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World’s first cloned horse has a foal (the old-fashioned way)
Bridlepath | May 5th 2008
Prometea, a cloned Haflinger mare, gave birth to Pegaso on March 17; full story here. Interesting that her creator, Professor Cesare Galli, has faced criminal and religious sanctions for his reproductive research. Anyone know what legal grounds Itali read more
Police horse clocks out early
Bridlepath | May 4th 2008
(Image source) From The Gothamist: After getting spooked and throwing its mounted officer yesterday, Aldo the police horse managed to make its way home to the station house at 6th Ave. and Ericcson Pl. Aldo freaked out at the sound of screeching brak read more
Eight Belles
Bridlepath | May 3rd 2008
(Image source: New York Times) I know. I know. Go read these: Why we care…or not Please don’t create a cult around her Read this one twice: Breeding out the usefulness? UPDATE: oh hello Washington Post, nice of you to ask the same questio read more
Help, my ass has fallen down a well…
Bridlepath | September 17th 2007
Don’t worry, he came out of it with just a few bruises. Story and title courtesy of the redoubtable raincoaster, who loves a good ass pun as much as I do. Related posts: Firefighters rescue horse from icy pond Hope he didn’t take the keys Th read more
Belgium, horses, and shrimp (oh my)
Bridlepath | August 26th 2007
Image source As dying trades go, Belgium’s horseback shrimp fishery must be among the most arcane and outdated. Men in bright yellow overalls and sou’-westers ride their plodding workhorses across the sands into the North Sea at low tid read more
The arabbers return!
Bridlepath | August 16th 2007
Days after they were evicted from a condemned stable in Baltimore 51 horses and ponies that pull arabber fruit and vegetable carts returned to Baltimore today. They’ll stay in a temporary stable at Pimlico Race Course while a permanent replace read more
Horse 1, cow 0
Bridlepath | August 16th 2007
Cutting, originally uploaded by photobassman. A horse has been credited with saving the life of a woman attacked by an angry cow in Scotland. The horse’s deeds were reported in The Scotsman newspaper. The farmer, Fiona Boyd, 40, was reported read more
The end of an era?
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | August 12th 2007
ABC2News in Baltimore is reporting that fifty-two horses have been removed from an urban stable after the city condemned the building: Graziano and other city officials from the Health Department explained to the Arabbers how they will transport the read more
Another day, another RCMP scandal
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | August 12th 2007
Surprisingly, this does not actually involve breaches of national security or lackluster police work: Red-coated Mounties are no longer clip-clopping their black steeds freely around Parliament Hill, apparently after a mishap involving a hoof and a read more
Riders charged with intoxication in Virginia
Bridlepath | June 4th 2007
Two people police say were hoping to avoid drinking and driving chose instead to head home on horseback, and ended up under arrest anyway. Culpeper police officers Lonnie Myers and Tim Chilton heard a disturbance last Thursday around midnight and fo read more
Thumbelina honoured for her charity work
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | June 4th 2007
Thumbelina, the world's smallest horse, was in New York City recently receiving honours for her charity work. Owner Michael Goessling is touring America with her to raise money for the Thumbelina Foundation, which raises money and awareness for chil read more
Using horses to predict earthquakes
Bridlepath | May 30th 2007
China tomb horses, originally uploaded by mharrsch. Chinese officials believe animals can be used to predict earthquakes, and are setting up a monitoring station at a wildlife park that will use more than 50 horses. The station, in southwestern read more
Manure dumped at Ramsay's restaurant
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | May 15th 2007
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's Claridge's restaurant has had a tonne of horse manure dumped on its doorstep. Protesters from the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) were demonstrating against the chef cooking horse meat on his TV programme The F-Word read more
Horse mastery offered to keep kids at school
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | May 15th 2007
Australian Horses, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Children in the West Australian town of Halls Creek are being offered lessons in horse mastery to keep them in school. Students in the horse mastery program at Halls Creek District Hig read more
Do you recognize this horse?
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | May 11th 2007
Have you seen this horse? That's the question the North Middleton Police Department (Pennsylvania) is asking after an officer found it prancing up Spring Road near the Turkey Hill convenience store earlier this week. Now, the department is searching read more
19th nervous breakdown averted
Bridlepath | May 11th 2007
Remember all the hoo-hah about the Rolling Stones playing at a Belgrade racecourse and concerns over the possible effects on the horses stabled there? This just in: the band have agreed to a change of venue: THE Rolling Stones have asked to change th read more
Horse: it's what's for dinner?
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | May 7th 2007
British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has said that consumers should consider eating horse meat, as a safe and nutritious alternative to beef and other meats. Link What never seems to occur to him or anyone else, ethical and moral questions aside, is read more
World's oldest Suffolk Punch dies
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | May 2nd 2007
Oh, those wacky Brits and their long-lived horses! (Must be all that beer they drink?) Remus, a rare Suffolk Punch believed to be the oldest of his breed, has died in Stowmarket at the age of 28. Story link Now I'm curious: do drafts tend to live as read more
Have you seen Romeo?
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | April 30th 2007
Joe Dunphy's therapy horse Romeo was stolen from an Uxbridge, Ontario-area pasture sometime Friday. Although he hasn't called the police yet (eh?!), he's “hoping his pleas and a little goodwill will lead to his friend's safe return, and he's read more
Drunk man rides horse into bank
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | April 25th 2007
A drunk German horse rider rode into a bank foyer to sleep for the night, after having one too many for the road during a stopover at his local beergarden. Wolfgang Heinrich, 40, from the German town Wiesenburg, had been riding with his Haflinger ho read more
The law is an ass
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | April 21st 2007
Faced with complaints that his donkey was too loud, attorney Gregory Shamoun decided to bring his case directly to the court: he had the donkey testify. Buddy the donkey appeared in court Wednesday. He walked to the bench and stared at the jury, the read more
African Horse Sickness spreads in South Africa
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | April 19th 2007
Horse exports from South Africa have been frozen pending the results of tests for African Horse Sickness (AHS), feared to have killed 13 animals in the past month, authorities said. (Yahoo News) Hang in there, whiskeykitten! Related posts: Equine h read more
Sabotage attempt on Spirit of the Horse show
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | April 15th 2007
A Cossack rider practises before the Spirit Of The Horse event in York in 2005 Animal rights activists could be behind an attempt to sabotage a show featuring performing horses, organisers fear. Spirit Of The Horse is described as a theatre show wh read more
Runaway carriage rescue in Indianapolis
Bridlepath: Enter the world of horses | April 10th 2007
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A local teenager showed a flare [SIC] for Wild West heroics in bringing a runaway horse and carriage to a safe halt in downtown Indianapolis and saving two passengers.The driver of the Yellow Rose Carriage was knocked from her sea read more
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