Alabama has become the first state to open a rehabilitation centre for horse-addicted teens, following lobbying from concerned parents who say they have noticed a significant uptick of young people...
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 a CVS receipt and the...
Hobbyhorse has been proposed for inclusion in the Paris 2024 Olympics, the FEI has announced. The mounted sport, which is popular with teens in Finland, joins surfing, climbing, skateboarding and...
At one time or another, we’ve all been in a crappy relationship or two, or have spotted the signs of a friend whose significant other leaves a something to be...
Teaching feel to a rider is hard. Very hard. Teaching the proper mechanics of position is also hard, but not as hard. And since trainers have to teach you something because...
As Danielle Goldstein and Lizziemary soared over the final Longines oxer during the jump-off round of the $71,200 Suncast Palm Beach Masters World Cup Qualifier in February, a gaggle of...
Oh, the digital age! For years, we've been nurturing our addiction to smartphones, fuelling our dependency on digital communication and outsourcing our thinking to the world wide web. Then, like...
In a recent groundbreaking study conducted by the National Institute for Equine Studies, researchers were shocked by the discovery that owning a horse is, in one scientist’s words, “expensive AF.”...
It's not exactly clear what is happening here. But judging by appearances, it looks like France and Croatia, represented by two rotund white ponies adorned in flags at CHIO Aachen,...
We have a problem in our house (and at our barn): Missing Spurs. Spurs take on a life of their own and disappear. All the time. But especially after horse...
Are you tired of your trainer? Are you bored with receiving quality instruction from a knowledgeable individual? Do you find yourself thinking “Hey self, maybe it’s best if we just...
Thought Catalog published an article in January that describes the type of guy every girl should wait for. It lists a million different things that someone should seek out in partner,...
For a long time, I thought people were just casually negligent about their grooms' safety. Eventually, it became obvious that a lot of people are actively trying to kill their...
You can debate just about every aspect of equestrian sport, but one fact is indisputable: when it comes to sheer adorability, nothing competes with a leadline class. It's the ponies and...
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 she can continue paying training...
What's in a name? ONLY EVERYTHING. 1. Stormy: wants to be a wild horse. Requires a bucket of grain to be caught in the paddock. See also: Storm, Snow, Wind...
There are a lot of articles out there about all types of amazing barns. Real barns with beautiful vaulted ceilings, ornate stall fronts, with tack rooms that make my living...
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 the Johns Hopkins University School...
Before I started grooming for amateurs, I thought I knew stuff. I thought that horses were amazing creatures with saintly souls and we should honor them for the fact that...
At least one of us is getting an education... 1. How to say “no" Or more accurately, “Hell, no.” Granted, this usually happens when I would really, really like my...
