People living in the state of Maryland sure are lucky. The Maryland Historic Horse Trails program recently unveiled a driving route for horse loving visitors. Eleven key spots with historic importance in the horse world have been organized into the “Horses at the Beach” tour. Let’s go along for the ride! The first stop on the trail is…
Have you ever looked at a life-sized horse sculpture and imagined what it would be like to make one? Artist Kevin Hockley shared with us the steps he took in making the horse model above for a display at the Western Development Museum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. And guess what—math played a huge role! What was the…
Horses in the wild are known to graze for up to 16 hours a day! A horse’s digestive system is designed to deal with large amounts of forage, either grass or hay, eaten slowly over a long period of time. Hay makes up the largest part of a horse’s diet, so it is important to make…
Many of us are taught that the ideal shoulder angle for a horse is 45 degrees. Senior high school student Morgan O’Sullivan decided to see if that was true. While in the tenth grade in the agriculture program at Middletown High School, Connecticut, Morgan thought it was strange during a horse judging class in school, that…
A new world side saddle high jump record was set in 2012 at the National Showing and Showjumping Show in Aintree, England. Susan Oakes traveled all the way from County Meade in Northern Ireland to Aintree to take part in the competition. Riding Brandy And Red, she jumped 5ft 9in to set a new side saddle…