A challenge to the American Quarter Horse Association’s ban on cloned animals has resulted in an overturn of the rule. (more…)
Video du Jour: FEI Equestrian World – Living Museum of the Horse
FEI Equestrian World visits the magnificent stables at the Living Museum of the Horse in Chantilly. (more…)
HN Trivia: How well do you know your State Horses?
You might live in a state that has designated a particular breed as its official state horse and not even realize it! (more…)
How To: Gain support & make connections
With horses it’s easy to just “do your own thing,” but you could be missing out on valuable opportunities. Lila Gendal shares some tips on coming out of your shell. (more…)
Tuesday Morning Feed from Dubarry
Have you seen Dubarry’s handbag collection? Talk about arm candy–yum! (more…)
SmartPak Story of the Week
A big congratulations to Melanie Eberhardt for her winning contribution, “NickerDoodles: Baby, I was born this way.” With 2,325 reads, it was the most-viewed guest submission of last week. (more…)
Eventing Nation: It takes a village
Ella Rak, age 16, is an eventer and C2-rated Pony Clubber. She takes us behind the scenes of a Pony Club event.
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16 Weird and/or Hilarious Photos of Apples and Carrots
Horses love eating ‘em! But to ingest the artistry featured in these photos–whether man-made or “au naturale”–would just be a waste. (more…)
Video du Jour: Horse wakeboarding, NZ-style
Meet Chloe and Nikita, two Northland gals who enjoy dressage, endurance riding and… THIS. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Where can I order a leg like THAT?
Despite her horse’s best bucking bronc impression and an eventual loss of stirrups, this rider’s leg never budges. (more…)
In the News: ‘Thousands of bees attack couple, kill horses’
That’s a Huffington Post headline out of Pantego, Texas, where a swarm of 30,000 bees descended upon a woman while she was exercising her pony last week. (more…)
Diary of a Working Student: Plantation or prom?
Amelia Bayer is taking a gap year before college to be a working student for top event rider Sinead Halpin–and she’s agreed to tell us all about it! Today, she talks priorities. (more…)
Monday Morning Feed from SmartPak
SmartPak is, like, so smart!!! Today’s SmartTip is from employee Jess, who shows us a smarter way to dress up our jump poles. (more…)
Weekend Wrapup from Kentucky Performance Products
A year ago today, the Olympic equestrian competition was kicking off in Greenwich Park. (more…)
#TBT: 10 Crazy Analogies Instructors Make
Has your instructor ever tried to explain something in a way that seems totally insane, but then kind of sort of makes sense? Yep, ours too. (more…)
4 Tips and Tricks for Buying Horse Stuff Online
There’s nothing quite like the excitement of something new and expensive… or like the utter distress when you look at your bank account afterward. Here’s how to cope. (more…)
13 XC Jumps That Will Make You Pee Your Britches
Have you ever psyched yourself out to a jump that looked scary but your horse didn’t give a second thought to? Yeah, well that is NOT the case here. (more…)
Best of Craigslist: ‘Seeking professional sheath cleaner’ and more!
Reader Katie Bornholdt-Peery sent us links to these totally cray-cray Craigslist posts. (more…)
HN Reader Photo Booth
Say “carrot”! We love getting photos of our readers and their horses–here are a few of our favorites from the month of July. (more…)
Eventing Nation: History of eventing – the insanity begins
If you think eventers are crazy now, you should have seen ’em 77 years ago. Today we recount the fiasco that was the 1936 Olympic three-day event. (more…)
25 People Riding Their Horses Through the Drive-thru
Earlier this week a British equestrian caused a “stink” when she was refused drive-thru service at a McDonald’s. Wherever you are now, lady, this post goes out to you. (more…)
Weekly Watering Hole, Presented by Horse Quencher
How will you be keeping your horse “watered down” this summer? Here’s one idea. (more…)
In the News: ‘Chincoteague pony swim marked by thunder, lightning’
An article in the Baltimore Sun tells how 118 wild ponies made their 88th annual swim through a storm on Wednesday. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Horseback handstands
For today’s “Oh Crap” moment, we thought we’d illustrate the difference between an intentional and an unintentional horseback handstand. (more…)
1 Week, 15 Random Horse Tweets from Non-horsey People: July 20-26
Or, why non-horsepeople should stick to tweeting about non-horsey things. #TWITTERFAIL (more…)