Horse Locomotion

This is cool: a very interesting video that illustrates a scientific study about how horses move.

Country Music Star Saves A Horse's Life

By Kitson

Check out this amazing story of a horse named Misty rescued from a Tennessee river, thanks to help from neighbor and country music star Luke Bryan. He was in a boat and spotted the horse, who had taken a terrifying 15-foot fall into a riverbed. Misty is expected to make a full recovery. If Luke hadn't spotted her and called for help, she may not have been saved in time.

Ode to a Boot Rack

By Kitson

Check out this awesome metal boot rack made by my artisan uncle, Bryan Buck. He lives on a beautiful piney acreage in Wiscasset, Maine. Upside-down boot racks like these are all the rage in the UK and Australia -- you can leave your mucky Wellies to be washed in the rain, while the inside of the boots dry out. For more information email Bryan. He's selling them for $75 plus the cost of shipping.

Fog

By Kitson

Taff, my Welsh Cob gelding, comes to find me in the fog.

The weatherman said the fog would burn off by noon yesterday, but the pea soup stuck around all day. It made for a rather misty ride along the Potomac River. It also gave me some good fodder for fiddling around with images using Instagram.

Horses Gonna Horse

Kitson and I have spent some time amusing ourselves with the whole Haters Gonna Hate meme.  (Yes, I know we are not exactly au courant.)  So I had to add this purely goofy one--although I had a moment during which I thought it might be some kind of statement, given that some gaited horse breeds have undergone their share of haters.

I think it is just for sillyness, though. Enjoy in that spirit.  From this site.  

Count on Fran Jurga to scoop two great articles

Fran Jurga, of the Jurga Report, has posted two very interesting articles today here.  One is a sad, well-written story about a closed-down racetrack from a Canadian newspaper.  The next is from the Tennessean--from my old hometown of Nashville, Tennessee--and talks about how people who abuse animals often move on to human victims.  One of those common sense things that is all too often ignored.

The FDA has news for horse owners

I can't quite remember how or when I placed myself on this FDA newsletter/bulletin, but I appreciate it.  It sort of keeps you one step ahead of those alerts from your vet, or from local horse organizations.  This is a link to a page of "Dear  Doctor" letters--letters drug companies send to vets--that will let you see what I mean.