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Horses at sunrise
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Most modern horses came from just two ancient lineages
Horse breeding records are some of the most impressive efforts to chronicle animal lineages in human history, with some stretching back thousands of years. Yet decoding the genetic origins of today’s horses has proved remarkably difficult. Now, a new study finds that nearly all modern horse breeds can be traced to two distinct, ancient Middle Eastern lines that were brought to Europe about 700 years ago.
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The Troubled History of Horse Meat in America
The White House wants to reinstate the sale of horses for slaughter, but eating horse meat has always been politically treacherous. By Susanna Forrest.
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This Whistleblower Faced Death Threats for Exposing the Atrocities Committed on American Show Horses
The show industry looks the other way when trainers intentionally harm horses’ feet to make them step higher. By Josh Balk.
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The Secret Nazi Attempt to Breed the Perfect Horse
Elizabeth Letts, the bestselling author of ‘The Eighty Dollar Champion’ describes the Nazis’ secret stud farm, where dubious visionaries imagined a breed of perfect (and perfectly white) horse.
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After uproar, U.S. government says does not plan to kill wild horses
The U.S. government said on Wednesday it has no plans to euthanize a large share of the more than 45,000 wild horses and burros removed from lands mostly in the U.S. West, after an advisory panel's proposal to kill some of the animals sparked outrage. U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials said they struggle to find people to adopt the growing number of wild horses and burros, which costs the agency millions annually to maintain in corrals and pasturelands. The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board on Friday recommended...
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Unbeaten Nyquist wins Kentucky Derby
Favorite Nyquist ran a perfect race to extend his unbeaten record winning the 142nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday, sparking talk of a second consecutive Triple Crown champion.
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Horses Can Read Human Facial Expressions
And they don't always like what they see. By Lauren Cassani Davis.
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Read Before Riding: Horses Have Consciousness
Horses have been domesticated for 5,000 years, but we’re still learning about how they think. By Simon Worrall.
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HighView Farm
High View Farm is a 35 acre state of the art horse riding facility in La Grange NC that provides riding lessons, Boarding, Equine Services and equine assisted psychotherapy for the Goldsboro, La Grange, Kinston, and Eastern North Carolina area. http://www.highviewfarm.org
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Mr Z: the horse that can go anywhere even Wonthaggi’s Caledonian Hotel
A HORSE walked into a bar.
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How Champion-Pony Clones Have Transformed the Game of Polo
Perhaps the greatest polo player ever, Adolfo Cambiaso is planning to compete on a pony that died nearly a decade ago—a clone of his beloved stallion Aiken Cura. With more than 25 replicas of champion horses now in existence, Haley Cohen explores how the science came to polo.
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