There are so many things to remember when it comes to packing for horse shows. There's the paperwork, tack, feeding, and grooming supplies. There's clothes for your regular classes and clothes for your special classes (eh...
When artist Garðar Ólafsson decided to combine Icelandic horses and waterfalls in stunning black and white video, the similarities between the two may not have been immediately apparent. But in art, the...
When Trevor Breen and his one-eyed horse Adventure de Kannan won the famedEquestrian.com Hickstead Derby last year, it was a long sought victory. Prior to 2014, Breen and “Addy” had won nearly...
Carrots. Scratches on their withers. Leisurely days spent grazing in the sun. Horses like a lot of things. Stuffed animatronic versions of themselves are just not among them. Case in point:...
Attention horse shoppers: unimpressed by the offerings on your local Facebook classified page? It may be time to give the Great White North a shot. "Well, of course," you might...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDYhjggZMk0 What’s a little public humiliation between friends? HILARIOUS, that’s what. #sorrynotsorry horses. [caption id="attachment_764" align="alignnone" width="640"] ©artandbeautyfreak via flickr CC[/caption] [caption id="attachment_763" align="alignnone" width="600"] ©stickynotesfromparis.tumblr.com[/caption] [caption id="attachment_761" align="alignnone" width="528"]...
The ground blurs beneath us. My horse’s hooves roar into a thunder. The wind moving past causes tears to stream freely from my eyes and I blink quickly to see...
For celebrities, life is rarely simple. The paparazzi never quit; cellphone, email, and vacation privacy is an illusion at best; and the constant public scrutiny is enough to reduce most grown men to tears. When...
On a recent trip home to Upstate New York, my mom and I planned an afternoon outing to visit my retired OTTB 30 minutes outside of town. I offered to drive,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNXUho0YbaA You’re heading to the first jump on course. What could go wrong? ONLY EVERYTHING. 1. Your horse spooks A golf-cart backfires, the speakers pop, Jumbotron blows a bulb, the mere...
It is 2015 and horses, instead of graduated cylinders, still remain key players in the production of Premarin. Premarin is prescribed to women to reduce menopausal symptoms and minimize the...
Chances are, somewhere back in your training history, there was a horse or many different horses that helped to make you the rider you are today. There was the kindly soul who...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGXxOiGYsjk Ah, show week. It's finally here, and you totally, probably, quite possibly got this. Visions of clear rounds and a perfect half-pass have you up and at 'em well...
I do not believe in the old adage that is often said by riding instructors all over the world when a student falls of their horse. “If you fall, you...
It was a thrilling photo-finish in the $50,000 Richard King Stakes at Sam Houston Park on January 17, as the defending stakes champion Quiet Acceleration got up on the outside just in...
There is nothing wrong with your horse barn. It does everything a barn should: provides adequate shelter for your horses, keeps the hay dry and look, you even got a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L82RgxqAQBs Riding lessons? More like life lessons... 1. Sleep is a luxury, not a necessity. 2. You’ll be the one cleaning up the crap in this relationship. Every. Time. ...
Fake riders are easy to spot: their hands are smooth and their vehicles are *gasp* CLEAN! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vup8h3_sfTc 1. You say, "I can drive!" and your friends are like... 2. This...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZarrDZVjd70 Who can forget their first pony? Galloping across open fields, falling off in mud puddles, and beating out the bigger guys at horse shows, the two of you were inseparable—and usually...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a-72_q1zeQ Horse girls are often referred to as “crazy cat ladies with more money” but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some compelling reasons you should give dating one a shot!...
