Archive for April, 2008

How Did Horses Become Domesticated?

April 21st, 2008 19 Comments
How Did Horses Become Domesticated?

Trying to pin down the moment at which horse and human history were first entwined is like trying to name the inventor of the wheel. The domesticated horse looms so large in human culture, and casts its shadow from so far back in time, that we may never know much about its origins.

We can say that the horse’s first confirmed appearance in human culture is a dramatic one: the still-haunting Paleolithic cave art of 30,000 BCE, of th (more…)

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Oldenburg, Hanoverian and Holstein Horses

April 17th, 2008 10 Comments
Oldenburg, Hanoverian and Holstein Horses

Oldenburg Horses

 

The Oldenburg horses name is derived from the horse’s origins; Oldenburg is a city within lower Saxony, Germany. Modern day Oldenburg horses are controlled by the “Association of breeders of the Oldenburg horse”.

 

Summary

 

Oldenburg horses are bred for performance and quality; they excel in dressage and showjumping. On the flat the Oldenburg has incredible animated rhythmical (more…)

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