I’ve stumbled across a poster for this last night on the walk home from the office: The Amazing Bodies Exhibition, currently on display at Melbourne’s Docklands until 31 August 2010.
The exhibition will move to Sydney, Perth, Brisbane soon, although dates and venues are not yet announced.
Open daily from 10am (excluding Sundays) tickets cost $25 for [...]

After running the article on feitv.org last week, today I discovered epona.tv.
Epona was set up by a group of Danish enthusiasts and is not sponsored by the equestrian industry or federations. They source their funding entirely through subscriptions, making them independent (and the content pay-tv like FEI).
Although starting in Danish, (with the majority of footage [...]

The genomes of many mammals have now been completed, including the cow, the dog, the chimpanzee and, of course, the human. This week it was the turn of the horse to have its DNA sequence decoded.
- The Economist, November 7-13 2009
Scientists in Cambridge, Massachusetts have collaborated on a project in which the DNA sequence of [...]

With all the current talk of negative tension and the debate over hyperflexion / rollkur and other ‘in vogue’ techniques Dressage Today has published an interesting article from an FEI trainer with a slightly different perspective.
Whilst we might have settled on an approach designed to instill relaxed confidence in our horses, how do we create [...]

Long Reining – The Saumur Method
Philippe Karl
ISBN: 1 57076 238 4
Hardcover, 96 pages.
For those of you who have ever thought about it, long reining can be an excellent way to build muscle, keep older horses in work and generally develop your relationship with your horse – and if you’re thinking of trying it, you’ll want [...]