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Leslie Wylie
Marauding Mosquitos: How to keep them at bay
Mosquitoes are more than just annoying–they’re carriers of disease. Kentucky Performance Products tells us how to protect yourself and your horse. (more…)
HN Classifieds: ‘family looking for an older broke horse in north ga’
This family thinks they need a horse, but what they really need is spellcheck. Check out this hilarious typo… (more…)
Clinic Report: A weekend with Steuart Pittman
Most recently known for his leadership of the Retired Racehorse Training Project, Maryland-based event rider Steuart Pittman is a popular clinician. Katie Passerotti explains why. (more…)
Daily Dose of Adorable: When tiny ponies dream, what do they dream about?
Baby carrots? Apple slices? Little handfuls of grain? I guess we’ll never know. But it sure is cute to watch. (more…)
As the Hotwalker Turns: Oh, the places you’ll go… and the things you’ll see there
Our columnist Katy Groesbeck takes a break from eventing to kick everyone’s butt at a dressage show. (more…)
In My Boots: Dressing the part
Baker plaid, Joules jerseys, polo shirt popped collars… this week our in-house cowgirl Kristen Kovatch admits to having some serious English fashion envy. (more…)
Tuesday Morning Feed from Dubarry
If you’re like many horsegirls, you’re not exactly into kitten heels and designer clutches. But Dubarry boots and matching handbags? That’s a different story. (more…)
EN Today: An eventer goes to the USHJA Hunter Derby Finals
EN’s chief chinchilla wrangler Visionaire skipped over to the Kentucky Horse Park over the weekend to watch the USHJA Hunter Derby Finals. Here’s her report: (more…)
The Riding School: Showtime
Horse shows offer riding students an opportunity to put their skills in action–and practice other virtues, like persistence and sportsmanship, in the process. The Riding Instructor shares some insight. (more…)
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. (more…)
Horses in History: The Hungarian Heroine, Part III
This week Lorraine Jackson concludes her deeply fascinating three-part series on the little-known story of Judith Gyurky and her Clover Horses. (more…)
SmartPak Story of the Week
A big congratulations to Morgane Schmidt for her winning contribution, “The Idea of Order: A horse comic.” With 539 reads, it was the most-viewed guest submission of last week. (more…)
HN Classifieds: ‘Miniature horse and pot belly pig – $1’
Horse Nation Classifieds is a new column in which we feature ridiculously bad equine ads from around the country. Like this one, for two ponies and a pig in Waynesboro, PA. (more…)
First Aid for Lawn Darts
Bernadette Kilcer knows a thing or two about “Oh $h!t” moments. Here, she shares some tips for accident preparation and post-fall damage control. (more…)
Horse Haiku
It’s Monday again
Check your email, fax some stuff
Sneak peeks at HN
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Monday Morning Feed from SmartPak
If you’ve ever had the experience of buying a new saddle, you know it can be stressful–what if it doesn’t fit? Or you ride in it a few times and decide you just don’t like it? (more…)
Daily Dose of Adorable: ‘Two-Year-Old Show Jumper’
Cuteness alert: This two-year old could ride before he could walk and loves spending his days helping mum out around the barn. (more…)
EN Today: The beauty of the schooling show
Kate Samuels rediscovers why schooling shows are such fantastic educational opportunities for horses and riders alike. (more…)
Weekend Reader
Like the Sunday Times, but for horse people. Jessica Bortner-Harris and Tori Rodriguez of Eventing Nation compiled this list of all the equestrian news that’s fit to print. (more…)
Weekend Wrapup from Kentucky Performance Products
Hope you’re enjoying another beautiful weekend here in Horse Nation! I hope it’s as exciting or relaxing as you wish it to be. (more…)
A Lesson with Lauren Sprieser (with a special guest appearance by Naked George Clooney)
Recently, I had the opportunity to take a lesson with one of the hottest 20something trainers in the dressage biz, Lauren Sprieser. (more…)
Oh $h!t: Your most humiliating moments, captured on film
No Friday here at Horse Nation would be complete without an episode of “Thrills and Spills.” Today’s Oh $h!t moment is brought to you by reader Jessi Dery. (more…)
Friday Flicks: ESPN’s 30 for 30 – Charismatic
The story of 1999 Derby winner Charismatic and his jockey, Chris Antley, is one of both inspiration and tragedy. HN film critic Amanda Ronan reviews ESPN’s portrayal of their story. (more…)
Video du Jour: Who needs a horse trailer when you’ve got a back seat?
Alternate title: What is wrong with people? I hope that pony poops all over their car, I really do. (more…)