Don’t worry, the poodle is wearing a helmet. Take it away, Visionaire!
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Best of HN 2013, #17: 5 Things your riding instructor wishes you knew
Between now and the New Year, we’re counting down HN’s most-read stories of 2013. With 28,217 views, here’s #17. (more…)
Best of HN 2013, #18: 9 Horses that shine like gold
Between now and the New Year, we’re counting down HN’s most-read stories of 2013. With 26,800 views, here’s #18. (more…)
Best of HN 2013, #19: 7 Unbelievable videos from the 2013 Mustang Million
Between now and the New Year, we’re counting down HN’s most-read stories of 2013. With 25,815 views, here’s #19. (more…)
Best of HN 2013, #20: ‘First world horse problems’
Between now and the New Year, we’re counting down HN’s most-read stories of 2013. With 23,000 views, here’s #20. (more…)
Pony gets custom 3D-printed ‘horse-thotic’ shoes for Christmas
3D-printed shoes custom-fit to your horse may be the key to stamping out chronic lameness issues. (more…)
An icy rescue in Missouri
Meadow and Zihna’s owner’s heart sank with his horses as he watched the two and three-year-olds fall through the ice at the center of a two acre-pond last week. (more…)
Eventing Nation: Cross-country in-hand
Check out this very cool video of a young horse being schooled over a variety of cross-country obstacles on the lunge. (more…)
Weekend Welcome from Kentucky Performance Products
Did you know that winter can be a challenging time of year for horses with a past history of laminitis? (more…)
I like big ears and I cannot lie
Thanks to Lara Knight’s awesome “You’re Going to Use That Thoroughbred for What?” piece earlier this week, I finally found personal validation on an idea near and dear to my heart: That mares with big ears are superior athletes and competitors. (more…)
Weekly Watering Hole, presented by Horse Quencher: 15 Horses made of snow
From building-sized sculptures to amateur-built backyard steeds, these snow horses give a whole new meaning to the term “cold-backed.” (more…)
Your Turn: Reflecting on 2013 and simplifying in 2014
It’s that time of the year to look back on the old and forward to the new. Jenni Nguyen shares some thoughts. (more…)
Artist Spotlight: Karen McLain’s ‘Portraits of Freedom’
An Arizona artist goes into the wild to capture the beauty of American mustangs. (more…)
4 Games to play with horse people
Horse Nation’s blogger-from-down-under Carrot Top devises some strategies for turning our pain and suffering into amusement. (more…)
Friday Flicks: ‘Nestor the Long Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)’
Wean yourself off Christmas gradually with some holiday-themed stop-motion animation. HN movie critic Amanda Ronan checks it out. (more…)
‘We Don’t Have Tack For That,’ presented by ThinLine
How do you gift-wrap a horse? We found this video tutorial on YouTube. (more…)
Ho-ho-WHOA! Inebriated Santa in Poland crashes sleigh, may face DUI charges
Santa and his helper were way into the holiday spirit. The horse pulling their sleigh? Not so much. (more…)
Your Turn: Kids and horses
Do you know any horses who, even if strong or willful around adults, become gentle giants around children? Erin Long shares the story of her kid-loving horse, Sid. (more…)
Fit to Ride: Pi’s super-awesome back workout
Have you ever heard the saying, “Never take advice from a bunny”? Neither have we. Which is why we’re proud to bring you the column “Ask a Rabbit” (as transcribed by Biz Stamm). (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Dorothy Crowell & Molokai
Last week the eventing world lost one of its great horses from the long format era. Molokai, here’s to you. (more…)
6 Christmas gifts your horse would like you to return to SmartPak
SmartPak has a 100% Happiness Guarantee–but they don’t really specify whether it’s happiness for you or your horse. (more…)
Thursday Morning Feed from Fleeceworks
If you’re a foxhunter, you know that long hours of galloping over hill and dale can mean sore backs for horses and sore bums for riders. Fleeceworks has your fix. (more…)
Christmas Morning Feed from World Equestrian Brands
World Equestrian Brands has a holiday message for you–it’s an oldie but a goodie. (more…)
Horse Nation holiday mailbag
Horse Nation has received some pretty spirited Christmas correspondences this past month. Let’s have a look. (more…)