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	<description>n : solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times [syn: horse, Equus caballus]</description>
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		<title>Breeders Cup Classic 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<style>.newl {display:none}</style><div class=newl></div>Unfortunately I missed this year&#8217;s TV coverage and it looks like I missed out on seeing some racing history. Zenyatta was the first filly to win the Breeders Cup Classic race and this was her 14th win from 14 starts - another record - and is now expected to retire.
It looks like there was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/11/08/breeders-cup-classic-2010/</link>
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		<title>Arabian Horseracing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All thoroughbreds are descended from Arabians and yet I have heard little about international Arabian horse racing. At the end of July at Ascot Racecourse in the UK and after the major flat race of the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, a race for top Arabians horses took place as the English leg of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/08/18/arabian-horseracing/</link>
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		<title>Headshaking Treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my horses used to shake his head very badly in the summer months. He used to snap his head upwards and often strike towards his nose with his front leg. Fortunately this was greatly reduced by fitting a nosenet to the bridle and riding mainly in the early morning during the summer when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/08/09/headshaking-treatment/</link>
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		<title>Crib biting research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a horse owner who once suffered the problems of a crib-biting horse, this research caught my eye. From the survey, about 5% of horses had this vice. This fitted in approximately with my personal experience.
Thoroughbreds were twice as likely to crib bite as any other breed. Again, my horse with this problem was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/08/01/crib-biting-research/</link>
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		<title>More Sad News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of media coverage in recent weeks covering the sad news of the deaths of celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors and Billy Mays, so you may have missed the sad news from the equestrian world of the deaths of Vincent O&#8217;Brien and Douglas Bunn during June. Both were very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/07/08/more-sad-news/</link>
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		<title>Horse Riding Helmet Law in Florida</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new law has been introduced in Florida making the wearing of helmets compulsory for junior riders under the age of 16. The new law has also been named &#8216;Nicole&#8217;s law&#8216; after a 12 year old girl who was killed in a riding accident in 2006.
The last time I rode without a riding hat was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/06/22/horse-riding-helmet-law-in-florida/</link>
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		<title>Ancient Fossils Found in Panama Canal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During work for the expansion of Panama Canal, a set of horse fossil teeth have been found and estimated from approx 18 million years ago. The teeth confirm that 15 to 18 million years ago, horses were forest-dwelling browsers. During this early stage of their development horses were also three toed. Geologists hope to unearth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/06/17/ancient-fossils-found-in-panama-canal/</link>
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		<title>2009 Belmont Stakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had hoped that Mine That Bird would run another great race and win the Belmont Stakes. I had checked his pedigree before the race and his sire Birdstone had won the race so I thought he should have sufficient stamina.
When I saw the pace slow in the second half of the  race and Mine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/06/11/2009-belmont-stakes/</link>
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		<title>Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were away on holiday for the Kentucky Derby but did hear the result that a 50-1 shot called Mine That Bird had won. We arrived back in the US before the Preakness Stakes and managed to see TV coverage of both races. There were a number of interesting stories from the two events.
I liked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/05/30/kentucky-derby-and-preakness-stakes-2009/</link>
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		<title>Reduced Speed Limits for UK Rural Roads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK Government is considering a reduction in the speed limit on single lane rural roads from 60mph to 50mph. This is being welcomed by the British Horse Society although this proposal does not go all the way in reducing speeds to the levels they would like given the number of riders on such roads. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.equuscaballus.com/2009/05/25/reduced-speed-limits-for-uk-rural-roads/</link>
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