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The Spanish Riding School

Have you heard of the Spanish Riding School? It may seem like a fairy tale where beautiful white horses seem to dance and leap in the air, kicking out their hind legs. The move is called the capriole and it requires an enormously powerful horse to perform correctly. A horse like the white Lipizzan stallions…

Pedro’s Periscope

Several years ago, people at Ebony Horse Club in the UK, sought help after noticing how frustrated their Shetland pony Pedro was when he tried to see eye-to-eye with visitors. Standing at just 8 hands tall, Pedro struggled to see out over his stall door when he first arrived at the horse club. 1. What is Pedro’s height in centimetres? 2. What…

Assateague’s New Foal

Each year, new foals are born on Assateague Island. Assateague Island National Seashore officials always make an announcement, and this spring was no different when the Maryland herd grew to 93 ponies with the birth of a bay pinto foal they named, N6BMT-FN. Why is she called N6BMT-FN? Back in the 1970s, the National Park Service began naming new…

Cowgirls in History

Did you know there is a museum that is totally about cowgirls? The Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas holds over 5,000 objects in their collection, over 6,000 historic and modern images of women honoured by the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame and other historic cowgirls, and a library containing over 2,000 books and serial…

Pennies for Piper—The Story of a Rescue

What would you do if you learned about a neglected filly that needed help? In this horse rescue story, students at Southport Elementary School in North Carolina, came together to help a one-year-old filly named Piper. The students first heard about Piper through one of the school’s physical education teachers, Donna Michaux. Donna had attended a conference where…