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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 […]
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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 […]
Horse Basics
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 […]
Horse Art
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 […]
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iHorseRider 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 […]
Horse Basics
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.
Videos with Horses
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 […]
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Jane Savoie iPhone Apps from iTunes
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 […]
Horse Basics
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.
Horse Basics
Horse Breeds Beginning 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 […]
Horse Art
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 […]