“Spirit – Stallion of the Cimarron” is an animated movie which was produced by Dream Works (2002). The story is about the Mustang Spirit and his adventures in the Wild West. The movie was made by traditional hand-drawn animation which then became animated with the help of a special computer program. The big difference between…
This disease is scary and frightening for every horse owner. The Equine Atypical Myopathy is a muscle disease and leads to the death of the horse. This can only take some hours or at the latest three days. Until today the origin of the disease is not clarified. However two things are for sure. It…
Based on a true story This movie is based on a true story and the biography of Frank Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen). It tells the story about the famous rider and his wild racing mustang Hidalgo. “Ocean of Fire” race The Sheikh Riyadh (Omar Sharif) asks the rider Frank Hopkins to participate at the famous annual…
In general the Cerebral Hemispheres of the horse are not connected very well. This causes a bad communication between the two different sides of the brain. Therefore not all information that enter one side of the brain automatically also reach the other side. This explains the balking reaction of horses. When they got used to…
…is based on a true story and tells about the thoroughbred race horse Seabiscuit and his extraordinary success in the 1930s. The movie was shot in the USA and was Oscar-nominated in several categories. At the beginning of his career the young race horse Seabiscuit is without any great success. His owners do not see…