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Not all of us have a need to travel with our animals, but it is a necessity for many horse owners. Beyond hiring reliable transport, it’s important to wrap them up & keep them safe while en route.
Here is a quick video which provides a few tips from the pros, people who transport horses for a living. This isn’t a how-to video but rather a good resource for someone who plans to hire a service for transport.
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The Equinest has been around for several years now & I decided it was high time I made some branded merchandise available (I already want one of everything). Merchandise generally requires an initial investment and a place to keep stock so I opted for a Cafepress store.
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Coldblooded or draft animals are a very obvious type as their physical characteristics tend to be so very large. The term generally describes larger, more robust animals that are bred for heavy work.
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It’s horse breed Thursday again and time to meet the next letter of the equine world. Be sure to go visit the breeds section where I’ve written pages about every breed I can find.
If you haven’t met the rest of the alphabet, be sure to do so A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R. Today it’s about breeds that start with S, from the wild little Sable Island Pony whose origins are a mystery to the sleek Swiss Warmblood, a breed significant in Swiss equine history.
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First of all I want to thank everyone for their participation, each one of you is a horse hero for your sacrifices. Every response made me proud to be a horse person and it’s been fun to learn more about everyone and their animals.
The winner was chosen by random draw so everyone had an equal and fair shot at the prize – I’d never have been able to choose just one of you! Today’s lucky winner is Marsha Wilson who made the hard decision to gave her aging horse away to a good and loving home for his golden years.
Thanks again to everyone who commented and stay tuned for more exciting giveaways in the weeks to come!
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Kindle, it is Amazon’s latest toy for avid readers, a wireless reading device. This allows readers to enjoy books & websites on a small, lightweight device with a special screen that reduces glare and a battery that lasts for a month on one charge.
Because I want my readers to be able to enjoy horses anywhere they may be I’ve added The Equinest blog to their service for those who prefer it. The Kindle device is wireless and allows you to browse and wirelessly download hundreds of thousands of titles…not to mention the over 1.8 million out-of-copyright books that can be downloaded free of charge.
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Over the past week or so I’ve been posting about the Secretariat DVD/ Blu-ray release & sharing interesting tidbits about the movie. It’s fun to see a horse movie become popular on a large scale – and Secretariat deserves all of the popularity he can get, he was one amazing animal.
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There is nothing a horse lover enjoys more than a film about horses & Secretariat hasn’t let us down. In celebration of the imminent DVD & Blu-Ray release here is an interesting article with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film.
Having a movie made about your life—while you’re still alive to see it—must be frightening. Yet meeting with the person whose life you just made a movie about is probably even more frightening. Such was the case of Penny Chenery and Randall Wallace.
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Equipment is perhaps the most elemental need when it comes to horse care & leather is generally involved. Cleaning and maintaining your tack is an important part of using it as weakness & breakage can cause injury.
This quick video provides some information about how long leather goods last and the benefits of using leather in place of man made fabrics like nylon.
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That’s right, the latest horse adventure from the silver screen, Secretariat will be available to everyone on DVD & Blu-ray January 25th, 2011. Secretariat isn’t just a movie about a horse, it’s the story of people who sacrificed because they were inspired by the heart of that horse.
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