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CuChullaine and Basha O’Reilly are setting off on the first continuous, around-the-world equestrian expedition. The journey will cover 12,000 miles, cross eleven countries, last two years and be the most highly developed diplomatic and scientific equestrian mission ever undertaken.

After a series of community concerns were raised regarding the treatment and workloads of working horses in Melbourne, and a lengthy campaign by the RSPCA, the Victorian Horse Drawn Carriage Association has voluntarily adopted a new code of practice.

A leading Australian racing figure is mounting a legal challenge to the Australian Stud Book’s ban on the AI breeding of Thoroughbreds.

The international Equine Consortium for Genetic Research (ECGR), established by Morris Animal Foundation (MAF), is making major inroads into determining the location of genes that cause specific disease traits in horses. The ECGR is a worldwide research project led by University of Minnesota equine professors Jim Mickelson, PhD, and Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, with 32 scientists from 18 elite academic institutions throughout the nine countries collaborating.