A Shetland pony, or a Shetland mix, is strong enough for children to ride and gentle enough to be a pet. Though small, Shetlands are strong, intelligent, gentle, and somewhat wily. They can be very ...

Horse breeding refers to reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of planned mating of animals. While feral and wild horses breed successfully without human assistance, it ...

Researchers are helping uncover new information about the Y chromosome in horses, which will help owners identify optimal lineages for breeding and help conservationists preserve breed diversity.

When Don McDuffee moved to Ocala in 1968 as a teenager, he knew he'd found someplace special. McDuffee, along with his wife, Brenda, eventually established one of the leading American quarter horse ...

Deep in the rolling countryside of Breckerfeld, Germany, lives the tiny superstar featured in this YouTube video — an ...

RAYNE, La. — Cleveland Bay is the oldest established breed of English Horses. Sandra Marx, a horsemanship teacher at Cove Equestrian Center, owns Melvin, 1 of only 200 Cleveland Bays in North America.

Even before Smarty Jones reaches the starting gate at today’s Belmont Stakes, trying to become horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner since 1978, the race to breed another champion in his image has ...