Horseback

World's first gene-edited horses are shaking up the genteel sport of polo

Eduardo Ramos, who began breeding in the 70s, said that breeders had also been skeptical at first of other advances in biotech, such as embryo transplants and cloning.

AUGUST 30, 2025|ByREUTERS

A cloned newborn horse stands next to its surrogate mother in an enclosure at a horse birthing hospital, in San Antonio de Areco, near Buenos Aires, Argentina July 29, 2025.

Israelis are seen protesting judicial reform, in Tel Aviv.

Mounted police officer indicted for whipping judicial reform protester

The officer repeatedly whipped the protester in April 2023 during the judicial reform protests.

MAY 22, 2025|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Horse successfully rescued from ditch in Jerusalem Hills

The rider managed to extricate himself from the pit, but the horse remained stuck.

MARCH 6, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘WHAT THEY do on the horse is release negativity and gain positive emotions.’ While riding a horse, people become more aware of their bodies, helping them deal with their trauma.

Riding the road to recovery: IDF veterans and Oct. 7 survivors heal with equine therapy

To date, 60 soldiers and 20 Supernova music festival survivors have completed eight sessions with Transcending Trauma, which hopes to expand.

OCTOBER 13, 2024|ByDARCIE GRUNBLATT

Archaeologists may have found when humans started riding horses

The study notes there were changes in bone morphology that were associated with horseback riding.

MARCH 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Excavation of a Yamnaya kurgan by the YMPACT team of the University of Helsinki in cooperation with the Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology in Boldești-Grădiștea, Romania.

Israeli wins first place in Florida horse-riding competition

Ashley Bond and Daniel Blumen's victory set the duo's criteria for the World Championships this summer.

APRIL 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Great success for Israel in the 5th and final round of the winter round in Wellington, Florida, with Ashley Bond and Daniel Blumen finishing in first and second place.

Kfar Zoharim inaugurates center for therapeutic horseback riding

The boys, aged 14-18, study and receive a full matriculation certificate and then enlist in meaningful and full service in the IDF.

NOVEMBER 18, 2021ByMICHAL GALANTI

Netanel Slominski, Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman and Tzachi Hayun

German Olympics coach disqualified for punching horse

Athletes in the modern pentathlon are assigned horses randomly and given just 20 minutes to bond with their animals.

AUGUST 7, 2021ByREUTERS

GERMANY'S Kim Raisner riding 'Celago' at the 2004 Athens Olympics

Tokyo 2020: Israel's equestrian run ends as rider falls off horse

27-year-old Teddy Vlock fell from his horse during the jumping team qualifiers, leading to the Israeli team's elimination from the event.

AUGUST 6, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Teddy Vlock of Israel on his horse Amsterdam 27 competes at the jumping team qualifications, August 6, 2021.

A little horseplay for Israeli riders ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The team qualified for the Olympics in July 2019 with a win at the Olympic Jumping Qualifier at Maxima Park in Moscow.

JULY 20, 2021ByGABRIELLE ABRAMS

David Cohen could become the 1st Jewish jockey to win the Kentucky Derby

The 36-year-old rider has won some 1,560 races and earned nearly $60 million in a career that launched in 2004: His is a story of comeback, from physical injury and mental anguish.

APRIL 30, 2021ByROB CHARRY/JTA

Horse racing for the finish line at Goodwood racecourse in southern England, July 31.

Coronavirus strain growing threat for horses in Israel - study

In the study, some 58.6% of horses in central Israel were found to be positive with ECoV, while 41 horses (12.3%) also were found to be with anti-ECoV antibodies.

APRIL 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF