Photo Challenge

Photo Challenge: 14 Horses Just Wearing It Wrong

July 21, 2016Kristen KovatchKristen KovatchPhoto ChallengeLeave a comment

Good try, guys … but that’s just not how you wear that.

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Photo Challenge: 5 Horses Keeping It Cool

June 23, 2016Kristen KovatchReader SubmissionPhoto ChallengeLeave a comment

Bring it on, summer, because these horses know how to beat the heat.

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Photo Challenge: Top 10 Funniest Horse Faces

June 17, 2016Kristen KovatchReader SubmissionPhoto ChallengeLeave a comment

Whether you happened to catch them at a bad moment or they’re particularly good at making bizarre facial expressions, these 10 reader-submitted horses take the cake for funny photos.

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Photo Challenge: 20 Reader-Submitted Equine Funny Faces (Preliminary Round)

June 16, 2016Kristen KovatchReader SubmissionPhoto ChallengeLeave a comment

We received so many good entries for this week’s photo challenge that we decided to exhibit them in two rounds! Today, we’re taking a look at the honorable mentions in the preliminary round.

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46 Horses We’d Roll With

May 12, 2016Kristen KovatchKristen KovatchPhoto ChallengeLeave a comment

As submitted for this week’s photo challenge!

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Photo Challenge: 4 Shed Horsehair Sculptures

March 24, 2016Kristen KovatchReader Submission#ART, #SheddingSeason, Photo ChallengeLeave a comment

Art is everywhere … especially in the barn aisle this time of year.

This week, we wanted to see Horse Nation’s creative side and called for your best horsehair creations from the piles of fluff thanks to spring shedding season. As always, our readers delivered — here are four amazing horsehair sculptures.

Least favorite part of #Spring. But I still our big shedding yak of a #horse. Here’s tonight’s 2 inch deep harvest of #winter hair, w/my big size 10 feet for scale

A photo posted by Lisa Tossey (@ltossey) on Mar 17, 2016 at 4:30pm PDT

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” (Caleb Colton, 1820)…. My friend Jess (of Wicked Awesome Grooming – anyone with dogs in the Sterling/Franklin MA area with dogs should call her!!) does this with dog hair. It’s hilarious and I love it. Taking a page from her book of awesome, just using horse hair instead. SPRING IS HERE. #horsenation #horsesofinstagram #springisintheair A photo posted by bumblebuddy (@bumblebuddy) on Mar 8, 2016 at 6:53pm PST

#horsenation Chewy the Dog created by @wriskyhorse. #sheddingseason #spring #equestrianproblems #eventerproblems

A photo posted by Andrea (@andrea.beth_) on Mar 21, 2016 at 9:58am PDT

A little late to HN’s deadline but I’m still posting her anyway. My horse’s coat shedding art creation. It’s a person! Complete with a pony-tail. #horsenation #sheddingart #horsehairart A photo posted by Kristen (@kpie329) on Mar 22, 2016 at 4:12pm PDT

Keep an eye out for next week’s 24-hour photo challenge! We announce challenge subjects on Monday around the middle of the day on both Instagram and Facebook.

Go riding!

Photo Challenge: 7 Readers Getting Their Irish On

March 17, 2016Kristen KovatchReader Submission#IRISH, #ST. PADDY'S DAY, Photo ChallengeLeave a comment

Everyone might be a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day — these horses and riders certainly are!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We called for photos this week that were “all things Irish,” and let our readers interpret that request any way they wanted! Here are our readers and their horses wearing the green, riding in Ireland, or celebrating their Irish heritage.

Chloe J. Laurent: Riding in Ireland on a top Grand Prix jumper when I was 15. Photo by Chris Funke.

@go_riding #horsenation My Irish Sport Horse/ New Zealand Thoroughbred named Bear aka Ichi Pegasus (the colt of Fusaichi Pegasus). Born in Manx Park, Australia in 2005. He loves long trail rides and his grain!! (Photo credit: Carrie Wood @cawood_dvm)

A photo posted by Celeste (@_catniss__) on Mar 14, 2016 at 10:36am PDT

KC Quinn Watson. Photo by Leon Watson.

This is oldie but goodie for this week! #horsenation A photo posted by @karensketch on Mar 14, 2016 at 12:11pm PDT

Lia McGuirk: The jump races at Naas in Ireland when I was there riding out in 2014. Photo by Lia McGuirk.

My husband and I trail riding in Killarney National Park #horsenation #ireland

A photo posted by Grace (@vivaciousgrace) on Mar 14, 2016 at 11:15am PDT

Stephanie Bersell: Niamh B Good, an Irish Sport Horse, ridden by Gibsen Kaye. Photo by Stephanie Bersell.

Keep an eye out for next week’s 24-hour photo challenge! We announce challenge subjects on Monday around the middle of the day on both Instagram and Facebook.

Go riding!