For thousands of years, humans have been using horses to sell products during the Super Bowl. Why not? It works. You think The King of Beers was just born into...
Super Bowl weekend is upon us and for my fellow equestrians, I just have one question: ARE YOU READY FOR SOME CLYDESDALES?! [just say “YES” so we can get on...
The internet is so incredibly strange. But the internet is so incredibly awesome. How else would we ever have this opportunity to watch a T-Rex ride a Paso Fino who...
Kids may say the darndest things, but baby animals have the market cornered on adorable foibles. Sneezing, especially for the first time, doesn’t come with an instruction manual, and if...
It’s Finals Night at the 50th running of the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity in Oklahoma City, and it’s hot beneath the bright lights of Jim Norick Arena. The...
[caption id="attachment_548" align="alignnone" width="620"] [/caption] Simon is a Florida horse. The 8-year-old Appendix QH spent his entire life soaking up the southern sunshine, until last spring, when Simon packed up...
The dating scene is hard. Very hard. And while there are lots of fish out in that sea, the not-so-rare equestrian girl is a unique species. It takes a special,...
On the bit. It’s one of the most common phrases you hear in horse training, but what does it actually mean? Before we can work on getting on the bit, we...
Three-day eventer Elisa Wallace, of Jasper, GA, redefines the term “barn dance” in her latest video blog. Watch her cut a rug while desensitizing the spooky young Mustang, Sparks, to Elle King’s pop hit “Exes and Ohs.”...
The only thing more popular than Adele’s latest hit “Hello”? Parodies of the singer’s instant classic. Now, thanks to Kelly Jewell, we have an equestrian version. Between the mud slinging, dancing on the car and cleverly...
A lot of things can go wrong when your horse slips the bridle mid course. You could fall off, as most often is the case. You could keep jumping, like Belgium show...
This is it. The entire Shetland Pony race calendar has been pointed to this moment right here—the Shetland Pony Grand National at Olympia. These are the fastest ponies in Great...
Not that Coolmore will need much help selling the virtues of American Pharoah to potential breeders, but the global bloodstock superpower has orchestrated an exceptional marketing piece for their prized...
Sometimes it sucks to be a Royal. Like when you’re playing in a charity polo match to raise money for a good cause, but you lose your balance and slide right over your...
Stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard explains dressage. (“It’s brilliant! It’s just useless.”) And shares his suggestions for giving the sport more public appeal. (“Dressage a la burglar!”) Live at the Apollo! (In 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddQs1_HyyAo
In far-East Siberia, the winter landscape is as beautiful as it is fatal; an unbroken sheet of white stretching out as far as the eye can see, desolate and frozen. This...
It could have been bad. Real bad. Two horses hitting the ground simultaneously, their jockeys going down with them. This frightening scene played out during a novice hurdle race last Saturday...
Some horses are natural athletes that can achieve seemingly impossible feats—like Rolex Grand Slam champion Hello Sanctos and triple crown winner American Pharoah. Others, like this ex-ranch horse, struggle with the simple...
And people say dressage riders don’t have a sense of humor… (Watch for the Carl Hester cameo at the end!) [fb-video src='https://www.facebook.com/trtmethod/videos/441043972753891/'] When he’s not busy posing as dressage rider extraordinaire “Brett Kidding,”...
