The Qing Dynasty Horse is from a water-clock fountain in Yuanmingyuan. Originally one of 12 zodiac animal statues on the fountain, the horse was stolen from the Chinese by the French and English in 1860.
Now it is in the hands of Sotheby’s who stand to make something along the lines of 80 million by selling it at auction.
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Anyone who has their ear to the ground in the horse industry knows that Australia’s equine sports have ground to a halt due to the discovery of several isolated incidents of horse flu.
Not just affecting the racing and breeding industry, the concern has spread as quickly as the flu itself. Australian horses and their people are becoming less and less inclined to be social.
Who can blame them, horse flu is highly contagious and any horse that has not been vaccinated against it is almost guaranteed to get it if exposed.
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