Good Ideas
Tack to the Future
It’s the year 2020, and while it might be a tad disappointing we don’t yet have flying cars or a colony on Mars, those things…
Author:
Marina Callahan
Horses in the Headlines
Home Off the Range: What the $35 Million Population Control Plan Means for America’s Wild Horses
Wild horses are an iconic feature of the American West, but now on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, their future as a symbol of freedom…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
Kevin Babington Sustains Spinal Cord Injury
On Friday, Irish Olympian Kevin Babington sustained a spinal cord injury in his neck after a tragic fall at the Hampton Classic in the $75,000…
5 months ago
Interviews & Profiles
bella bliss Is a(n Adorable) State of Mind
Lisa McLean has a masters degree in psychology, but when her career took an unexpected turn towards fashion she didn’t overanalyze. “When I was pregnant,…
6 months ago
Books and Film
“Lights, Camera, Canter!”
Horses on the big screen isn’t exactly a mainstream draw, so if you wanted to kick back and enjoy a horse flick you might’ve been…
6 months ago
Horse Play
A Night Owl’s Guide to Surviving Horse Show Mornings
The clock strikes 4:45 a.m. and “Blank Space” bursts forth from your speakers, swiftly shaking you from your REM induced bliss. Suddenly possessed by the…
7 months ago
Equine Therapy
When Therapy Meets Thoroughbreds
It was over six-years-ago when the rickety trailer, jostling with rusty bolts, pulled through the driveway of the New Hampshire farm I rode at. Our…
7 months ago
Hunter/Jumper
SafeSport and Dangerous Games
Like a crack of lightning splits the earth, the suicide of popular U.S. show jumper Robert Gage has shocked the horse world into a SafeSport…
7 months ago
Show Jumping
The Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada Kodak Moments
Imagine this is the digital version of the photo album your parents set out on the coffee table at family parties, but better. You won’t…
8 months ago
Uncategorized
And the Canadian Crowd Goes Wild!
Whether or not a “hometown advantage” is fact or fiction is a longstanding debate in the realm of sports. While this is Horse Network and…
8 months ago
Show Jumping
It Takes a Village, 52 Horses, and Eduardo Menezes
Winning, as a rule, most always feels good. But Eduardo Menezes had an extra reason to celebrate on Saturday at Thunderbird Show Park. The Brazilian…
8 months ago
Show Jumping
#TGFB: Thank God For Brighty
The hashtag is trending on Tiffany Foster’s Instagram. Thirteen-year-old gelding, Brighton, has given the Canadian rider plenty to be thankful for over their career. Her…
8 months ago
Show Jumping
“Take Five!” To Read the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada Playbook
It’s been a season of captivating finales for fandoms everywhere. Avengers: Engame inspired superhero enthusiasts to turn our Facebook feed into a digital Marvel obituary.…
8 months ago
Horse Play
10 Ways Guaranteed to Get You Noticed in the Show Ring
They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity. What better time to test that theory than when the length of your class list rivals…
8 months ago
Show Jumping
15 of the World’s Top 20 play a Rolex Grand Prix Game of Thrones
The much anticipated Rolex Grand Prix at Royal Windsor Horse Show lived up to expectations with a lineup of show jumping royalty, the 36 starts…
9 months ago
Show Jumping
Holly Smith Rules the Kingdom of Bahrain Stakes
The CSI5* Kingdom of Bahrain Stakes for the King’s Cup was Holly Smith’s second win at Royal Windsor Horse Show, after putting down the fastest…
9 months ago
Dressage
How to Train Your Dressage Horse
When you watch Charlotte Dujardin (GBR) perform the Al Shira’aa Grand Prix Freestyle to Music with Erlentanz you might reasonably assume they are longtime partners,…
9 months ago
Show Jumping
Wathelet Gives a Lesson on How to Make a Good First Impression
Gregory Wathelet (BEL) chose to make his Royal Windsor Horse Show debut Deusser style with a win in the CSI5* Pearl Stakes aboard 10-year-old Zangersheide…
9 months ago
Dressage
Long Live Dressage Queen Charlotte Dujardin
With a Charles Owen crown, and a dressage saddle as her throne, reigning dressage queen Charlotte Dujardin started her morning at Royal Windsor Horse Show…
9 months ago
Show Jumping
Lorenza O’Farrill Is the “Queen of Coapexpan”
Team Mexico began the 2019 Nations Cup Series dubbed the underdogs. But with Sunday’s victory at Club Hipico Coapexpan earning them a best two out…
