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Kristin on September 27th, 2012
Photo by Deb Schultz

by Keith Templeton Keith Templeton edits The Farrier Guide for Education and Employment, a resource for farriers that features a worldwide directory of farrier schools as well as education and employment guides. What is a Farrier? A farrier is a specialist who cares for horse’s feet and smiths horseshoes. The term “farrier” comes from the [...]

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Jim Key on stage spelling the name of celebrity Greyhound, St. Elmo. In the background are names of politicians, which Jim would retrieve at the request of audience members. Photo from

Was Beautiful Jim Key a hoax or the real thing? No one was ever able to prove the act was fake. I think it might be an authentic story.   by Kristin Berkery More than simply the biography of an unusual sideshow act, Beautiful Jim Key by Mim Eichler Rivas takes a thorough look at [...]

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Cocaine,

by Kristin Berkery At the turn of the 20th century, horses were often viewed as unfeeling, disposable animals. They were the means to an end — useful for transporting people and goods, producing crops, and in Hollywood, for adding dramatic flair to movies. Especially on early movie sets, there was little regard for horses’ fates. [...]

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Kristin on June 26th, 2012
The equine actor Docs Keepin Time playing Black Beauty in the 1994 film.

by Kristin Berkery Most horse-loving kids read Black Beauty at some point, and even though it’s a well-loved story, most adults view it as children’s fiction. But that wasn’t what author Anna Sewell intended. Sewell was permanently disabled after a childhood accident and never married or had children. Of English Quaker origins, she subscribed to [...]

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Kristin on May 24th, 2012
Elvis and Rising Sun. Photo by Judy Palmer

by Kristin Berkery Like everything else in his life, Elvis’ love for horses was over the top. There are stories of him going to breeding farms before dawn and asking to buy their horses. Many of his own mounts were barn sour, meaning they developed a habit of trying to turn around on the trail [...]

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