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The Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred or Equus Ferus Caballus, is a British equine breed which is mostly known as a racing breed. The term thoroughbred is often erroneously referred to as breed purity, but actually, it only describes this specific breed. The Thoroughbred was developed in England in the early years of the 17th century, by breeding three oriental sires imported to the country from the Mediterranean Middle East (namely the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerly Turk) . In 1791, an Englishman named James Weatherby, through private research managed to publish the first volume of the General Stud Book for Thoroughbreds; he had managed to publish himself six volumes in…
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Guest post -Literature passage: “In Pursuit of a Horse”
by Christine Meunier Below is an excerpt from the second book in the Free Rein series, In Pursuit of a Horse. The series details horse ownership and care for the younger rider. “Jacqui looked at Hannah and Geordie’s excited faces, not sure what the current scene meant. The girls had slept a bit later that morning, due to having tired themselves out from the two rides and the hot weather the day before. Jan had taken advantage of this by bringing in ponies for each of them to ride, and placing gear to the left of each pony. Jacqui had commented after she’d brushed her pony that the saddles seemed…
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Back home!
Hello from Crete! It’s been twenty days since I returned to the homeland -and two months since the last time I blogged, but that’s another issue. Since I arrived I’ve been mega-busy, and today it as the fourth time I got out of the house. One of my exoduses was a day at EGVUS, of course. How could I resist going to the yard which is just a 2 min drive from my house! And so I ended up spending there my first Sunday home! So there we go, at 9 am I was ready to be driven to the yard, in my riding breeches and everything, planning to just…
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A moving movie: A Horse for Danny
This week I realised that I hadn’t seen any equestrian films for quite long now. So, last night I made time to watch the film “A Horse for Danny”, released in 1995. The story is about an 11-year-old girl who lives in a caravan in an American racecourse with her uncle, Eddie, who makes a living from training race horses. Everything runs smoothly, as Danny wakes up early in the morning, hangs around with adult friends in the racecourse and places bets before heading to school. Until she saw a troubled but gorgeous thoroughbred, Tom Thumb, being brought in violently in the competing stables. She falls in love with him and,…
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Thoroughbred vs. Greek journalist
OK, we all know that the thoroughbred is one of the smartest equine breeds worldwide. OK, and the Greeks are smart enough to invent some sciences too. Also, they are both fun. But what if we put them next to each other? Kind of, literally and on TV? This poor reporter had the chance to find out. What did this human want from his life? A chance to speak about dressage. But the cute four-legged guy behind him had different, more hilarious plans… Still not sure if the horse loved this man too much and wanted him to move to his stall, or if he hated him too…
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Mare found tethered with a metal head collar in Ierapetra
On their walk to the beach, the founders of the charity Walk with the Donkeys, passed by a field between Stomion and Kalogeroi (Ierapetra area), in which the lovely mare of the photo wearing a metallic head collar. The mare is considered to be of the native Cretan breed. As you can see from the pictures, the horse looks well-looked after, but she was standing in the heat (40 degrees celsius approximately) -with this collar. We can see also that the collar exercises some pressure on this creature’s face. Marks have also been noticed, while too many flies were disturbing the animal. There are also thoughts that she might be pregnant…