Whether it’s a question of infectious, bacterial, or viral diseases, external or internal parasitic diseases, or the general management of breeding or numbers of sport and leisure horses, the quality of boarding must be the primary concern. Before choosing to put your horse on half-board, or even just choosing the right stable for your horses, […]
The circus horse doesn’t exist, but without the horse, the circus wouldn’t exist. The circus, which enchants young and old alike, has been around for less than two and a half centuries; fortunately, man didn’t wait for its advent to shape and develop the different breeds of horse that express themselves under the big tops. […]
Equine sculpture is part of the human epic. Man’s greatest anguish is the passage of time, and time lies between forgetting and remembering. What could be more enduring and reassuring than a sculpture? You leave posterity the image of what ennobles you. It’s the horse that ennobles man par excellence, because it multiplies his speed, […]
The horse has been a game animal, a beast of burden, a means of traction, then a war horse, a working tool before becoming a subject of leisure through horse riding. Present since the beginning of time in the life of men, it is not surprising to find it represented in all forms of art. […]
The horse has inspired many art comics authors, who depict it as a mount, especially in westerns, horse racing or stories of chivalry. Some, however, use them in their stories as main characters, supporting characters, companions or simply to make a point. The horse and the western Of all the bands in which the horse […]
Life requires a permanent consumption of energy that every living being must cope with to ensure the functioning of its organs and the integrity of its body structures. Thus, animals ingest various types of food that must be transformed into nutrients, that is, reduced to “elementary bricks” that can be used directly by the body. […]
Of all domestic animals, the horse is, along with the dog and the cat, the one most often encountered in the cinema. Since the history of peoples and civilizations has been written on horseback, it’s only logical that the cinema should have drawn inspiration from them to create the great historical frescoes, westerns and cloak-and-dagger […]
For almost one hundred and fifty years, the Cadre Noir was part of the cavalry school in Saumur, before being transferred to the newly created National Riding School in 1972. In 1972, the Cadre Noir separated from the École d’Application de l’arme blindée cavalerie (Armored cavalry application school). Leaving the Ministry of Defense for the […]
As the cradle of one of the noblest breeds of horse, which has turned horse-riding into a veritable art form over the centuries, Andalusia had to have its own Academy of Equestrian Art. And so, since 1972, horses have been “dancing” in Jerez’s superb riding arena. Wasn’t it in Spain that the great courts of […]
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Manual medicine has always existed – in fact, it predates today’s classical medicine. Hippocrates himself, to whom all doctors and veterinarians refer, was already talking about it 2,400 years ago. The beginnings of equine osteopathy were met with aggressive scepticism from the many people in all professions who claimed that the horse was too strong […]
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