Source: stuff.co.nz by Virginia Fallon PETER DRURY/FAIRFAX NZ The Biennial Kaimanawa Wild Horse Muster has been brought forward to April, sparking fears homes won’t be found for the horses in time. Rescuers are scrambling to save about 100 wild horses from slaughter after being given just weeks to […]
SOURCE: HORSETALK.nz.co Horsetalk New Zealand has posted an update on the Kaimanawa wild horses and the efforts by the charitiable society, Kaimanawa Heritage Horses and Kaimanawa Wild Horse Preservation Society to find homes for many of the horses after they were rounded up by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation, […]
For reasons that can’t be explained, some horses just can’t stand their trainers.
“He’s a good example over there,” says Jed Southcombe, gesturing at a grumpy stallion hidden in the shadows of another stable. “He doesn’t like anyone at all. He puts his ears back and his look says, `Piss off, leave me alone’.”
The 16-year-old Feilding High School pupil knows his horses. Making soothing clicking noises, Jed coaxes a strapping 3-year-old thoroughbred back into his stable with ease. The horse nuzzles him affectionately, but the young rider doesn’t fold, saying he has become used to a “tough love” approach even with his favourites.
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