What do you think about this ad from MoveOn.org featuring a talking horse who claims to be Rafalca? Even from a bipartisan standpoint, I think it’s pretty annoying. (more…)
Leslie Wylie
In My Boots: Work it, girl
Lights, camera… This week, HN’s in-house cowgirl Kristen Kovatch recounts her recent experience of being filmed while working a cattle drive.
Horse Haiku
Nickers and neighs.
Never happier than when
I come down with grain.
By Liz Fletcher (more…)
Tuesday Morning Feed from Dubarry
Dubarry is celebrating its 75th anniversary by giving back to an important cause. Every cent raised by sales of their special limited edition Pink Ribbon Boots goes toward Breast Cancer Research. (more…)
Olympic Happy Hour: August 6
Throughout the Olympics, Horse Nation will be capping off each day with a pint-sized synopsis of the most recent Olympic equestrian sporting festivities. Here’s your Happy Hour report for Monday, August 6. (more…)
Video du Jour: Equine high dive
Move over, Head of the Lake. This bit of 1923 film footage, featuring a horse diving off a 60-foot platform into a tiny pool of water, makes me weak in the knees. (more…)
Oh $h!t: Your most humiliating moments, captured on film
Today’s “Oh $h!t” moment is brought to you by reader Mackenzie Page and her horse Kody, who clearly has some strong opinions about the importance of dressage. (more…)
Let’s Discuss: Do you think the U.S. equestrian team is going to win any medals AT ALL?
As another team medal slips out of our hands, who do you think represents our best chance of not coming home empty-handed? (more…)
Horses in History: A Hungarian Heroine, Part I
Lorraine Jackson stumbled across this crazy story of a woman and a horse who transcended extraordinary odds not only to survive, but to find one another. (more…)
Snapshot: The Walnut Grove Driving Competition
Megan Kaiser fills us in on the grand traditions of the largest annual pleasure driving show in the world, taking place August 8-12 in Pittsford, NY. (more…)
The Riding School: A column about the people who teach us how to ride
This week, The Riding Instructor offers some tips for helping students work their way through steep learning curves without frustration. (more…)
Horse Haiku: Olympic edition
Gold, silver or bronze
You are still better riders
Than we’ll ever be:)
By Wylie (more…)
Monday Morning Feed from SmartPak
We’re over a week into the Olympics and SmartPak’s Sarah and Colby are still going strong in London, bringing us the latest news and commentary from Greenwich Park. (more…)
SmartPak Story of the Week
A big congratulations to Kirsten Collins for her winning contribution, “Sunday Wine Tasting: Olympic edition.” With 776 page views, it was the most-viewed guest submission of last week. (more…)
Meet Flexible, the horse who is keeping the U.S. show jumping team’s medal hopes alive
With their double-clear round today, Rich Fellers and Flexible earned the U.S. passage to the second round of team competition tomorrow. (more…)
Olympic Happy Hour: August 5
Throughout the Olympics, Horse Nation will be capping off each day with a pint-sized synopsis of the most recent Olympic equestrian sporting festivities. Here’s your Happy Hour report for Sunday, August 5. (more…)
CBS Sports: XC is dangerous!
Two talking heads point to injuries sustained by Canadian event rider Hawley Bennett-Awad after her fall at Greenwich Park as evidence that “the cross-country event is notoriously dangerous.” (more…)
Olympic Happy Hour: August 4
Throughout the Olympics, Horse Nation will be capping off each day with a pint-sized synopsis of the most recent Olympic equestrian sporting festivities. Here’s your Happy Hour report for Saturday, August 4. (more…)
Jumping Past Cancer: A comeback story, part 2
Susan Corwin has one last jumping lesson with Susan Harris before attempting her first mini-horse trials back since beating cancer. (more…)
Weekend Welcome from Kentucky Performance Products
The skyscraper highs and Grand Canyon lows that are inherent to equestrian sport are never more apparent than during the Olympic Games. (more…)
Video du Jour: Olympic dressage dubstep
Dubstep + dressage = a match made in heaven. Check out this video compiled using footage from the first two days of dressage competition at Greenwich Park. (more…)
Oh $h!t: Your most humiliating moments, captured on film
Here at Horse Nation, we are an equal opportunity appreciator of both thrills and spills. Today’s “Oh $h!t” moment is brought to you by reader Calli Wildpath. (more…)
Olympic Happy Hour: August 3
Throughout the Olympics, Horse Nation will be capping off each day with a pint-sized synopsis of the most recent Olympic equestrian sporting festivities. Here’s your Happy Hour report for Friday, August 3. (more…)
Friday Flicks: The Movie Olympics
HN film critic Amanda Ronan pits the champions of some of the greatest horse movies of all time against one another in “an epic battle for Gold.” (more…)