you might like to take a look at.
Can’t get to the track or the telly for a big race? If you can get to a computer or have a mobile phone with Internet capability, you can still see the races.
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In the last 20 years, DNA testing technology has become both equally complicated and commonplace.
Pair this ease of genetic testing with a rage for horses of exotic and unusual colors and the result has been previously unknown locations of the equine genome. One of these genes has been labeled the champagne gene due to its very unique phenotype (what the horse actually looks like).
Champagne colored horses have no doubt existed prior to genetic testing, but were often registered as a more common color such as palomino simply because that was the closest known match. After seeing a champagne horse it is easy to understand the confusion. In an effort to more accurately trace the champagne gene, The International Champagne Horse Registry was created. This registry has mapped the likely history of the equine champagne gene in addition to documenting known champagne horses.
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HorseNet Horse Rescue (HNHR) is a 501(c)3 equine rescue & sanctuary with two locations in Maryland- New Windsor and Mount Airy.
HorseNet is a no-kill, anti-slaughter horse rescue that currently cares for about 100 horses.
HNHR is also 100% volunteer-run organization with no paid staff, so they’re always looking for new volunteers and donations!
HorseNet has many lovable and beautiful horses currently available for adoption, both ridable & companion animals. Anyone in the state of Maryland or anyone that resides 2.5 hours away from their facilities are eligible to adopt. An adoption contract and appointments are needed before adopting any horse.
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Horsesport has new owners and is coming back with a new look and new feel for all horse & pony lovers.
It will offer a comprehensive directory listing businesses from around the country which can be updated by the business owner directly.
Private classifieds are available for everything equestrian and will allow the vendor to use our interactive ad creation tool. With the possibility of becoming advertiser of the month and getting a top placing.
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Jim and I are retired educators and we both faced and survived life threatening issues- breast cancer for me and a terrible auto accident for Jim. In 2004 to celebrate our recoveries we decided to get a mule. We had horses in our younger days, but it had been over 20 years since we had them.
We found a mule- May Belle- at The Sunshine Sanctuary in Los Molinas CA. When May Belle arrive she came with two surprises- Jessie, another mule, and Sweet, a Kiger mustang. We were thrilled. Within a few weeks we started getting calls about taking old, injured or unwanted horses.
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The Mangalarga Marchador is Brazil’s National Horse, first developed in the 1740’s from ancient Iberian stock crossed with Barb and Jennet horses.
Once the finest stable horses of King Louis XIV, then used by Canada’s pioneers as partners in building the country in the 1700s, rumoured that Justin Morgan’s stallion, his namesake was indeed one, the Canadian Horse or Le Cheval Canadien, is Canada’s true yet little known National breed.
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Ever worry about lameness to your horse? You should, let me explain why.
I’m a Farrier in the Bay Area, California for 18 years now; my claim to fame is I haven’t had one single lame horse due to my method of shoeing during those 18 years.
When I graduated horseshoeing school even though I graduated at the top of the class when I walked out the doors I knew (I could just feel it) there was something seriously missing in the education I got there. The school I attended is noted as the “Best in the World”.
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