Australian Horse Cheats Death Twice

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Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY (Copyright Amber Heintzberger 2010)

Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY (Copyright Amber Heintzberger 2010)

For the Geo quiz, we want you to name a town that some call “the horse capital” of Australia.

It is located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.

The town kicks up its heels at an annual horse festival.

The town of Scone is the answer to the Geo Quiz.

Anchor Marco Werman talks to New York Times reporter Mary Pilon, who wrote about a horse named Neville Bardos, who is the odds-on-favorite for the US Equestrian Federation’s international horse of the year honors.

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    This just in …
    Neville Bardos and Sjoerd Named 2011 Horses of the Year by the United States Equestrian Federation
    Cincinnati, OH – For the first time ever, the USEF crowned two horses with its highest honor, one from an International Discipline and one from a National Discipline. Neville Bardos and Sjoerd were named 2011 Horses of the Year at tonight’s USEF annual Horse of the Year celebration. Honored for their accomplishments in 2011 their roads through the last 12 months, while both exceptional, have been very different.
    Videos of all of the Horses of Honor are available here: http://www.usefnetwork.com/featured/USEFAnnualMeeting2012