Channel Archives: Lifestyle

Each day is a new adventure when you’re a foal, but sometimes those adventures require a little help. Thankfully, if you’ve got a good mom, she can help you work through the sticky stuff—like...

What do horses dream about? If we had to guess, it would probably be racing around with their friends, galloping in green fields, and crunching on peppermints—but what do we know? Eddie is...

It’s just over 30 seconds long, but a video captured by Sue Robinson of Leicester, UK this week demonstrates just about everything you’d ever need to about the horse-human connection. No...

Shammy, the dwarf Miniature Horse, is the lap dog of tiny horses. And he’s not ashamed to admit it. At the barn, in the grass, on the couch—he likes nothing better...

When your trainer tells you it’s time to load the horses on the trailer, we doubt she has this technique in mind. But it certainly would impress her. Here, Jedi Horsemanship, a natural...

Born in Gronau, Germany to Turkish parents, Yalvac grew up obsessed with photography and horses. “When I was a kid, I could stand for hours in front of a picture and cry...

Barry Hook is a carriage driver and horse trainer who happens to look a little bit like Santa Claus. Just another Santa-esque carriage fellow, you say? Not even close. What...

I have no problem working seven days a week, rain, shine or holidays, but on the off-chance I fall off a horse and break my face, or my foot gets...

If this video hasn’t made your day yet, it’s about to. Of course, free jumping is one of the ways that young or green horses can be evaluated as over-fences candidates....

Irish wunderkind Bertram Allen and Quiet Easy lost the Grand Prix of Olympia last December because of one. U.S.’s top-ranked dressage rider Steffen Peters was eliminated from the Reem Acra 2015 World Cup Final...

For most of us, the barn is where we find harmony, peace and balance; it’s a place we go to both escape and be found. Sadly, even in the most...

Last week, two horses I had worked with extensively and knew quite well, died suddenly within 24 hours of each other. They both literally dropped to the ground, right before their...

Super Bowl weekend is upon us and for my fellow equestrians, I just have one question: ARE YOU READY FOR SOME CLYDESDALES?! [just say “YES” so we can get on...

It’s not hard to imagine how most of us would choose to decorate our homes with an unlimited budget. Saddle bar stools, floor-to-ceiling oil paintings of our favorite mounts, maybe...

The internet is so incredibly strange. But the internet is so incredibly awesome. How else would we ever have this opportunity to watch a T-Rex ride a Paso Fino who...

Kids may say the darndest things, but baby animals have the market cornered on adorable foibles. Sneezing, especially for the first time, doesn’t come with an instruction manual, and if...

Cribbing and wind sucking are barn vices that most of us can do without. Not only are they a nuisance to listen to (and a real doozy for your barn’s woodwork) they can be detrimental to your...

And then the rains came… The Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, Florida has been cancelled for the second consecutive day. It’s the third time inclement weather has pushed the...

Did he or didn’t he? That’s the question setting tabloids abuzz nationwide this week after singer Gwen Stefani, like Channing Tatum before her, took to Instagram to welcome the newest...

[caption id="attachment_548" align="alignnone" width="620"]  [/caption] Simon is a Florida horse. The 8-year-old Appendix QH spent his entire life soaking up the southern sunshine, until last spring, when Simon packed up...