Another episode of our Horse Breeds around the World Series. Today we visit Austria and its famous Lipizzaner Horses, the oldest cultural horse breed of Europe. I talk with Andrea and Max Dobretsberger, a couple from Austria who have been involved with the Lipizzaners for many years. In the last episode we talked about theContinue reading “Horse Podcast Ep 117: Lipizzaner – Royal Horses of Austria”
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Horse Podcast Ep 106: Polo & Ponies – Shooting Films About the Horse Cultures of North-East India
On today’s episode Ute talks with Roopa Barua, an Indian filmmaker who made two documentaries about Women’s polo in Manipur and pony races in Assam, two states in India’s North East. Roopa herself is not a horsewoman, however has subsequently found herself drawn to horses and has enjoyed herself tremendously shooting horses and their people.Continue reading “Horse Podcast Ep 106: Polo & Ponies – Shooting Films About the Horse Cultures of North-East India”
Horse Podcast Ep 98: From The Far North to Down Under – Importing Icelandic Horses to Australia
On today’s episode Ute talks with Amy Haldane, stud manager at her family’s farm and breeder of Icelandic Horses in Australia. Her family was the first to import Icelandic Horses from Denmark and later from Iceland to Australia. And they have thrived! Today there are around sixty horses at her farm and she has foalsContinue reading “Horse Podcast Ep 98: From The Far North to Down Under – Importing Icelandic Horses to Australia”
Horse Podcast Ep 94: Mountains & Moors – The Fell Pony of Cumbria
Today is the first episode of our new Horse Breeds around the World Series. We start with a famous British Pony breed, the Fell Pony of North England. Its home is in the Lake District and it takes its name from the word fell which is another term for hill or mountain. The Fell ponyContinue reading “Horse Podcast Ep 94: Mountains & Moors – The Fell Pony of Cumbria”