Author Archives: Carley Sparks

McLain Ward's mount Rothchild is often described as "expressive" and “charismatic” when what people really mean is he has the equine equivalent of resting b*tch face. It's what happens when...

Seven years ago, Ian Debeer was one of the most prolific street artists in Pittsburgh. He was no. 2 on the Graffiti Task Force list of "10 Most Wanted Graffiti...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk_tD_CYxBE Earlier this week, Kate Severson posted on “10 Things You Should Know Before Becoming a Working Student.” It’s full of mad #equestriantruths for aspiring working students. Now let’s fast forward 15...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P23SlBQvF6g 1000 Awesome Things is a website that celebrates life’s little pleasures. Since it launched in 2008, it’s generated not one, but three New York Times best selling books, and...

Oh, hey. Feel like having your heart ripped out, squeezed to the brink of despair and then wrung dry? It’s your lucky day! Kleenex has just the thing to fit that tall...

He won his first championship medal at the Pan American Games (Individual Silver). He’s currently leading the 2015 Hagyard Challenge Series at Kentucky Horse Park. (The winner gets a $50k bonus). And he’s...

Watch Team RSV Neuss-Grimmlinghausen (GER) take the win in the first freestyle round of international group competition at the CVIO4* in Verden with a score of 9.003! And look super dope in their...

Elastic on the girth hinders saddle security. Bloating does not. Tension fluctuates with pace. Forget everything you think you know about girths. The research is in and it goes against almost...

Small children riding patient ponies is always a recipe for cute. But a small child nearly falling off a well-behaved pony, in slow motion, then recovering to finish his pattern and canter home hands-free?...

When Trevor Breen and his one-eyed horse Adventure de Kannan won the famedEquestrian.com Hickstead Derby last year, it was a long sought victory. Prior to 2014, Breen and “Addy” had won nearly...

Carrots. Scratches on their withers. Leisurely days spent grazing in the sun. Horses like a lot of things. Stuffed animatronic versions of themselves are just not among them. Case in point:...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_5JiZWChY Charlotte Dujardin held her first clinic in Canada earlier this month, and PSdressage.com was on the scene in Surrey, BC, reporting live all the minute-to-movement action that was this year's most...

If you do a Google search for “Juergen von Buttlar,” you’ll find one article and a few random quotes from people promoting the fact that they’ve trained with him or had their...

In May 2015, Michael Jung (GER) put paid to William Fox-Pitt (GBR)’s 12-month strong hold on top of the FEI World Eventing Rankings. He's held on to that title nearly every...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDYhjggZMk0 What’s a little public humiliation between friends? HILARIOUS, that’s what. #sorrynotsorry horses. [caption id="attachment_764" align="alignnone" width="640"] ©artandbeautyfreak via flickr CC[/caption] [caption id="attachment_763" align="alignnone" width="600"] ©stickynotesfromparis.tumblr.com[/caption] [caption id="attachment_761" align="alignnone" width="528"]...

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On approach to a jump there are three distances that will present themselves “on the screen,” says USET veteran Bernie Traurig. “You’re on stride, so you have nothing to do...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L82RgxqAQBs Riding lessons? More like life lessons... 1. Sleep is a luxury, not a necessity.   2. You’ll be the one cleaning up the crap in this relationship. Every. Time.  ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a-72_q1zeQ Horse girls are often referred to as “crazy cat ladies with more money” but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some compelling reasons you should give dating one a shot!...

BRACE YOURSELF. Things are about to get personal. I was 22 and had just finished a semester of novel reading at University. As was my custom at that time, I went to groom...