At their first visit to a horse show since being saved, 12 ponies rescued by the RSPCA were adopted by visitors at Equifest earlier this month. Visitors and competitors at the famous Peterborough horse event flocked to the RSPCA’s stand to learn about the charity’s work and meet the rescue horses, with some people being…
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Horse Named ‘Horsey McHorseface’ Pulls Away For First Australian Win
The people’s horse is making a name for himself on the track. Horsey McHorseface finished beautifully at the Arthur Thompson Memorial Maiden Plate at Cessnock Racecourse in New South Wales, Australia. Australian horse owner Joe Rosetti came up with the name, quickly convincing his co-owner Baker. “We had a laugh about it in the office…
Meet Metro – The Horse That Saved His Own Life By Painting
Metro, a once successful racehorse, had been struggling with health problems after bone chips in his knees caused permanent damage. Artist Ron Krajewski and his wife Wendy adopted the retired racehorse in 2009. “We were looking for a horse Wendy could ride and were probably quite naive,” Ron told the BBC. “We soon discovered Metro had…
Retired Big Apple Circus Animals Prepare for Their Second Act
Painted to imitate a big top circus tent, the mailbox on Jenny Vidbel’s property hints at the lives she cares for on her farm in the Catskill Mountains. Down in the fields, a group of horses convened at the edge of woodland during a recent visit. From her house, Ms. Vidbel monitored them and a…
Horse Rescued By Helicopter After Falling Through Bridge
A horse was rescued after it fell through a bridge over the Rotbach river in Switzerland. image: http://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2017/01/hxyeb-horse-rescue-bridge-1-01.jpg The rider was leading her horse across the small wooden bridge when it broke and the horse fell through the floor, becoming wedged in the structure. image: http://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2017/01/6iemy-horse-rescue-bridge-1-02.jpg A vet attended the scene and sedated the animal…
Meet the software king who’s also a medieval knight
As a busy chief executive of a successful computer games developer, Jason Kingsley knows how to relax. And it’s usually as a 12th-century knight, on top of some 500 kilos of frisky stallion, practising for battle Kingsley, at the age of 50, is currently nursing a few grazes and bruises after a weekend with his…
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