With growing numbers of captured horses that find no adoptive home and with the costs of these rising day by day, the question is what to do about them. Those in the wild are suffering a lack of forage and slowly dying, so capturing them is the humane option, but with the cost increasing there [...]

Are you noticing a shortage of wood bedding? Well if so, you may be wondering why. I was reading an article a couple of days ago which said it could get worse and put it down to the downturn in the housing market!
It would seem that many stores are out of wood pelleted [...]

This will be my last post in 2008 and I want to thank you all for reading my blog and hope you have found the posts interesting. I hope you have a great festive period and wish you every success for a prosperous New Year!

HOUSTON — It was a sad day for the owners of several rodeo trail ride horses Early Friday morning nine of 11 horses kept at the Special Pals Riding Stable died after being trapped in a fire investigators have ruled was arson.
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A space heater fell and started the barn fire that killed 15 horses in a boarding stable in rural Pierce County, fire officials say. Horse owners mourn their losses.
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This is perhaps the first horse that could be wrapped up as a Christmas present. It is the smallest horse to be born at Riverdance Miniature Horses in Victoria, Australia, standing only 15in (3.3 hands) high.
 
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A pony so tiny her owner can pick her up in her arms is laying claim to the title of Britain’s smallest horse . To read the full story click here
 

An exercise horse-rider died Sunday when the horse he was taking for a walk became startled for no apparent reason, reared up and landed on him at Golden Gate Fields, racetrack officials said.
Ignacio Ramirez, a 58-year-old who went by the nickname Nacho, was a 30-year veteran at Golden Gate Fields and appeared to die almost [...]

Maggie is a visiting therapy horse who, along with her owner, Nancy LeBaron-Kiley, 55, of Conant St. in Danvers, makes frequent visits to nursing homes and facilities for the elderly, disabled, and the deaf and blind. Each year they visit the retirement community, Brooksby Village, in Peabody, the Beverly Home for the Deaf, The Beverly [...]

You won’t want to miss this report if you own your own horse. Believe it or not, young horses are more susceptible to the dangers of tetanus than older ones.
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