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Horse-Canada, the Family Horse Magazine, is an all-breed, multi-discipline magazine with emphasis on equine health, horse care, and rural living and recognizes the inclusion of horses into family life.
Horse Canada News
3d ago
In a remarkable act of kindness, an Alberta woman completed a 15-hour trip from southern Alberta to Yellowknife, NWT to ensure horses attended the celebration of life of local horseman and veterinarian Dr. Tom Pisz, who passed away on June …
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Horse Canada News
3d ago
Actor and musician Mark Wahlberg has joined the list of celebrities with equestrian offspring. His 14-year-old daughter Grace is competing in the show jumping ring, coming in first and second in two Junior Jumper classes at the Great Lakes Equestrian …
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Horse Canada News
3d ago
The notion of horse thieves running amok in Canada’s rural areas sounds like the stuff of the Old West, and while all-out horse stealing isn’t common, there is a new horse theft adjacent crime being committed: horse tail robbery.
Brandi …
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Horse Canada News
1w ago
The Bill Gavin Racing Alliance (BGRA) has found a fun way to attract young people to the sport of harness racing.
The non-profit’s mandate is to create and encourage partnerships and programs that will promote and grow harness racing by …
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Horse Canada News
1w ago
What’s cuter than a newborn foal? Four newborn foals! And that’s exactly what zookeepers and zoo visitors got with the arrival of four Przewalski’s babies at the Marwell Zoo in England.
According to the zoo’s press release, all four …
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Horse Canada News
2w ago
For trail riding advocates in Prince Edward Island, there is hope that a pilot program that started in 2021 will become permanent, and even expand access to the Confederation Trail.
Horse-Canada reported in 2022 on how the program was extended …
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Horse Canada News
3w ago
As the one-year anniversary of the wildfires that forced the evacuation of Yellowknife, the city in the Northwest Territories remains a no-horse town. Last August we reported on the emergency evacuation of North Country Stables with its 20-plus horses being …
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Horse Canada News
3w ago
Remember the five horses that bolted through the streets of London in April? Well, it’s happened again.
This time three horses from the same Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment “became loose from their riders” while six were exercising on Monday morning, …
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1M ago
The Pony Express is entrenched in the lore of the American West, yet it only existed for 18 months between 1860-1861. The horses and riders who travelled the mail route from Missouri to California – some 1,800 miles in ten …
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1M ago
A long-lost donkey that was once adopted by a California couple has resurfaced in the Golden State after going missing five years ago.
Max Fennell, a hunter in Northern California, spotted the donkey among a herd of wild elk while …
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