Because eventing with one horse just wasn’t crazy enough, let’s do it with 4. (And a carriage.) Day 2 (but actually day 3 at WEG): marathon.
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You Better Shop Around
A good horse is hard to find. After tagging along on her instructor’s equine shopping quest, Jessica Fox feels better about her current polyamorous situation. (more…)
Weekend Welcome from Kentucky Performance Products: Megan’s Go-to Products
What’s in upper-level event rider Megan Lynn’s feed room? She gives us a peek. (more…)
WEG Wrapup: Historic Day for Vaulting
It’s the final day of vaulting, but the drivers are just revving up.
WEG Social Media Corral: No One Actually Rode Horses Today
Unless you count vaulting, but they spend way more time leaping about. We’ll bring you the best of social media daily! (more…)
The 2014 Laytown Races ‘Incident’
This video is going viral on Facebook today — Kristen Kovatch explains the story behind it. (more…)
Friday Flicks: ‘The Great Dan Patch’
This week we check out, literally, the only movie about driving I could find on the interwebz — The Great Dan Patch (1949), starring Dennis O’Keefe and Gail Russel. (more…)
What Would (Nice) George Morris Say? Episode 3
Seven brave readers sent us their very worst photos and braced for their eq to be ripped to shreds “Bad Jumping Clinic” style. But what if they caught Uncle George in a good mood? (more…)
Blackman Ranch: Who Knew Selling Horses Could Be This Much Fun?
Whether you’re in the market for a horse or not, you need to check out this Facebook page — it’s honest horse trading at its finest, and funniest! (more…)
The Athletic Rider: The Missing Link
You have the desire to get fit, and you know what you need to do to accomplish your goals. But do you have accountability? Personal trainer Leah Hinnefeld explains. (more…)
Friday Standing Ovation, Presented by Ovation Riding: International Rescue Horse Registry
Each week we recognize an organization that is doing good work in the horse world. Today we salute IRHR. (more…)
WEG Wrapup: Team Netherlands Leads Driving and Showjumping
Also of note was the drivers’ advanced hat-wearing. (more…)
Demystifying Combined Driving: WEG Day 1
Because eventing with one horse just wasn’t crazy enough, let’s do it with four (and a carriage.) Day 1: dressage. (more…)
WEG Social Media Corral: Everybody Loves Beezie
(#BeezieForPresident now exists.) Plenty from the other stars of the World Equestrian Games too. We’ll bring you the best of social media daily! (more…)
Best of Craigslist: Humans Be Cray
The ad includes a dozen more photos of this poor horse in various states of putting up with people’s crap, and his expression never changes. (more…)
#TBT: Bettina Hoy and the 2002 WEG
Otherwise known as “that time she scored a freakin’ 20.8 in dressage!” The math on that: She earned 11 marks of 10, setting a 4* eventing dressage record that still stands today. (more…)
5 Free Horses
Each week we feature five free horses from around the country who are in search of a “forever home” — like Tequila, pictured above. Could you be their new family? (more…)
Thursday Morning Feed from Fleeceworks: The Tiniest Barrel Racers
Fleeceworks posted this video of a 3-year-old and her pony tackling a barrel racing course on its Facebook page and of course we had to share! (more…)
WEG Wrapup: Showjumper Falls, More Vaulting ‘Airs Above the Ground’
Another day of soaring competition. (more…)
WEG Social Media Corral: Vaulting Is Crazy
So is show jumping, actually: where did the course designers get that TERRIFYING GIANT HAND?. We’ll bring you the best of social media daily! (more…)
SpectraVET Performance of the Week: Bertram Allen & Molly Malone V
A 19-year-old Irish rider has been taking the WEG show jumping competition in Normandy by storm. (more…)
The Athletic Rider: The Wall Squat
While you’re sitting around the barn waiting for the farrier to arrive or your horse to finish its grain, why not get in some strength training? Personal trainer Leah Hinnefeld shows us how. (more…)
The Idea of Order: The Cost of Saving Money on Hay
When it comes to hay, horse owners are like the crazy people who camp out in front of Walmart on Black Friday. Morgane Schmidt explains. (more…)
Daily Dose of Adorable: 4 Mini Horses & a Poodle
These four pint-sized equines just have too much swagger. #cantcompete
Real-Life ‘War Horse’ Awarded for WWI Devotion to Duty
Nearly 100 years after his service in World War I, “Warrior” is posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal for gallantry or devotion to duty in military service. (more…)