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Would you place a Grand National bet on a Shetland pony?

20 Jul 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, H is for...

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Early morning, Newmarket

African Horse Sickness: mapping how a deadly disease might spread in the UK

25 May 2013

A disease lethal to horses, until now confined to hot countries, could arrive in the UK. New research creates a picture of its possible spread and...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur by John F Herring Sr. (1795 - 1865)

Solved: two of the historic riddles of horse racing

02 Jun 2012

̽»¨Ö±²¥identity of the winner of the 1880 Epsom Derby – the classic race to be run today - was famously disputed. Now analysis of DNA from the bones of...

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Abraham Pietersz. van Calraet Landscape with Figures and Horses

Mystery of the domestication of the horse solved

08 May 2012

Research reconciles competing theories about the origin of the domestic horse.

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Parish Hall on right (a champion with Northern Dancer ancestry on both sides) wins the Group 1 Dubai Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in October 2011 for Jim Bolger

Speed and stamina: a tale of two genes

24 Jan 2012

Research by a team of scientists suggests that a variant of the so-called speed gene found in top racehorses can be traced back to a single British...

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Robin Irvine at the shrine on top of Shilin Bogd

'Extreme Sleepover #12’ – an equestrian adventure on the Mongolian steppes

02 Jan 2012

In the latest report of the Extreme Sleepover series, undergraduate Robin Irvine explains how a fascination for the relationships between humans...

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