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The 95-year-old owner of Secretariat, and advocate for horse racing and the Thoroughbred, Helen “Penny” Chenery, passed away on September 16, 2017. She has been the owner of the greatest horse of all times, and that’s how her name will be remembered. In 1967, Penny took over her fathers Meadow …

Throughout history, horses have changed and come a long way to develop into the big and powerful animals they are today. The better we learned to breed them, the more variety in their size and traits we got. Many breeds were developed for all kinds of purposes and have been …

Horses are our favorite creatures on earth. Equestrians believe that they know all there is to know about horses but today we are going to show some amazing facts about horses, that you probably haven’t heard before. Take a look at these random, yet very interesting facts: 1 – Horses’ …

Horses are some of the most beautiful and majestic animals in the world. All that magnificence and grace (not to mention their size!) can be a bit intimidating if you aren’t used to horses, but the people who know and love horses know that while they might look regal and …

Horses are beautiful, strong creatures, but they are not unlike humans in that they can suffer terrible emotional tragedies. Zindita gave birth less than a week ago, but she almost did not make it through birth. Sadly, while she survived, her foal did not. The mother was devastated by her …

A breeder has called the birth of surprise Connemara twin foals a “miracle”. Alexandra Middler’s 13-year-old mare My Cashel Eile gave birth to a colt and filly by Alexandra’s 27-year-old class one stallion Weston Armada. Alexandra, owner of Craigmancie Stud in Aberdeenshire, said: “We put Eile in foal but we …

Roberta Moore is the owner of a 40-year-old horse named Whiskey. They have always been together through thick and thin and have trained together and rode trails together, so as you can imagine they have a strong bond that only grew bigger as years passed. At 40 years old, Whiskey …

The breed we are presenting today is not widely known in America but the Ardennes horse is an early breed of European draft horse that is precisely different from other heavy horses of its nature. It’s been around for about 2,000 years and with their massively muscled bodies, remarkable strength …

A teenager from Georgia has become the superhero of these days for all the equestrians. A terrible thing that could have dire horrendous consequences occurred at The Martin family home in Georgia who was struck by lightning in the middle of the night. They experienced every horse owner’s nightmare by …

On Wednesday, the Custer County Sheriff’s Office reported 71-year-old Linda Gentsch is being charged with 36 counts of animal cruelty. According to the sheriff’s office, in the Veterinarians report the intake veterinarian states this herd was the “sickest” group of horses she had ever encountered in an intake exam. The …