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October 5–18, 2026 archive. Dates identify intended editions and do not confirm Instagram publication.

19 entries

2026-10-12 · BREED SPOTLIGHT

The Arabian horse

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Photo and artwork credits

  • Dschandru OS170204.jpg

    Credit: OliverSeitz
    Original source · Public domain (author-applied PDM)
    Identity and limitations: Purebred Arabian stallion Dschandru; 2017; author-applied Public Domain Mark reviewed by Commons
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • 011-GreyHorseKuwaitFarm2.jpg

    Credit: Bruno Befreetv
    Original source · CC BY-SA 3.0
    Identity and limitations: Grey Arabian stallion in Kuwait; a modern regional illustration, not proof of breed birthplace
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; map has location labels or broad regional marker

  • NED worldmap 110m

    Credit: Gringer, using Natural Earth data
    Original source · Public domain
    Identity and limitations: Equirectangular world basemap; location markers added; map reuse only, no photograph reuse
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; map has location labels or broad regional marker

  • Arabian horse 1

    Credit: Yacoup almahdi
    Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabian portrait; source dated 13 February 2026
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Arabian horses with rider

    Credit: Yacoup almahdi
    Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabian with handler, shown in hand; not represented as an endurance photograph
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Bay Arab dressage 2 (4570922443).jpg

    Credit: fallingdominos
    Original source · CC BY 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Bay Arabian in dressage; 2010
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

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2026-10-13 · HORSES THROUGH TIME

Horse evolution

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Photo and artwork credits

  • Mesohippus sp. (fossil horse) (Middle Oligocene; Sioux County, Nebraska, USA) 1 (32468649246).jpg

    Credit: James St. John
    Original source · CC BY 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Mesohippus fossil skeleton display, Nebraska State Museum of Natural History, Lincoln; 2011
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Mesohippus 2.JPG

    Credit: Ghedoghedo
    Original source · CC BY-SA 3.0
    Identity and limitations: Mesohippus fossil, Paleontology Museum of Zurich; uploaded 2011
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; separate original concept diagram added, not a species phylogeny

  • Mesohippus 01

    Credit: H. Zell
    Original source · CC BY-SA 3.0
    Identity and limitations: Replica display: cranium, skeleton, forefeet; Karlsruhe museum; 19 August 2010
    Changes: Cropped to forefoot replicas and resized; no anatomical changes

  • Partially fossilised horse's tooth, FindID 91346

    Credit: The Portable Antiquities Scheme / The Trustees of the British Museum; photo Derby Museums Trust, Rachel Atherton
    Original source · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Partially fossilised horse molar from Derbyshire; species not established
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • ARABIAN HORSE IN DUBAI SAFARI

    Credit: SHARON VISHAKHAM
    Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
    Identity and limitations: Modern Arabian horse in Dubai, source dated 22 January 2023
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

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2026-10-14 · WILD HORSE WORLD

Arabian desert heritage

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Photo and artwork credits

  • Arabian horse2

    Credit: Artur Baboev
    Original source · CC BY-SA 3.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabian near the pyramids in Egypt; 2010; not evidence of breed birthplace
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Bedouin wedding series: Mounted Bedouins racing

    Credit: American Colony / Matson Collection, Library of Congress, via pingnews
    Original source · Public domain; no known publication restrictions
    Identity and limitations: Historic documentary photograph; date and location not narrowed beyond early twentieth century; individual horse pedigrees unverified
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Arabian Simeon Stud (4428290043).jpg

    Credit: Jimmy Baikovicius
    Original source · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabian at Simeon Stud, Australia, 2010, IMG_4241; domestic breed illustration
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; cropped to subject with legs and head retained

  • Arabian Simeon Stud (4428279955).jpg

    Credit: Jimmy Baikovicius
    Original source · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabians at Simeon Stud, Australia; 2010; image IMG_4013
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

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2026-10-15 · TACK & TECHNIQUE

Traditional Arabian tack

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Photo and artwork credits

  • Saddle, Pair of Stirrups, Bridle and Trappings

    Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
    Original source · Public domain / Met Open Access
    Identity and limitations: Tunisian, ca.1860, object 36.25.579a-m; saddle and saddlecloth view
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Saddle, Pair of Stirrups, Bridle and Trappings - saddle tree

    Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
    Original source · Public domain / Met Open Access
    Identity and limitations: Tunisian, ca.1860, 36.25.579a-m; uncovered saddle tree
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Saddle, Pair of Stirrups, Bridle and Trappings - bridle

    Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
    Original source · Public domain / Met Open Access
    Identity and limitations: Tunisian, ca.1860, 36.25.579a-m; bridle and reins view
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Saddle, Pair of Stirrups, Bridle and Trappings - stirrups

    Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
    Original source · Public domain / Met Open Access
    Identity and limitations: Tunisian, ca.1860, 36.25.579a-m; paired stirrups
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Native Arabian Costume Horse

    Credit: Heather Moreton-Abounader (Heather Moreton / Heather abounader); www.abounaderphoto.com
    Original source · CC BY 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Contemporary show-costume photograph, 14 July 2008; not an archival desert scene; VRT ticket 2013030810012291
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

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2026-10-16 · CARE & CAUTION

Reading horse feed labels

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Photo and artwork credits

  • PelletRation.jpg

    Credit: Montanabw; white balance and contrast by Bogomolov.PL
    Original source · Public domain
    Identity and limitations: Manufactured pelleted horse ration; photograph does not establish a specific nutrient analysis or serving weight
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Horse eating hay

    Credit: Wikideas1
    Original source · CC0 1.0
    Identity and limitations: Forage illustration; draft horse, not labeled an Arabian; 4 January 2024
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Futterpellets f%C3%BCr Pferde.JPG

    Credit: 4028mdk09
    Original source · CC BY-SA 3.0
    Identity and limitations: Horse-feed pellets; no brand, nutrient values or endorsement inferred
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; reading checklist added, no fabricated product label

  • Digital kitchen scale KE 901-0329.jpg

    Credit: © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
    Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
    Identity and limitations: Digital kitchen scale, top view; equipment illustration only; use a scale with suitable capacity and tare the container
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Black Arabian horse eye

    Credit: BOBDOGidaho
    Original source · CC BY 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabian close-up; 12 May 2007; no health or emotional inference
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

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2026-10-17 · LEGENDS & LIVES

The Darley Arabian

References

Photo and artwork credits

  • Head of a thoroughbred racehorse.jpg

    Credit: Mjitomobile
    Original source · CC0 1.0
    Identity and limitations: Modern Thoroughbred portrait; not the Darley Arabian and no individual ancestry inferred
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; historical artwork and distinct modern photo combined; identities labeled

  • British sporting artists from Barlow to Herring (1922) (20230863028).jpg

    Credit: John Wootton; reproduction in Walter Shaw Sparrow, British sporting artists (1922); Internet Archive Book Images / Tufts University
    Original source · Public domain; institution states no known copyright restrictions
    Identity and limitations: Darley Arabian historical artwork reproduced in 1922 book, page image n194; archival reproduction, not a photograph of the horse
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; historical artwork and distinct modern photo combined; identities labeled

  • Aldby Park, Buttercrambe - geograph.org.uk - 1712145.jpg

    Credit: Gordon Hatton / Aldby Park, Buttercrambe / CC BY-SA 2.0
    Original source · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Aldby Park, Buttercrambe, photographed 2010; the pictured house dates to 1726, after the 1704 import
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; map has location labels or broad regional marker

  • NED worldmap 110m

    Credit: Gringer, using Natural Earth data
    Original source · Public domain
    Identity and limitations: Equirectangular world basemap; location markers added; map reuse only, no photograph reuse
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; map has location labels or broad regional marker

  • Polemarch.jpg

    Credit: Sport and General
    Original source · Public domain
    Identity and limitations: Polemarch in 1921, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, September 17, page 9; documentary example, not a portrait of Darley Arabian
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Red-Thoroughbred.JPG

    Credit: SloMo2639
    Original source · CC BY 3.0
    Identity and limitations: Red, retired Thoroughbred racehorse; actual capture date inconsistent; no pedigree inferred
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Thoroughbred horse by Dr C Simao

    Credit: Chiraag Simao
    Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
    Identity and limitations: Modern Thoroughbred; 18 March 2021; not identified as a particular Darley descendant
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

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2026-10-18 · SANCTUARY SUNDAY

Arabian Horse Rescue & Education

References

Photo and artwork credits

  • Arabian Simeon Stud(4429043640).jpg

    Credit: Jimmy Baikovicius
    Original source · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabians at Simeon Stud, Australia; 2010; IMG_3965; breed illustration, not AHRE residents
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Arabian Simeon Stud (4429055444).jpg

    Credit: Jimmy Baikovicius
    Original source · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabian at Simeon Stud, Australia; 2010; IMG_4181; breed illustration, not an AHRE resident
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; map has location labels or broad regional marker

  • NED worldmap 110m

    Credit: Gringer, using Natural Earth data
    Original source · Public domain
    Identity and limitations: Equirectangular world basemap; location markers added; map reuse only, no photograph reuse
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations; map has location labels or broad regional marker

  • Arabian Simeon Stud (4429050752).jpg

    Credit: Jimmy Baikovicius
    Original source · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabian at Simeon Stud; 2010; IMG_4053; breed illustration, not an AHRE resident
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Arabian Simeon Stud (4428283629).jpg

    Credit: Jimmy Baikovicius
    Original source · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabians at Simeon Stud, Australia; 2010; IMG_4047; breed illustrations, not AHRE residents
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

  • Arabian Simeon Stud (4429049468).jpg

    Credit: Jimmy Baikovicius
    Original source · CC BY-SA 2.0
    Identity and limitations: Arabian at Simeon Stud; 2010; IMG_4045; breed illustration, not an AHRE resident
    Changes: Resized and placed; no anatomy or tack alterations

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 11 — Redwings Horse Sanctuary

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: Archive photographs at Redwings, 2009: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0. Proportionally resized, otherwise unchanged; original photo licenses retained. Pictured animals are not identified as current residents.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 10 — Marengo

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits and notes: Historical image: James Ward, Marengo, 1824, National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1983.64.1. Public domain; proportionally resized. The National Army Museum records the claim that Marengo was the white horse in David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps, but treats it as uncertain. Malmaison explains Napoleon actually crossed on a mule. Painting is heroic art, not an eyewitness record. Added painting: Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Vienna version; Kunsthistorisches Museum, on loan to Belvedere. Google Art Project via Wikimedia Commons, public domain; proportionally resized. Profile: just over 14 hands (slightly over 142 cm); died 1831; exact lifespan, individual personality and particular ration not established.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 9 — Yew Toxicity

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: European yew (Taxus baccata). Whole tree: AlanFord, public domain. Leaf/aril close-up: Milanaranim, CC0. Distribution map: Giovanni Caudullo / European Commission JRC, CC BY 4.0. Photos resized; map converted SVG to PNG and resized, labeled key added. Map covers native and introduced/naturalised distribution in the mapped region, not worldwide yew occurrence or risk. Planted yews and other Taxus species occur elsewhere.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 8 — Pre-ride Tack Check

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: Illustrative photos, not examples certified for correct fit. Revital Salomon, CC BY-SA 4.0; Ibex73, CC BY 4.0. Photos proportionally resized, otherwise unchanged. Original licenses retained; no photographer endorsement.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 7 — Assateague

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: AssateagueNPS / National Park Service; public domain in the United States; proportionally resized. Additional photo: Steve Hillebrand/USFWS; public domain in US; proportionally resized. USFWS reports Virginia Chincoteague ponies average 12–13 hands (122–132 cm). NPS reports Maryland mares can reach late twenties/early thirties: longevity, not average herd age. Feral and social; can kick or bite. Forage includes saltmarsh cordgrass, American beachgrass and three-square sedge.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 6 — Hagerman Horse

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: Photograph shows reconstructed fossil skeleton, not living animal. National Park Service via USGS; public domain in US; proportionally resized. Second skeleton: Teresa Bear, CC0; proportionally resized. Height estimates vary; lifespan and temperament unknown; fossils suggest herd living; tooth-wear research indicates grazing.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 5 — Welcome to The Horse Almanac

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: Cover selected by user; creator and reuse terms not verified. Michael Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Photos proportionally resized, otherwise unchanged; original licenses retained.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 5 — Horse Height Explained

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: Horse height measuring stick with sliding horizontal arm. Comparison: Pete Markham, CC BY-SA 2.0. Measuring close-up credited to carterse by LearningHorses; reuse terms not recorded. Photos proportionally resized; no pictured height inferred; original CC license retained.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 5 — Horse Body Language

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: Garonzi Stefania, CC BY-SA 4.0; U.S. Department of State, public domain; Kemistrystorm, CC0; Fred Emery, CC BY 3.0. Proportionally resized, otherwise unchanged. Opening facial-expression illustration supplied for original post; creator and reuse terms not verified. Read ears, eyes, muzzle, posture and context together; a photograph cannot establish emotion or diagnose pain.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 5 — Horse vs. Pony vs. Miniature vs. Foal

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: Cover has three separate real photos side by side, not to scale or photographed together. hortense geninet, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Lusitano); Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Shetland); Srobideau, CC BY-SA 3.0 (miniature). Slide 2: Sandysphotos2009, CC BY 2.0; left foal, right adult miniature. Photos proportionally resized in labeled comparison; original licenses retained.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 5 — War Horse (2011)

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: Poster and film stills from War Horse (2011), DreamWorks Pictures, supplied by user. No affiliation or sponsorship. Reuse permission for supplied promotional images not verified.

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October 5–11, 2026 · Earlier archive

October 5 — Haflinger

References and original image sources

Preserved credits and limitations

Displayed credits: Slide 1: Paula Jantunen (Niora), public domain. Slide 3: Thomas Springer, CC BY-SA 3.0. Both proportionally resized and otherwise unchanged. Carriage photograph retains CC BY-SA 3.0 license; no photographer endorsement.

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