At the age of 70, most people start to slow down and unwind. But 10 years ago, at that age, Wynsome Reed took up horse riding and has never looked back.
The China Horse Fair, being held in Beijing, China in October 2010, offers Australian Horse Businesses the ultimate gateway to the regional Chinese and SE Asian Horse Markets.
Horse trader James Gray has been jailed for a further 8 weeks after appearing at Aylesbury Crown Court this morning. He begins his eight month prison sentence immediately (Warning: Contains video and images that some may find distressing).
On the 23rd of April the State Agricultural Ministers met in Darwin as the Primary Industries Ministerial Council (PIMC) to discuss, in part, options for handling future Exotic Disease Incursions that would affect the Horse Industry.
Horse owners are urged to consider vaccinating their horses against strangles after several cases of the disease have been diagnosed in North Queensland.
The Rudd Government is on target to deliver on all the recommendations from the 2007 equine influenza inquiry with most now complete, including defining the conditions for horse imports into Australia.