Category Archives: Horse Play

No matter where you live, what your discipline, or how fancy your stable is, one thing is for certain: barn friendships are the best kinds of friendships, and they're pretty much all...

Horse show long enough and there will be moments when your hard work, dedication, and sweat equity will seem to magically come together. It may be the perfect execution of a...

Horse people know we aren't exactly rational when it comes to our animals. Actually, we may not know, but if we do, we definitely don't care. How do you know...

Whether you have a question about horse care, are looking for a proven training tip, or want to up your horse show game, excellent advice from reputable sources can be...

What's the best thing about a barn friend? To start, let's just say it's great to have pals at the place where you spend most of your time. Friends who understand...

Last night on The Bachelorette romance was in the air—as was the distinct waft of manure (and it wasn't necessarily coming from the horse barn). You don't need to be a fan of...

One evening you go to sleep thinking everything will be as it was when you get up in the morning, only to discover you've awoken in a strange new world...

If at first you fall off in the International Hunter Derby, try, try, try again. By any means possible... Professional hunter rider Amanda Steege, of Califon, New Jersey, takes us...

Few aspects of society have transformed over time like the art of courtship. There are many who believe courtship is all but extinct. Vestiges of the old-fashioned methods, like politely asking...

By and large, winter days in non-Florida climates tend to come in varying degrees of awfulness. The one bright spot? That ever-present chance of a snow day. For kids and...

In London, 2012, Ian Millar set the record for being the first athlete from any sport, in any nation, to compete in 10 Olympic Games. He capped off the honor...

This weekend nearly every city—town—village—parish—hamlet—in America will stage an Independence Day parade. Bands marching, fireworks booming, politicians smirking, local celebs and beauty queens waving, towns people imbibing and of course, horses a-horsing....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlATnb8hT8o Horse shows can be stressful on amateurs. You know this. Your trainer knows this. Yet somehow the two of you are having a failure to communicate. She's explaining your course....

Horses have a reputation for making most things more complicated than they need to be, and it's not entirely undeserved. They come up unsound two days before the horse show....

Show horses have difficult jobs. Learning to live life on the road; working long hours in the cold, rain, or shine; standing still for the braider in the wee hours...

Anyone who has ever taken the time to search "Karl Cook" on Twitter (no, just me?) knows that the Internet is rife with photos of the Californian rider kissing his...

Is the world ready for a mainstream riding reality series? Viewers in the U.K. are deciding this month, where the five-part Blue Chip All-Star Academy series is airing on Sky Channel...

We're not sure when or how it happened that Leonardo DiCaprio became the poster boy for the funniest horse memes on the Internet. All we know is that he is....

When most people come into an unexpected windfall, they take a bit of that money and spend it on something frivolous. A dinner out at a fancy restaurant. A vacation...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCP4OPv0TNs The horse is by nature a social animal, and their ability to make friends outside their own species is the stuff of endless Internet GIFs and YouTube videos. Horses...