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A List of Horse Artist Blogs Worth Following

Horse Art Blogs 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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iHorseRider Training iPhone Apps

Horse Training iPhone Apps Last time we took a look at the training apps of Jane Savoie and today I’ve got another series of mobile training apps to share.

Horse Training At Your Fingertips

Training a horse is no simple task, and you obviously can’t learn how to do it on your iPhone. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get some help, use the experience of others and get instant answers from people in the know. These apps are aimed at the Western discipline & for each of one I’ve provided a brief description and a link to them on the iTunes app store.
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Alsike Clover – Toxic Horse Plant of the Week

It’s Monday and toxic plant day for the third week and running. There is a long list of plants horses can’t eat and I’m bringing you a little more info and some pictures of each one to help you identify them. Today a closer look at the seemingly harmless (& incredibly common) Alsike Clover.
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Equine Motorcoach Tour

Sure it’s a sponsored video, but that is one heck of an equine motorcoach and anyone who spends time on the road with their horse will want to take a peek…and a drool.

Not For Everyone

Some of us never budge and prefer to keep our animal’s feet under them rather than wheels. But if you have to travel, why not do it in style?
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Jane Savoie iPhone Apps from iTunes

Jane Savoie iPhone Apps There are a wide variety of equine themed apps in the iTunes store and I’ve been combing through them in the hopes of categorizing and organizing them. It’s been fun to see what the mobile world has to offer equestrians – new meets old.

Horse Training At Your Fingertips

Many in the horse world know Jane Savoie and today I’m sharing her training apps – each one geared toward helping with specific issues and areas. There is only 3 (for now) and for each one I’ve provided a brief description and a link to them on the iTunes app store.
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Megahippus – Extinct Equidae

The Megahippus is one of the rarer species of equidae so it’s fossils (& images of them) are actually quite difficult to come by. These animals lived around 15-11 million years ago during the Miocene.
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Horse Breeds Beginning With Z

Horse breeds that start with Z It’s horse breed Thursday again and time for the final letter of the breed alphabet. Make sure you 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 | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y. Today it’s about breeds that start with Z from the springy Zangersheide bred solely for jumping to the noble bearing of the Zweibrucker.
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The Horses of Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer was born in Switzerland and studied art there until he turned 24 when he was pegged by Prince Alexander of Wid-Newuied to accompany him to the New World. The purpose of the trip – to study the Native tribes of America.

American Adventure

Bodmer accompanied the prince throughout North America for several years learning and painting the local people along the way (81 images of them). His work embodies many native cultures we no longer see today and provide a fairly realistic & objective view of life for North American tribes during the early 19th century.
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Pony iPhone Apps on iTunes

Pony iPhone Apps Recently I’ve been sharing all kinds of horse themed apps for your iPhone & iPod touch. In fact there are so many that they range from donkeys to unicorns and everything in between.

Ponys At Your Fingertips

Although I love horses, there is something so precious about ponies. Perhaps it’s the innate stubbornness or maybe it’s the little big man syndrome, but they tend to be 100% attitude. Here is a fun list of apps dedicated to the pony in your life, for each one I’ve provided a brief description and a link to them on the iTunes app store.
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African Wonder Tree – Toxic Plant of the Week

The second in my toxic plant of the week series and our naughty plant of this week is the strange-but-beautiful African Wonder Tree, perhaps more often known as the Castor Plant.
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How to Tie A Horse

Before you even get on a horse there are a number of lessons you must learn, how to halter, lead, groom and of course tie them. Often times the most basic lessons are the most important, so pay attention!

Tying Safely

Safety has to be considered at all times around large animals like horses. When spooked they have a tendency to run or lash out first & ask questions later. So regardless of what you are doing, you need to consider their (& your own) safety first. Tying properly is particularly important because when a tied horse spooks they can seriously injure themselves.
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Not For Everyone

Horse Training At Your Fingertips

American Adventure

Ponys At Your Fingertips

Tying Safely