Satire
Woman Registers Husband for Risky Experimental Drug Trial to Raise Funds for Olympic Dream
A Vermont-area woman is coming under fire for insisting her husband sign up for an experimental drug trial that pays $20,000 to participants, all so…
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Liz Brown
Satire
Study Finds “Horse Bug’ in People is Caused by Actual Virus
A virus may be behind some of the bizarre behaviour that is often observed in the horse obsessed, according to a recent study. Researchers at…
1 year ago
Interviews & Profiles
After car accident claimed his leg and arm, rancher embarks on 350-mile horseback journey.
In March of 2014, Jamie ‘Dodge’ Manning’s life changed forever. The rancher and rodeo rider from Dubbo, Australia, was driving home to his farm when…
2 years ago
List
Five Things I Learned Galloping a Racehorse
So you’ve been around the horse block a few times. You’ve taken lessons for years, been to shows, ridden a few greenies, heck, maybe even…
2 years ago
Fox Hunting
Come Along on a Fantastic Fox Hunt
Not interested in the competitiveness and stress of showing, but still like the pomp and circumstance of getting dressed up and taking your horse out?…
2 years ago
Olympics
Great Britain’s Nick Skelton appeals water jump faults on Day 2 of Olympic jumping
Great Britain’s Nick Skelton is appealing his four faults at the water jump on Day 2 of the jumping qualifier at the Rio Olympics after…
2 years ago
Olympics
Meredith Michaels Beerbaum had just three hours to prep for her Olympic ride
Day 1 of show jumping at the Olympic Games in Rio. If you were Germany’s alternate rider, Meredith Michaels Beerbaum, you’d be looking forward to…
2 years ago
Dressage
Meet the Olympic Equestrian Who Reads Fifty Shades of Grey to Her Horse
Lots of athletes have pre-competition rituals to settle jittery nerves. For Russia’s Inessa Merkulova’s 12-year-old Trakehner Mister X, that ritual involves his owner reading novels…
2 years ago
Endurance
Mongol Derby Ends in Three-Way Tie
After jostling for the leading position for over 620 miles, three riders agreed to cross the finish line of the Mongol Derby together, holding hands.…
2 years ago
Dressage
What Happens When a German Rider Competes Under the Palestinian Flag in Rio?
Palestine is making Olympic history in Rio by debuting their first equestrian competitor. But there’s a controversial catch—he’s a German-born businessman who just obtained a…
2 years ago
Olympics
Canada’s Rebecca Howard on Her Top 10 Finish in Rio
Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master are back following a 10th place finish in the individual eventing final at Rio. The sole Canadian in the final,…
2 years ago
Olympics
Why Do the Equestrian Events Get So Much Hate at the Olympics?
It’s that time again! Every four years, equestrians around the world find themselves red in the face, defending horseback riding as a sport deserving of…
2 years ago
Endurance
Welcome to the Tevis Cup: 100 Miles in 24 Hours
Welcome to the Tevis Cup, aka The Western States Trail Ride. the granddaddy of all endurance rides. The views are stunning, but the challenges of…
2 years ago
Endurance
How I Survived the Mongol Derby: The World’s Longest, Toughest Horse Race
The young teen with a feathered mustache shuffled over to me, his eyes slightly down cast as he tried to shove the lead rope in…
2 years ago
Video
Video: Veterinarian Carlin Jones reflects on her brush with suicide
In the last decade there has been an explosion of research into mental health and suicide within veterinary medicine. A 2008 U.K. study first raised…
2 years ago
Horse Play
10 Things My Boyfriend Said at His First Horse Show
My boyfriend (bless him) has been nothing but supportive of my horse habit. Despite an eyeball-scratching allergy to horses, he pops Reactine and goes on…
2 years ago
Horse Health
Clinical Crisis: Why Are So Many Veterinarians Committing Suicide?
It was after midnight on New Year’s Eve when Dr. Carlin Jones stepped outside her mother’s house into the frigid Maine air. She sat on…
2 years ago
Horse Play
Do you like to run and ride? Try a ride n tie!
If you love running and riding, Ride n Tie might be the sport for you. In this equestrian event, the endurance of both horse and…
2 years ago
Horses in the Headlines
Owners Put Horses in Backyards, Resort to Riding to Safety in Fort McMurray Blaze
As wildfires raged in and around the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray this week, desperate horse owners banded together to evacuate their equines, with…
2 years ago
English
Bromont WEG 2018 Suffers Setbacks as Five Board Members Step Down
Bromont WEG 2018 has lost a second CEO in eight months, following the resignation of Luc Fournier last week. Fournier was part of an en…