Kate Samuels contemplates the benefits of giving your horse a stay-cation every now and again. (more…)
8 Reasons Why Horses Won the Internet This Year
From Colbert to baby Clydesdales, horses have gone viral over the past 12 months. Let’s take a look back at the madness. (more…)
SmartPak Story of the Week
A big congratulations to Lorraine Jackson for her winning contribution, “Horses in History: The caparisoned horse.” With 1,098 reads, it was the most-viewed guest submission of last week. (more…)
NickerDoodles: Pasture water park
Does your horse LOVE making a splash? This week’s NickerDoodle is inspired by Melanie Eberhardt’s horse Bubba, who is happiest when soaking wet. (more…)
Trending: Prancercise on the ‘Today Show’
Johanna Rohrback, founder of the horse-inspired fitness sensation Prancercise, talks to Natalie Morales and Al Roker about her status as an internet celebrity and teaches the hosts how to prance. (more…)
In the News: ‘$1M in pot found hidden in horse trailer’
That’s a headline from the Houston Chronicle about the seizure of a half-ton of marijuana by U.S. Border Patrol agents in west Texas. (more…)
Monday Morning Feed from SmartPak
Your new favorite schooling breeches have arrived! Introducing Piper by SmartPak, the must-have schooling breech of the summer. (more…)
Weekend Wrapup from Kentucky Performance Products
Studies have shown that your horse can recognize voices and match them to faces. But we already knew that, right? (more…)
Let’s Discuss: Mounting from a high mounting block
Last week, we showed you a video from Centaur Biomechanics shot at 300 frames per second of a woman mounting her horse from the ground. (more…)
Video Du Jour: Bambi Breezes at Keeneland
A deer visited Keeneland Racetrack yesterday morning and proceeded to breeze two furlongs with the horses. (more…)
Weekly Watering Hole from Horse Quencher
How will your horse be staying cool and hydrated this summer? Here’s one idea. (more…)
19 Animals With Perfect Jumping Form
Check out that bascule! Look at those knees! These animals would be winning on the “A” hunter circuit… if they were horses, that is. (more…)
Friday Flicks: Need a date?
Amanda Ronan takes a peek at a scandalous Swedish calendar that inexplicably pairs up two of our favorite things: handsome horses and hardly-clothed men. (more…)
In the News: ‘Michael Phelps’ horse to run in Pimlico Stakes’
If you’re an 18-time Olympic gold medalist with a net worth of $45 mil, why not own a racehorse? I mean, what the heck. Here’s the AP story. (more…)
Prancercise: The remixes
Earlier this week, we introduced you to a bizarre (unless you’re an 8-year-old Pony Clubber) horse-inspired fitness trend called Prancercise. Since then, the video has gone viral, spawning these amazing spinoffs. (more…)
Friday Morning Feed from Ovation
It’s getting hot out there–stay cool and comfortable in a pair of Ovation Eurolight Brighton DX breeches with Dry-Tex inner skin. (more…)
Eventing Nation: The third annual EN Blogger Contest
Love writing AND riding? Consider throwing your hat in the ring for EN’s Blogger Contest. Jenni Autry tells us how. (more…)
Evention: Q&A interview
On this week’s episode of Evention, Jimmie and Dom Shramm answer some questions from Evention fans about horse management, training and more. (more…)
Listen: ‘Horse Nation’ the song
Back in the ’80s when music was still awesome, British post-punk band The Cult (you know them from hits like “Fire Woman” and “She Sells Sanctuary”) wrote a lesser-known song called “Horse Nation.” We dug it up for ya. (more…)
Video du Jour: Morgan horses featured on ‘Equitrekking’
The latest episode of Darley Newman’s equine travel show shines a spotlight on the versatile Morgan breed. (more…)
In the News: ‘Missing horse found with help of telepathic communicator’
That’s a headline out of Redmond, Wash., about a horse that was rescued from a ravine on Tuesday after being located by a horse psychic. (more…)
13 Adorable Foals Being Totally Adorable
Some days it just blows my mind that somebody is paying me a salary to do this stuff. #dreamjob (more…)
Thursday Morning Feed from Fleeceworks
We already knew that Fleeceworks had a soft spot in their hearts for donkeys–but recently they took it to the next level! (more…)
Prancercise: Prance your way to better fitness
Prancercise, “a springy, rhythmic way of moving forward, similar to a horse’s gait,” was invented in 1989 but never caught on–until NOW. (more…)
Eventing Nation: PETA calls for end to eventing
Jenni Autry reports that the controversial animal-rights organization PETA has a new target: the sport of eventing. (more…)