RCMP Name the Foal Contest

Calling all horse crazy kids in Canada—it’s time for the annual Royal Canadian Mounted Police Name the Foal Contest! Contestants must live in Canada and be 14 years old or younger. Winning names will be chosen by the RCMP Musical Ride and Heritage Branch. Up to 10 winners will be selected from across Canada. And…

Design the Perfect Horsey T-Shirt Contest

Enter this Blaze Kids Magazine contest! Send them your best t-shirt design that horse-crazy kids would love to wear. Your design can be a horse slogan, or a real-life picture or a carton… serious or funny. The top 10 Horsey T-Shirt Design Contest winners will receive an awesome gift prize from Blaze. Contest deadline: April…

Free Online Tool Enables Riders to Benchmark Their Horses Against Others

A free online tool developed by scientists enables riders to benchmark their horses against thousands of others in terms of welfare, training and behaviour. On completion of the questionnaire, contributors will receive a graph that compares their horse with 1000s of other horses across various different categories. They will also receive a private dashboard where…

Should Cloned Horses Be Allowed to Compete?

This winter, top competitors in the equestrian world will return to their seasonal home in Wellington, Fla., for three months of hunter/ jumper and dressage competition. The equine athletes will include some with price tags in the seven figures; top international mounts jetted in from Mexico, the UK and Belgium; and, flying discreetly under the…