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Kentucky Three-Day’s Latest $1 OTTB Breakout Star Would Like to Stop Talking About Money

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY—Phelps, the 11-year-old Kentucky-bred Thoroughbred racehorse “sold” to U.S. Olympic gold medalist David O’Connor for $1 eight years ago has been making headlines of late—and for good reason. The...

Wellington Blowout Salon Will Say “Non-Non” to Horse Girls in 2025

"You're wasting my time and yours." WELLINGTON, FLORIDA—A Forest Hill Boulevard blowout shop called ‘The Blow & Go Bar’ has made a startling business decision following the wrap of the...

Survey Finds Men in Show Jumping Know What’s Best for Women

If the sea of female faces that currently make up the lower levels of show jumping are any indication, women will soon be killing it in the equestrian industry. According...

Mankini Fails to Make List of Silliest Riding Costumes, New Study Finds

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—A new equestrian research poll conducted by the Chillax Institute just released some surprising results. The Stockholm-based organization reports that the much-buzzed about orange mankini sported by Australian rider...

Just in Time for the Holidays: Hallmark Channel to Release “A Blacksmith for Christmas” Movie

NEW YORK, NY—Promising to be one of the Hallmark's most anticipated releases of the season, “A Blacksmith for Christmas” is sure to be an instant holiday classic among middle-aged moms...

Calling All Aspiring Pinups: The 2024 ‘Barn Babes’ Calendar Wants You!

Do you have hay in your hair right now? Are you still wearing the three layers of horse slobber-covered clothing you fed in this morning, but are too cold to peel off?...

Family Holiday Ends in Throwdown When Auntie June Tries to Put on Dressage

DALLAS, TEXAS—Forget politics. A Lone Star State Thanksgiving nearly came to blows over the candied yams on Thursday when the family’s resident horsewoman tried to take the remote. June Bowers,...

Future Horse Show Stage Parents Vow to Start Newborn in the Saddle “ASAP”

BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS—First-time parents Meghann and John Schnell are wasting no time in giving their newborn daughter, Abigail, the head start she needs in riding. The lifelong equine enthusiasts and athletes—Meghann...

Hunter Under Saddle Rider Removed from Flat Class for Trash Talking Fellow Competitors

WILMINGTON, OH—An adult amateur rider at the Midwest Equestrian Center was forcibly removed from a flat class this week for heckling her fellow riders in the 36 & Over Adult...

Aging Parents Can’t Understand Why Daughter Spends So Much Money on a Passion That Brings Her Joy

DUBLIN, OHIO—In a conversation they have had many, many times before, Amanda Grant’s 50-something parents struggled to understand their grown daughter’s current financial choices. Having ridden horses for nearly 20...

Social Anthropologist Documents Rarely Seen Pony Mom Behavior

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY—Fresh off a week of round-the-clock observation at the 2023 USEF Pony Finals, Thomas Casing, a social anthropologist with the University of Michigan, came away with some revolutionary insights...

Non-Horse Guy Mansplains His Boarding Barn Get Rich Scheme

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA—Former compliance officer Joe Taber revealed he has a brilliant new ‘get rich quick’ plan for his retirement years. The proposition, he hopes, will not only add greatly to...

Teddy the “Killer Pony” of Killer Pony Meme Doesn’t Think It’s Funny

SHROPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM—“Teddy,” the newly internet-famous Welsh pony of the “killer pony” video on Reels and TikTok, isn’t in on the joke. The widely circulated and remixed meme, which states,...

Roomates-Turned-Frenemies Covertly Sabotage Each Other at Horse Show

ALLENTOWN, NEW JERSEY—Two former best friends and college roommates had a falling out this month, resulting in multiple sabotage attempts by both parties—some of them “downright savage” according to authorities. ...

Pony Rider Told to “Stay Back and Watch a Few” Abandoned at Show Ring

SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK—Claire Fisher did not have the round she was hoping for in her Pony Medal class on Saturday during the HITS Saugerties Horse Show. After circling once, pulling...

Hunter/Jumpers Learn to ‘Let Go and Let Flow’ with New Theory of ‘Distance-Free’ Riding

IRVING, CALIFORNIA—After decades following the established hunter/jumper theories of Bert de Némethy, Gordon Wright, and others, a new school of riding is turning one of the sport’s most established notions...

Indiana Horse Trainer Longs for the ‘Good Ol’ Days’ of Horse Sport

NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA—On the eve of his retirement from the hunter/jumper industry, horse trainer Bobby Smith reflected bitterly on the current state of the sport from a dimly lit corner booth...

Busy Working Mom/Amateurs Refuse to Change Out of Lululemons at Horse Shows

AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA—It was hard to tell the competitors from the barre class participants last weekend in the adult amateur divisions at the Spring Charity Horse Show in Aiken. At...

Late Rider’s Son “Passes” On $7 Million Dollars-Worth of Inherited Show Horses

On Mar 28, 2023, at 9:28 AM, Zangersheide Equestrian Law <inbox@zangersheideatlaw.com > wrote: ZANGERSHIEDE EQUESTRIAN LAW One Equestrian Drive, Hollywood, Florida 33004 555-555-2020March 28, 2023 RE: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUESTS Dear Mr. Peter Hughes: On...

Introverted College Guy Only Dates Horse Girls Because He “Can’t Get a Word in Edgewise”

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY—Chosen at random to participate in the University of Kentucky’s annual Valentine’s Day poll, freshman Colton Davies revealed a stunning bit of information to his fellow student surveyors. When...

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