Carley Sparks, Author at Horse Network

12 Signs You Suffer From Post Working Student Disorder

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...

Grab a Tissue, This Kleenex Commercial Is Going to Make You Cry

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...

Vaulting Is Cool Now. We Thought You Should Know.

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...

7 Facts About Girths Your Horse Wants You to Know

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...

You Can Stop Looking, THIS Is the Cutest Cowboy on the Internet (This Week)

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?...

The Incredible Record of Trevor Breen’s One-Eyed Wonder Horse, Adventure de Kannan

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...

Stud Meets Toy Horse. Stud Destroys Toy Horse.

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:...

Six Micro Lessons With Charlotte Dujardin

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...

The Most Overlooked Fundamental in Flat Training

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...

Everything You Need to Know About Eventing’s World #1, Michael Jung

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...

11 Horses That Are Not Sorry for What They’ve Done

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"]...