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Horse Image of the Week
Why We Like It Simply put, this image has character, we can see the horse’s personality shining through. We also like its lovely dun coat – honestly we just want to give him a big kiss on the nose. Our fave part has to be on the far left of the image. You can see […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 35. Jerry Barker
Chapter 35. Jerry Barker I never knew a better man than my new master. He was kind and good, and as strong for the right as John Manly; and so good-tempered and merry that very few people could pick a quarrel with him. He was very fond of making little songs, and singing them to […]
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Oak Tree – Toxic Plant of the Week
Welcome to a new edition of the a-z of plants that hate your horse. Today’s plant is one everyone probably knows & you wouldn’t think it could be possible. But it’s true, Oak Trees are bad for your horse & should be kept from grazing areas.
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Horse Image of the Week
Why We Like It What’s not to like? While the quality of this one isn’t as great as some, the content is fab. We love the mix of colors & they all look like they are having such fun. We especially love the grey on the right running with a mouthful of grass!
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 34. An Old War Horse
Chapter 34. An Old War Horse Captain had been broken in and trained for an army horse; his first owner was an officer of cavalry going out to the Crimean war. He said he quite enjoyed the training with all the other horses, trotting together, turning together, to the right hand or the left, halting […]
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Nightshade – Toxic Plant of the Week
Welcome to this week’s edition of the a-z of plants that hate your horse. Today’s plant is one many will know, it’s not just toxic to equines, it’s bad for everyone. They don’t call it deadly Nightshade for nothing.
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Horse Image of the Week
Why We Like It First of all, we don’t often see such a lovely liver chestnut (at least we think that’s what he is) & we love him in that red halter, striking. This is also a fine example of a Quarter Horse which is an all-American favorite. Now we just want to know what’s […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 33. A London Cab Horse
Chapter 33. A London Cab Horse Jeremiah Barker was my new master’s name, but as every one called him Jerry, I shall do the same. Polly, his wife, was just as good a match as a man could have. She was a plump, trim, tidy little woman, with smooth, dark hair, dark eyes, and a […]
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Mustards – Toxic Plant of the Week
Welcome to this week’s edition of the a-z of plants that don’t like your horse. Today’s plant is one everyone knows & it seems quite strange that something we eat every day can be such a problem. While yummy for us, Mustards aren’t so kind to horses.
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Horse Image of the Week
Keeping up this website requires looking at a lot of horse photos, (which we love) so we thought it would be fun to share some of our favorites. The simple fact is, we have so many to choose from… Hard to Decide We think all horses are beautiful & we know that horse lovers enjoy […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 32. A Horse Fair
Chapter 32. A Horse Fair No doubt a horse fair is a very amusing place to those who have nothing to lose; at any rate, there is plenty to see. Long strings of young horses out of the country, fresh from the marshes; and droves of shaggy little Welsh ponies, no higher than Merrylegs; and […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 31. A Humbug
Chapter 31. A Humbug My master was not immediately suited, but in a few days my new groom came. He was a tall, good-looking fellow enough; but if ever there was a humbug in the shape of a groom Alfred Smirk was the man. He was very civil to me, and never used me ill; […]