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The Horse Exhibit at the AMNH
Category: Horses
One of the cool perks of being a scienceblogger and going to a meetup this year was the opportunity to go and see the Horse Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and to recieve...
Posted by Coturnix at 10:18 PM • 2 Comments •
Equestrian sports in Serbia
Category: Balkans
Before I went back to Belgrade, I did not know if there was a website with information about the racing and equestrian activities there. There used to be one some years ago, but it has not been updated in a...
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EuroTrip '08 - Belgrade, the Horses
Category: EuroTrip '08
Yesterday I went to the Belgrade Racecourse and the barns and was happy to meet many of my old friends, including my old trainer (with Professor Steve Steve below) as well as some good new kids, including two sisters who...
Posted by Coturnix at 9:23 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
My Equestrian Past
Category: Horses
This post from May 07, 2005, was one of the rare personal posts I have ever written. Under the fold.......
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Have you hugged your horse today?
Category: Animal Behavior
The other day, Kate wrote an interesting post about inter-species relationships, in particular the cases of inter-species adoption and parenting. In her post, she mentioned a paper that immediately drew my attention - Influence of various early human-foal interferences on...
Posted by Coturnix at 10:59 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Running, breathing and being a horse
Category: Horses
Yesterday, Chris Clarke wrote a post that I read three times so far, then finally submitted it myself for Reed's consideration for the anthology. Most science bloggers are excellent writers, but rare is the gift that Chris displays in many...
Posted by Coturnix at 10:10 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
2.5 hours from now
Category: Horses
The horses will be entering the starting stalls for this year's Preakness. Will Street Sense do it again? His Derby win was so impressive it seems impossible he can be beat, but this time the distance is different, the field...
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Direct Spanish ancestry of the Shackleford wild horses
Category: Horses
Shackleford ponies are often in the media around here. Some love them, some hate them, some want to preserve them, some to exterminate them, and it is not easy to get all the surplus horses adopted each year. Perhaps the...
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That's one mighty fast horse!
Category: Horses
Street Sense won the Derby in style. He hung back in 19th place (out of 20 horses) for most of the race. About 3/4 miles before the end, jockey Borel switched to a new gear and stepped on the gas....
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