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Researchers Study Effects of Hippotherapy in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy
âChildren with cerebral palsy, from the ages of three to six participated in this study and were assessed for balance, gait, participation and quality of life before and after intervention therapy.â
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Soring Abuse Rewarded at Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration
âAnalysis of the results from the 2015 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration â the top event of the performance walking horse industryâs show circuit â demonstrates that owners and trainers continue to be rewarded for using abusive methods
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Hoofprints Memorial - Remembering Jesse - A Way for Owners to Memorialize a Cherished Horse
âEquine Guelph's Hoofprints Tribute program gives grieving horse owners a positive means to cope with the devastating loss and a loving way to honour the memory of a horse.â
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10 Tips for Safe Viewing of Salt River Horses during Labor Day Weekend
âIn advance of the weekend, the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, whose volunteers are present daily on the river to monitor and steward the wild horses, offers ten tips for safe and enjoyable viewing of wild horses.â
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Time to Ride Challenge Brings 20,000 Newcomers to Horseback Riding Experience
âThe Time to Ride Challenge, a grassroots competition offering $100,000 cash and prizes to stables, clubs, and businesses that introduce new people to horses, continues through September 30th nationwide and has reached 20,107, marking a 31% increase ove
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Severely Neglected Horses Rescued from Maryland Farm
âWhen field officers of the HSWC responded to a concerned citizen, they found three emaciated horses with rotten teeth and three foot-long hoofs confined in separate stalls.
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Detailed Undercover Investigation Reveals Tennessee Walking Horse Abuse at Top Training Barn
âInvestigation finds that horses slated to compete in the upcoming Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration have been subjected to barbaric soring practices by big-name, previously cited trainers continuing their illegal conduct.â
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Amazing Mare 'Beholder' Becomes First Female to Win Pacific Classic
âBeholder destroyed the boys in the race, took observers' breath away, and brought brimming emotion into the Winner's Circle during the Million Dollar TVG Pacific Classic on Saturday, August 22, 2015.â
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What Eye Wrinkles in Horses Tell Us about Their Emotional State
âAnalysis of the number of wrinkles, the extent of wrinkling and how much white of the horse's eye was shown led to the conclusion that some characteristics of eye wrinkling were affected by different emotional states.â
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Researchers Decode Horse Communication - What Your Horse Is Telling You with That Whinny
âResearchers were able to associate positive emotions with short horse whinnies in which the higher frequency was lower, accompanied by a lowering of the head, but when expressing negative emotions the whinnies were longer and the higher frequency was h