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The Tarpan was native to the steppes of Europe & western Eurasia during prehistoric times (many cave paintings in France & Spain depict the Tarpan) and became extinct at the end of the 19th century.
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Equitrekking April 2011 Schedule
A quick post to share the latest Equitrekking schedule for April. Be sure to check them out on Create TV Wednesdays & Sundays (at 9:30am, 3:30pm, 9:30pm EST) as host Darley Newman takes her audience on the most amazing equestrian vacations worldwide.
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A List of Horse Photographer Blogs Worth Following
In writing this blog and building community in social media I’ve accumulated a huge collection of horse blogs. Almost anything to do with horses is fair game and now I’m attempting to organize & share them.
The Photography List
Last week I shared a long list of horse art blogs and this week a (not so long) list of equine photographers. Sadly it seems the photographers aren’t as fond of blogging as the many artists.
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Equitrekking Debuts A New Season on Create TV
Equitrekking®, the Emmy Award-winning lifestyle travel series hosted by travel expert Darley Newman, debuts a new, fifth season of high definition episodes on Create® TV starting March 30th, taking viewers on global travel adventures in South America, the Middle East, Europe and North America.
Riding Around The Globe
Create TV features a variety of lifestyle programs that reach over 82% of US households and they will be broadcasting Equitrekking on Wednesdays and Sundays at 9:30am, 3:30pm and 9:30pm ET. The fifth season of Equitrekking features thirteen half hour, high definition episodes from a variety of locations including Uruguay, Turkey’s Coast, Jordan, Great National Parks, Great American Ranches, Vermont, the Carolinas, Colorado and Spain.
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The Horses of Karl Briullov
Karl Briullov was a Russian painter of the late 18th and early 19th century. His work was instrumental in the Russian art transition from neoclassicism to romanticism. Although horses are a purely incidental subject in his work, the art speaks for itself.
Romantic Portraits
The inclusion of animals in his work generally comes from his subjects – horses have long been used in portraits of royalty and wealthy patrons. Briullov simply applied his detailed artistic style to mounts when it was required of him.
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Informative Equine iPhone Apps on iTunes
The search for iPhone apps has been a blast, there are some seriously creative people embracing the mobile horse industry. So far I’ve covered everything from fun apps to useful apps to training apps & today’s is a good list too.
Horse Information At Your Fingertips
Let’s face it, you will never know everything there is to know about horses…no one can. While that is part of their charm, it can also be a source of frustration to horse owners. These apps are designed to help people in find answers about horses on the go. For each listing I’ve provided a brief description and a link to them on the iTunes app store.
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Apple Leaf Croton – Toxic Plant of the Week
It’s toxic plant Monday again and time to take another look at another of the plants that are poisonous to horses. Today we look at a colorful plant that grows both inside & outside, the Apple Leaf Croton is beautiful but deadly
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Pony Express Demonstration
We’ve all heard of the Pony Express – the postal service of the wild, wild west. Well, they were pretty serious about the mail in a quick & efficient manner. In fact, they couldn’t even be bothered to slow down when transferring the bag from a spent rider to a fresh one.
Keeping Tradition Alive
Here is a quick (although a little shaky) video of a mail bag exchange between riders as it was done back in the day of the Pony Express.
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Horse Training iPhone Apps on iTunes
When it comes to iPhone apps there is an endless supply of time wasters & plenty of those have a horse theme. Amid all of those there are actually some very useful training apps in iTunes.
Horse Training At Your Fingertips
There is nothing easy about training a horse, and it certainly can’t be learned via your iPhone. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get some help, use the experience of others and (using your mobile phone) get instant answers. For each of the apps below I’ve provided a brief description and a link to them on the iTunes app store.
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Parahippus – Extinct Equidae
Parahippus is an apparent evolutionary link between the older horses of the forest and the modern grazing animals found on the plains. They lived from 24-17 million years ago during the early Miocene.
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A List of Horse Artist Blogs Worth Following
Over the years in writing this site I’ve accumulated quite a collection of horse RSS feeds. From horse artists to equine publications to horse rescues I follow a little bit of everything. Most of them discovered through social media communities or reader recommendations.
The Art List
The other day I started doing some organizing of my feed reader and decided I should post this huge list of blogs for my readers. Fortunately they were already organized so I could post them by category (in case you haven’t noticed, I’m big on categories) to make them easier to digest. Listed below in alphabetical order.
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The Horses of Wouterus Verschuur
Wouterus Verschuun was a Dutch painter who focused his art on animal subjects, primarily horses. In keeping with Dutch art traditions both his attention to detail and anatomy manages to be simple and embellished all at the same time.
Popular Animal Artist
As a youth Verschuun studied with landscape and cattle painters who clearly helped him develop an admiration for the common working animal. He left a legacy of 400 paintings and some 2000 drawings when he died in 1874. Not to mention a protégé who later went on to become quite the celebrated equine artist himself, Anton Mauve.
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