Horseback Riding can Improve Child's Learning Ability: Study
Enhancing Cognitive Learning
Researchers suggest horseback riding can improve your child's learning ability. Vibrations from the horse's gait may enhance memory, learning, and problem-solving a new study recently found.
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Ashlee Bond Claims Longines Win with Chela LS at Thermal
Ashlee Bond and Chela LS marked their official comeback to jump the only double clear in the $100K Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Thermal....
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Justin Nelzen Death Ruled Suicide
Silent Crisis
A Montgomery County, TX pathologist ruled Justin Nelzen, the 40-year-old owner of EquiPro, committed suicide by hanging. He died at his residence on Wednesday, January 11. Nelzen worked as a farrie...
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Horses Heal through Equine Therapy for Cancer Patients
by Jenny Holt
Equine Therapy Retreats for Cancer Patients
Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy: the list of cancer treatments are endless. Treatment is also avail...
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Kentucky Horse Park Withdraws from 2022 WEG Consideration
Slovakia Only Candidate
The Kentucky Horse Park Commission voted Friday to withdraw from consideration to host the 2022 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). The park's commission expressed concern regarding the stag...
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Justin Nelzen, Texas Flood Horse Hero, Dies at 40
Justin Nelzen became the nation's horse hero when he saved over 25 horses from Houston's raging floods last spring. Now, he is gone. ...
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Horses May Help Dementia Patients: Study
Every 67 seconds a person in the United States develops dementia. A pilot study suggests horses may improve dementia patients' quality of life by looking at multiple indicators....
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Top 9 Horse News Stories of 2016
A Texas horse trainer saves 25 horses from drowning in Houston's raging flood waters. Justin Nelzen said, "when I got there immediately I noticed a horse was caught in a fence and was in danger of drowning." Nelzen is ou...
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Kentucky Horse Park Vies for FEI WEG 2022
FEI World Equestrian Games 2022
The Federation Equestre International announces Kentucky is in the running to host the World Equestrian Games 2022. Lexington is one of two candidate cities that may put on th...
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Equestrians May Get Numbers Boost in Olympics
2020 Tokyo Olympics
An Olympic format change may allow equestrians from more countries to compete at the next Olympics. The Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) states national governing bodies voted in fav...
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Complex Horse Lameness Cases Benefit from PET Scan: Vets
Breakthrough in equine imaging
Horse owners with equines suffering from difficult to diagnosis lameness issues may benefit from positron emission tomography scanning (PET). The diagnostic imaging tool is now available...
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Tryon Named Host 2018 WEG
The FEI has named Tryon International Center, in North Carolina, the official host of the FEI World Equestrian Games 2018. ...
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Economic Impact Study Planned to Assess U.S. Horse Industry
2017 Horse Economic Impact Study
A 2005 national study found the horse industry has a $102 billion impact on the United States economy. The American Horse Council (AHC) is updating its figures from 2005 and 1996 in t...
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New Showgrounds Coming to Ocala, Florida
Central Florida developers will break ground on new showgrounds developed by World Equestrian Center in the next 30-days....
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Sgt. Reckless Honored as Ultimate Marine
A veteran said, "she's not a horse, she's a Marine," at Camp Pendleton during the celebration of a special wartime hero - Sgt. Reckless. ...
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Hi-Tech Horse Bit Claims Real-time Communication
Equestrians may be able to see how their horse is feeling in real-time thanks to a new wearable high-tech device for equines....
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TF Kreisler Dies at Woodside International Horse Trials
Cross Country Death
A cross-country accident claims the life of the grey gelding TF Kreisler at the Woodside International Horse Trials in California. The horse's rider and owner, Sara Sellmer, of Kamloops, British...
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Boyd Martin's Former Eventer Trading Aces Dies
Boyd Martin's former eventing horse turned equitation mount Trading Aces dies suddenly of cardiac arrest....
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Kentucky's Gluck Center Creates Equine Arteritis Virus Test
Outbreaks of equine viral arteritis may result in significant economic losses to the equine industry. It may cause pregnancy loss in mares, death in young foals and establish a carrier state in stallions. ...
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Horses Use Symbols to Communicate Preferences
A study finds horses can use symbols to communicate their preferences with their human counterparts....
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