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Horse Careers – Equine Stud Hand

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There is a big market for horse jobs among young horse lovers. The horse industry is huge worldwide and jobs can be found in every facet and discipline. This video discusses what it takes to become a stud hand.

Not For The Feint of Heart

It should be noted that this is an incredibly physically demanding job and handling stud horses (especially those in breeding situations) can be challenging. While I prefer the snappy personality of an uncut stud to almost any other mount, I’m not sure I’d want to work with breeding studs…
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Horse Craft Ideas

Horse Craft Ideas Those of us who love horses have a tendency to be crafty as well, and interestingly enough the two can collide very nicely. There are tons of different horse crafts out there, from DIY items for horse people to horse theme, well – everything.

Crafty Equine

I started doing some searching around to see what there was online in the form of equine crafts. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that most of what I found wanted me to buy their horse crafts, but I was able to find some fun items that can be made at home. These ideas come from a variety of websites, from craft sites to horse sites – if you have a great horse craft idea, I’d love to hear about it in the comments below!
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Quick Guide To Horse Face Markings

Horses come in a wide variety of amazing colors, so many in fact that it’s almost impossible to understand them all. However face markings are much easier to get a handle on.

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Here is a quick cheat sheet if you will providing some basic information on face marking types & compliment my leg markings cheat sheet. If this is too simplified and you’d prefer a little of information & real life examples of each one be sure to check out the face markings section.
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Genghis Khan – World’s Largest Equestrian Statue

Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue
Nope, it’s not the replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s original masterpiece, its way bigger than that. This is a statue revering a Mongolian legend & equestrian extrodinare, Genghis Khan.
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The Horses of Rosa Bonheur

Rosa Bonheur was a French painter during the mid to late 19th century and she was widely known for her animal paintings. Her father was an artist and she began to study with him at an early age.

An Artistic Life

Most of her life was spent painting her animal subjects and exhibiting her work. There were very few females among her contemporaries, but Bonheur had no trouble making a name for herself. In fact, she was a flamboyant liberal who wore her hair short, smoked cigars and dressed in mens clothing. Although horses aren’t her sole subject, she captures them with a clearly equestrian perspective.
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Horse & Equine Organizations

There is an endless supply of different horse & equine organizations out there. Sorting & listing them is an enormous task and one we’re really glad others have already accomplished. No sense in reinventing the wheel.

Listing Lists

At the risk of sounding redundant, this is a list of horse organization lists – there are so many out there already that everyone should be able to find what they are looking for. We’ve covered all of the basics & expect that this list will continue to grow over time. Be sure to leave your own list or a any great ones you know of in the comments!
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Black Nightshade – Toxic Plant of the Week

It’s that time of the week again & Monday morning is a good time to learn about another plants your horse can’t eat. Today a close up of the universally deadly but strangely beautiful Black Nightshade
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Horse Careers – Veterinary Nursing

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Most young horse lovers want to go into a field that allows them to do what they love…work with horses. Whenever I find info or videos about horse jobs I post them as it’s one thing people seem to be really interested in.

Nursing

While becoming a Veterinary Nurse is a noble career in itself, often nurses and vet assistants are working their way through vet school. What better way to gain experience in their chosen field.
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Horse Museums Around the Globe

We love our horses so it’s only natural that we’d be interested in how people of days past felt about their trusty mounts. There are museums around the globe dedicated to our large four legged friends & we’ve compiled a quick list to have them in one place.

Dedicated to Our Hero

There are a number of respected museums that feature equine exhibits, but today’s list is dedicated to those who revere the horse full-time. This list isn’t complete by any means, we’re sure there are more to be discovered.
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Feeding Your Horse GM-Free

Corn Close Up Over the past few decades the labeling laws on food have become rather ambiguous, if not downright useless. This goes for our food as well as that of (all of) our furry friends.

Not Totally Paranoid

I don’t know about everyone else, but I don’t want genetically modified food (or meat from animals fed on the stuff) in my diet and I don’t want it in my pets diet either. First & foremost because we have no clue what it will do to us in 20 years time.
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Samantha Jane Elmhurst – Horse Artist Interview

Name
Samantha Jane Elmhurst BA Hons

Website & Places you can find my work online
Website: www.livingart.org.uk
About.com: Veterinary Medical Illustration Article
Anatomy Book: The Horse in Motion
Vetcell: Horse Tendon Anatomy (PDF)
Allan and Page: Bringing Him From the Brink

You can see my work on BSAVA website and other publisher’s sites in the form of book covers, inner pages etc, (just Google my name to find them!)
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The Horses of Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault was a French painter during the early 19th century and was known for two things, horses and his romantic artistic style. One of the few independently wealthy artists I’ve featured, it seems Théodore did as he pleased.

Self Taught Artist

Géricault was a life-long horse lover and found himself fascinated with horses at a young age. He had no formal art education but the first studio he joined was that of Carle Vernet, another equestrian artist. Throughout his life he absorbed the styles of many artists each one contributing a little to his work.
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