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Hollywood Superstar Michael Douglas Supports FEI Awards

Published on 04.06.2011

Multiple award-winning actor and producer and United Nations Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas has lent his support to the FEI Awards 2011 by highlighting their significance and calling on the worldwide equestrian community to make nominations....

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Dutch Do the Double At St Gallen, Switzerland - FEI Nations Cup

Published on 04.06.2011

The Dutch team recorded a back-to-back double when topping the third leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup™ series at St. Gallen, Switzerland today. Just a week after sweeping to victory in Rome (ITA), they produced another stunning performance which promoted them to the top of the leaderboard going to the next leg of the series in Falsterbo (SWE) next month....

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Noted Riders Needed to Help Kitchwin Find Mare

Published on 04.06.2011

There is movement at Kitchwin Hills for the word has passed around that the dam of a Derby favourite had got away. She had joined the wild bush polo horses, she was worth who knows what. So all the cracks are invited to gather to the fray.(With apologies to Banjo Paterson.)...

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Totilas Wins First Competition with New Rider

Published on 03.06.2011

Totilas made his competitive debut with new rider Matthias Alexander Rath at the CDI Munich, (Germany) yesterday, where the pair easily won their class! After the stallion's sale in October, Rath became Totilas' new rider and at this their first competition they scored 76.787%, making them the only combination to break the 70% barrier....

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Painted Horses To be Cut from Selena Gomez's Film Clip

Published on 03.06.2011

Further to Horsezone's previous report of singer Pink criticising Selena Gomez for using pink and purple painted horses in a film clip, the Disney star has confirmed that the scenes with the painted horses in will be cut from the video. She has decided she was not comfortable with the concept. PETA has also stepped in, saying that painting of the horses could have proved dangerous to their health....

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Global Champions Tour Hamburg - Lynch Wins Second Sports Car

Published on 03.06.2011

Denis Lynch of Ireland won the first Global Champions Tour international event held on Thursday 2 June in Hamburg Germany, taking home a car provided by sponsors Mercedes Benz. The feature class of the program, the ‘Mercedes-Benz Championat von Hamburg’ featured 52 starters over German Frank Rothenberger’s designed track that saw 14 proceed to jump-off....

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Australia's First Cloned Horse Arrives

Published on 02.06.2011

An exact genetic copy of one of the world's most influential Quarter Horse sires, Smart Little Lena, arrived in Australia today. The arrival of the cloned horse, named Salute (pictured), has already sparked controversy. The AQHA has now banned breeding from cloned horses, but has made no further comment on the decision....

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Zenyatta in Foal - From the Horse's Mouth!

Published on 01.06.2011

Here at Horsezone we love Blogs and one of the best is the Diary on Zenyatta.com written by the famous horse herself! The legendary Horse of the Year regularly keeps her fans up to date with her diary and today's was extra special! Zenyatta is in foal at the 60 day mark to Bernadini. ...

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Britain's RoR Heart Awards Celebrate Retrained Racehorses

Published on 01.06.2011

Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) is British Horseracing’s official charity for the welfare of horses who have retired from racing. RoR raises funds from within the Racing Industry to help support retraining of former racehorses, provides facilities for the care, retraining and rehoming of former racehorses, promotes the adaptability of racehorses to other equestrian activities and runs a well established programme of competition sponsorship, and clinics to educate and improve riders handling former racehorses. ...

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