You have only two days left to enter to win a FREE bucket of Kentucky Performance Products goodies! The winner will be announced Oct. 3. Here are the contest details: (more…)
Best of YouTube: Equine edition
Each week Jenni Autry scours the Internet for the most humorous, educational, and just plain weird horse videos on the web for Best of YouTube: Equine Edition.
Roll Call: What are you doing this weekend?
Me, I’m headed to Jump Start Horse Trials at the Kentucky Horse Park. (Perhaps I’ll see some of you there?) Sound off, Horse Nation: We want to know your weekend plans! (more…)
Friday Flicks: Masked men on horseback
The Lone Ranger, Zorro, The Phantom… this week, HN film critic Amanda Ronan looks back on Hollywood’s most famous masked men and their faithful steeds. (more…)
Riding the Second Time Around
After the loss of her equine best friend of 20 years, Honeycomb, Jessica Fox didn’t think she’d ever ride again. In the coming months she’ll be sharing with us the story of her physical and metaphorical climb back into the saddle. (more…)
Friday Morning Feed from Ovation
No two horses are built the same, which is really unfortunate, because it means that saddles aren’t one-size-fits-all, and saddles are expensive! (more…)
5 Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Horse Scenes
Unless you don’t mind having nightmares for weeks and being emotionally scarred for life, if you like horses, you should probably avoid these television and movie scenes. (more…)
HN Remix: Am I a horse? A helpful flowchart
Finally, someone has devised a simple formula that will finally put your mind at ease. (Of course, what this flowchart fails to address is that you might be a centaur.) (more…)
The Secret Life of McKenna: Hitting the wall
Between a hectic schedule and a new horse, junior blogger McKenna Oxenden has been going a little bit crazy of late. Today, she attempts to make some sense of it all. (more…)
HN Classifieds: ‘Young Chestnut Gelding – $250’
This ad says the horse “loves food” and “permits slight touching now while eating.” Is that so? Maybe you should try FEEDING HIM MORE OFTEN. (more…)
Kicking RER in the Rear
Not unlike HN’s terrible use of puns, RER (recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis) is no laughing matter. Our friends at Kentucky Performance Products explain how to manage this form of tying-up with dietary changes. (more…)
Thursday Morning Feed from Fleeceworks
If you had 100-plus miles of trail in front of you, what saddle pad would you choose? For U.S. Equestrian Team endurance rider Beverly Gray, the choice is obvious: Fleeceworks. (more…)
7 Celebrities Who Are Allergic to Horses
These celebs might have good looks, money and charm, but they’re also saddled with a condition that would emotionally devastate you or I: an allergy to horses. (more…)
EN Today: Normandy 2014 – A sneak preview
Is it too soon to be getting excited about the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France? Nah. Kate Samuels has got the scoop. (more…)
So what you’re saying is, I can get college credit for RIDING?
Breanne Long, a senior at North Caroline State University, is taking riding lessons as a PE elective this semester and has agreed to let HN tag along. (more…)
15 Fabulous Hermes Saddles
When it comes to high-fashion saddlery, nobody does it like Hermes. For your oohing-and-awing pleasure, we’ve rounded up 15 photos of Hermes’ most artistic saddle creations. (more…)
HN Fantasy Ads: Episode #1
Grand Prix Jumper – Free to Good Home… These ads might sound too good to be true, but that doesn’t make them any less hilarious. A new series by Amanda Ronan. (more…)
‘The most dangerous part of a dressage show…’
After conducting over 50 awards ceremonies over the weekend at the GAIG/USDF Region 6 Dressage Championships, Morgane Schmidt had the following revelation: (more…)
Wednesday Morning Feed from World Equestrian Brands
When it comes to saddle-fitting, Peter Menet is The Man. And nowhere is his talent for fitting and design more apparent than in the innovative Amerigo and Amerigo Vega saddles. (more…)
Video du Jour: Oh, crap
One more reason, among many, that crawling between a horse’s hind legs is a bad, bad idea. You know where we’re going with this, right?
Stable Science: Smell my helmet!!
My barn buddy Jocelyn got the idea to store her helmet and gloves in the freezer from an online forum, and she swears it keeps her stuff smelling fresh with the added bonus of keeping her head cool. (more…)
EN Today: Win a saddle pad from Success Equestrian
We know how much you people love contests, which is why we’re going to let you in on this announcement from Eventing Nation sponsor Success Equestrian. (more…)
News: Rita Crundwell farm auction nets $4.7 million
Hundreds of quarter horses along with tack, trailers and farm equipment belonging to the former Dixon, Ill. comptroller were sold over the course of a two-day auction that concluded yesterday. (more…)
Midlife Crisis: College football’s equine mascots
‘Tis the season for college football. Columnist Amanda Smith returns with a roundup of the NCAA’s horsey set. (more…)
HN Classifieds: ‘Thorough bread – $600’
Last week, we had a Saddle bread. This week, thanks to reader Sarah Denham, we have a Thorough bread. Take it away, Craig’s List: (more…)