Tag: horses

Icelandic Horses: Fairytale-Like Photos of One of the World’s Oldest and Purest Horse Breeds

Icelandic horses are photographer Lina Kronholm’s favorite breed, and the images she produces perfectly capture their beauty and strength. With a lineage dating back more than a thousand years, according to Viking history, the Icelandic horse is one of the oldest horse breeds in the world. “It is also one of the purest,” Kronholm, 23,…


Photographer Takes Mesmerizing Pictures of Icelandic Horses in Beautiful Landscapes

A professional photographer has combined her love for horses with the stunning natural backdrop of her chosen home, Iceland, in a mesmerizing photo series where nature and animal augment one another’s beauty. Born and raised in Helsinki, Finland, Petra Marita Leifsdóttir is in her early thirties and living and working in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík. Petra…


Photographer Braves Snakes and Arizona Heat to Take Incredible Shots of Wild Horses

A wildlife photographer from Arizona has been braving the desert heat and the risk of snake bites to capture breathtaking shots of majestic wild horses in action. Susan Goudge, 74, is the daughter of a U.S. Navy Veteran who grew up all over the country. Today, she lives with her husband not too far away…


Protestor Dumps 1,000 litres of Unknown Black Substance on Melbourne Cup Racecourse

A protester has allegedly poured 1,000 litres of an unknown substance onto the Flemington Racecourse hours before the Melbourne Cup began to raise awareness about the global impacts of climate change. Before the first race scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on Nov. 1, the individual broke into the track at 6 a.m. with a large pump…


9 Breathtaking Draft Horse Breeds With Long Flowing Manes and Beautifully Feathered Fetlocks

Emblems of both strength and beauty, draft horses were once a mainstay of highly productive societies. They were powerful engines of war, agriculture, and transportation, without which civilization as we know it wouldn’t have been possible. Today these elegant yet strong steeds serve more often as show horses or pulling carriages—like the ones seen in…


As a Young Man, I Traveled the High Sierra by Mule. After 59 Years, I Tried It Again

By Doug Smith From Los Angeles Times Golden Trout Wilderness–We clambered loudly up the miserable incline, horses stumbling as their shoes slid on the ladder of rocks that took us up and away from the Kern River. “Devil’s Stairway,” Chelsea McGlyn, the wrangler on this expedition, said over her shoulder, twisting around in the saddle….


The Blacksmith (1922)

Buster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: truthsocial.com/@EpochTV Gettr:…


6-Year-Old Girl Becomes Best Friends With Miniature Horse, Gives Him Glitter Pedicures

All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl. (Video courtesy of Line Laagasken) …


American Polo Star Nic Roldan on Harnessing the Power of the Mind

A polo player must have great control not only of his body, but also over his horse. The two must be able to turn together on a dime. In the ancient game of polo—one of the oldest-known team sports, originally crafted as a mock battle for training cavalry—the speed is fast, the strategy is sharp,…


Don’t Feed Neighborhood Pets

Q: Eddie, our neighbor’s indoor-outdoor cat, is very sweet. He often visits us while we’re sitting on our porch or working in the yard. He’s so affectionate that we can’t help but give him a few cat treats. Eddie seems to be gaining weight, and I wonder whether he is charming other neighbors out of…