Category Archives: History

Each week on #HallOfFameThursday, Horse Network recognizes members of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame with an inductee’s plaque, historical photos and, on the first Thursday of every month, an article written by a...

I made an observation while writing my last two articles and I admit, what you’re about to read is from the point of view of a slightly bitter woman. Just...

Last week, I wrote about the Duke of Wellington and his horse, Copenhagen. This week, it seems only fitting to write about Napoleon and his horse, Marengo. But first a...

I’ve written about the Duke of Wellington’s influence on footwear, aptly named Wellingtons or Wellies. Now, I thought I might look into Wellington’s horse, an off-the-track-Thoroughbred by the name of...

When the regal-looking chestnut took his first steps onto the racetrack just over 20 years ago, the thousands who had packed the Woodbine grandstand roared in approval, hopeful that they...

Brace yourself. This is about to get confusing. I work at an animal shelter a few days a week and the other day one of my co-workers was telling me...

I collect a lot of random facts when writing these posts, leaving me with bits and bobs that aren’t long enough to stand alone. So, this week I present you...

Today we are going to discuss train tracks. What could be more exciting? But as I’m the one writing this, and you are reading it on Horse Network, you might...

“If women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.” If you’re Canadian and of a certain age, then you know where I’m going with this. Red...

The one thing you can assuredly find in a barn is a bucket load of binder twine, also known as baling twine, baler twine, baler string, hay twine, hay string...

I saw a mural the other day and I’m not going to lie it was a poor rendition of what I can only assume the artist thought was the essence...

Saturday, May 6, 2023, was a big TV day for horse lovers, royalists, race enthusiasts and eventers. With Badminton Horse Trials, the Kentucky Derby and a King being crowned, the...

Never in a million years would I have thought I would voluntarily take on a Shakespeare quote to decode. Yet here I am, several decades from the perils of high school...

This week I’ll do away with discussing my higgledy-piggledy process of how these posts are created and focus, instead, on this setoning business I discovered last week. The word seton...

Sometimes in our riding career, we elevate to the point where we’re required to wear a tailcoat. It’s a rarely worn riding jacket but when we get the chance to...

Bucephalus was Alexander the Great’s favourite horse, and apparently, according to many, one of the most famous horses in history. His story, surprisingly, is similar in nature to most horse...

It isn’t surprising that the cars we see on the roads today are descendants of horse-drawn carriages. Nor is it surprising that parts of carriages found their way into the...

Each week on #HallOfFameThursday, Horse Network recognizes members of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame with an inductee’s plaque, historical photos and, on the first Thursday of every month, an article written by a...

I’m unsure what got me thinking about The Black Stallion the other day, but it cropped up in my mind and felt perhaps there was a story in there somewhere....

Each week on #HallOfFameThursday, Horse Network recognizes members of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame with an inductee’s plaque, historical photos and, on the first Thursday of every month, an article written by a...