There are around 400 different horse breeds in the world and Alyssa Mathews wants to ride them all! An Equestrian Adventuress from a young age on, she fascinated by different riding styles, breeds and types of horses. Finally, a couple of years ago, she started her quest Discover the Horse and travels through the USAContinue reading “Horse Podcast Ep 154: A Quest to Ride Every Horse Breed in the World”
Tag Archives: Ponies
Horse Podcast Ep 144: Saving the Ponies of the Gili Islands
Today our podcast travels to Indonesia, to the tiny group of the Gili Islands. Indonesia has a few native pony breeds which is unusual for a tropical island nation. Horses have always played an important economic as well as religious role in Indonesia and especially so on the Gili Islands, where all motorised vehicles areContinue reading “Horse Podcast Ep 144: Saving the Ponies of the Gili Islands”
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”
Horse Podcast Ep 91: A World Full of Horses – The Shetland Islands
On today’s episode, Ute speaks with Christiane Slawik, one of the most famous equestrian photographers of Germany. Christiane has travelled all over the world to photograph horses and she is one of the few who can live from her work. Her photos appear in many different horse books, magazines and calendars internationally. In 2019 sheContinue reading “Horse Podcast Ep 91: A World Full of Horses – The Shetland Islands”