The Selle Museum In the province of Florence, and more precisely in the locality of Marradi, the idea of a “saddle museum” was born. The author of this beautiful initiative is Vincenzo Moffa who in the course of his life has expertly preserved any object related to the world of the horse, creating a curious […]
Everybody who loves horse racing cannot certainly ignore this name… Federico Tesio (Turin, January 17 1869 – Milan, May 1, 1954) was an Italian breeder and politician. Even nowadays he is considered one of the most important English thoroughbred horse breeders in the history of Italian and international horse racing, and he is also recognized […]
A LONG TREKKING … 500 DAYS ON THE SILK ROUTE, FROM MONGOLIA TO THE HEART OF EUROPE The protagonists of this story are a woman and her two Mongolian horses (Custode and Чигээрээ ) Paola Giacomini, recently returned to Trento after a long horse trekking that took her from the Mongolian steppes to Poland. Check […]
A LONG TREKKING … 500 DAYS ON THE SILK ROUTE, FROM MONGOLIA TO THE HEART OF EUROPE The protagonists of this story are a woman and her two Mongolian horses (Custode and Чигээрээ ) Paola Giacomini, recently returned to Trento after a long horse trekking that took her from the Mongolian steppes to Poland. Check […]
Italy – Breeds: the horse symbol of the Bourbon Kingdom, the Persano The origin of the Persano horse is traditionally traced back to 1742, when Charles of Bourbon began the horses breeding to bring to life the ” governing breed of Persano “. In order to achieve this, inside the Persano estate in the region […]
Italy – Breeds: the horse symbol of the Bourbon Kingdom, the Persano The origin of the Persano horse is traditionally traced back to the year 1742, when Charles III of Bourbon started the selection to give life to the ” governing breed of Persano “. To this end he began to cross, in the Persano […]
Originally from the Dutch province of Friesland (from which it takes its name), the Friesian horse belongs to one of the oldest breeds in Europe, so much so that it is supposed to have existed for over 3000 years. The Friesian horse was already known to the ancient Romans and, during the Middle Ages, it […]
The areas adjacent to Chernobyl , where man has been absent for more than thirty years, are increasingly becoming a small concentrate of biodiversity . Over the past few years, within the Alienation Zone – the space where human presence is prohibited due to radiation contamination – various animal species have returned to life, some […]
The areas adjacent to Chernobyl , where man has been absent for more than thirty years, are increasingly becoming a small concentrate of biodiversity . Over the past few years, within the Alienation Zone – the space where human presence is prohibited due to radiation contamination – various animal species have returned to life, some […]
Endurance, (in Italian “Resistenza“) , is one of the most widespread equestrian sports in the world. The racing consist of endurance races on various kind of routes and a mileage that varies from 30 to 160 km depending on the categories. The most suitable horses for this sport are the Arabs and Anglo-Arabs. Discover now […]
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