There are 70, 000 horses in a country of 330, 000 people: horses are for everyone.

BBC: Iceland on horseback

Team qualification allows a country to qualify a minimum of three athletes and horses, up to a maximum of five.

BBC: London 2012 Olympics qualifying: Equestrian

One of the region's richest sources of revenue here is tourism, and trail riders come from across the country hoping to catch a glimpse of the wild horses.

WSJ: Reviving Slaughter of Horses

While the British Food Minister David Heath believes the horsemeat in Tesco's beefburgers originates from "a third-party country", figures from the Irish Department for Agriculture reveal a six-fold increase in the number of horses slaughtered at government-licensed abattoirs since the recession took hold.

BBC: What is actually in a value burger?

At the 2011 Jockey Club Round Table in Saratoga Springs, New York, Michael Lamb and Dan Singer of McKinsey and Company presented the results of a study commissioned by the Jockey Club, which is the breed registry for Thoroughbred horses in this country, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

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