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The Indelible Allure of Poitou Donkeys
What is it about horses that we love so much? Their beauty? Their strength? Their soulful eyes that know [...]
One-Eyed Race Horse Retired to Old Friends
January 20, 2020, Georgetown, KY (USA): - Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility based in Georgetown, KY., today welcomed 2017 [...]
Six Horses Survive Inhumane Massacre
January 14, 2020, Eastern Kentucky (USA): In late December, a pregnant mare and her yearly colt were found unharmed near [...]
Article on Bush Fire Burn Treatments Offered Free of Charge
Equine Veterinary Education (EVE), one of two journals published by the British Equine Veterinary Association, is an online forum which [...]
The Cleveland Bay Horse Makes History at Colonial Williamsburg
Visitors to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, are transported back in time to America’s 18th century capital. The town is a living [...]
Secretariat’s Progeny and 30 YO Daughter
I enjoy the occasional story that pops up on the internet when someone discovers they have a son or daughter [...]
You’re Fired! UK’s First Guide Horse Loses Job
Digby, an American Miniature horse, is Britain’s first recognized guide horse (WARHorses has written about Digby before). Trained by Katy [...]
U.S. Forest Service Roundup Offers Devils Garden Wild Horses for Adoption
The first round up in 13 years will begin today, October 10, inside California’s Modoc National Forest. The wild horses [...]
Metro Meteor the Acclaimed Painting Horse
Metro Meteor (2003 - 2018) was a fierce competitor at the track winning 8 turf sprints and earning $300,000. After [...]
Digby – Guiding the UK to New Realms
Mohammed Salim Patel is a journalist for the BBC. The 23-year-old has a degenerative eye condition, retinitis pigmentosa, and needs [...]
Australia’s 2017 Racing Hall of Fame Inductees – Light Fingers and Saintly
Light Fingers Le Filou x Cuddlesome Her sire was, Le Filou, which in French means “pickpocket” or “thief”. Her pedigree [...]
6 Truths About Owning Mules
Written by Maria Wachter, Contributor HorseNation.com Mules: 50% horse, 50% donkey, 150% themselves Mules are a lot like horses: after [...]
The Prized Paso Fino
Recently a friend called and asked if I wanted to go to a local Paso Fino show. Not knowing much [...]
Your Horse’s Fear of Puddles Turns Out to be Dead Right
Okay, you win this one, Sprinkles. But I’m sticking to my guns on leaves and plastic bags. We’ve all been [...]
Celebrating Ruffian
“As God is my judge, she might be better than Secretariat…” (Lucien Laurin, Secretariat’s trainer, quoted in the Blood [...]
SHE won the first Belmont Stakes – Ruthless
She was owned and bred by Francis Morris of New York, foaled on Morris’s farm in Throgg’s Neck, New York. [...]
Twins Beating the Odds
The odds of twin foals surviving is 1 in 10,000. It is certainly uncommon but HOW rare? For perspective, the [...]
Dancer’s Image Won the Derby then Lost the Derby
In 1968 Dancer’s Image won the Kentucky Derby by 1 ½ lengths guided by jockey, Bobby Ussery. Three days [...]
The Easter Bunny’s “Horse Cousin”
They look like BIG bunnies but we can attest that they are pure genus equus – meet the Poitou [...]
Dodging a Knock Out Punch
Britain’s oldest native breed horse is more endangered than China’s giant panda or the Siberian tiger. Only 300 Suffolk Punches [...]
Birthday Magic
Today is someone’s birthday and it’s a very special birthday indeed. Today (June 15, 2016) Magic turns 47 years old [...]
Honoring a Remarkable Korean WARHorse
It has been nearly 50 years since Sergeant Reckless passed away yet we still honor her service as a [...]