This week, the Riding Instructor shares her experience of teaching three generations of a family–all in a single lesson. (more…)
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Tuesday Morning Feed from Dubarry
People LOVE their Dubs. Seriously, they LOFF LOFF LOFF them. Here’s a sampling of comments from Dubarry’s Facebook page: (more…)
Your Turn: Skinny breeches
Bernadette Kilcer has been fighting the battle of the bulge, and she’s winning–big time. The only problem? It’s time to go shopping for new riding clothes, and Bernadette is feeling overwhelmed. And broke. (more…)
SmartPak Story of the Week
A big congratulations to Susan Corwin for her winning contribution, “Your Turn: Putting the horse before the cart.” With 15,382 reads, it was the most-viewed guest submission of last week. (more…)
EN Today: Catching up with Coleman
Kate Samuels interviews superhottie U.S. Olympic event rider Will Coleman in his underpants about his post-Olympic plans. (more…)
Confessions of Horse Show Mom: Bor-ring!!!
Horse Nation’s official show-mom-in-residence Barbara Hamilton is back with the story of how her daughter and their new pony overcame the challenge of not being challenged. (more…)
HN Classifieds: For sale – ‘what i was told was an english saddle’
It comes complete with “pads” and “belts,” too! Take it away, Craig’s List! (more…)
Monday Morning Feed from SmartPak
You might have noticed the new SmartPak ad at the top of the page that says, “Supplements that are guaranteed to work.” Well, they’re not kidding about that. (more…)
Weekend Welcome from Kentucky Performance Products
If your horse had things his way, he’d probably spend his days alternately napping, stuffing his face and playing grab-tail with his buds. Unfortunately, we have a different agenda. (more…)
HN Safety Tip of the Week: Don’t let your horse fall in a swimming pool
Every day, I run a Google news search for the word “horse” to see what’s making headlines. Can you guess the #1 story that it pulls up? (more…)
HN Classifieds: ‘Appaloosa Mini Mare – $250’
Reader Victoria Smith sent us a link to this ad with the note, “They seriously put a pony in a Ford Explorer? What in the world!!” Enjoy. (more…)
Dear SmartPak: How do I take my horse’s vital signs?
If you’re like me, you’ve got enough equine facts and figures crammed into your brain to give an “A” Pony Clubber a headache–so much so that sometimes bits overlap or get lost altogether. (more…)
Oh $h!t: Your most humiliating moments, captured on film
Here at HN, we are an equal opportunity appreciator of thrills, spills and everything in between. Today’s “Oh $h!t” moment is brought to you by my foxhunter friend Julie. (more…)
Friday Flicks: ‘The Colt’
Like War Horse, but more adorable! This week Horse Nation film critic Amanda Ronan reviews The Colt, a Hallmark movie starring a colt born in the midst of the Civil War. (more…)
That’s Hilarious: A Facebook page for ‘horse husbands’
Our friend Glenn, “America’s Horse Husband,” at Horses in the Morning cracks me up bigtime. And now, he’s started his very own Facebook support group, Horse Husbands Unite. (more…)
Friday Morning Feed from Ovation
Some trends are good. Others, not so much. (Skinny jeans! They just keep getting skinnier! Who can even wear them?! When are they going to go away?!?!) (more…)
A guide to the London Paralympic Games equestrian events
Para-dressage kicks off tomorrow in Greenwich Park. (Recommence chants of “USA! USA! USA!”) Here’s what you need to know.
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Intervention: We think you have a problem
“Intervention” is a series in which we identify horsepeople whose compulsive behaviors have brought them to a point of personal crisis. Here’s the talking pillow, “Window Shopper.” (more…)
The Secret Life of McKenna
Junior blogger McKenna Oxenden hands the reins of this week’s column to her 12-year-old barn buddy Jillian, who enjoys buying things for her imaginary horse, cantering around on her imaginary horse, and catching rides on real horses when she can. (more…)
10 Jumps That Scare the Living Crap out of Us
Burghley boasts some of the biggest, baddest cross-country obstacles in the world. In its honor, we present this list of other jumps you’d have to be insane to point your horse at. (more…)
HN Classifieds: A happy ending
On Tuesday, HN Classifeds re-posted this Lexington Craig’s List ad for a dressage horse that seemed too good to be true. What happened in the 48 hours that followed may leave you reaching for a tissue. (more…)
Thursday Morning Feed from Fleeceworks
Burghley is one of the biggest events on the international eventing calendar. If you look closely, you’ll notice Fleeceworks is in the competition arena, too! (more…)
Video du Jour: Spanish Riding School
“Horse ballet” is a phrase that’s gotten thrown around pretty loosely of late. But this performance by the Lipizzaner Stallions in Vienna is, truly, art. (more…)
Feed Room Mythbusters: Are bran mashes really healthy?
Horse people have long touted the benefits of bran mashes, but are they really all they’re cracked up to be? Kentucky Performance Products investigates. (more…)
Adoptable Horse of the Week: Bramble
Today we’ve got yet another adoptable cutie from our August featured rescue, Pipsqeak Paddocks. A huge thanks, as always, to SnarkyRider.com for making this fantastic series possible! (more…)