Our friends at Kentucky Performance Products share some advice on selecting hay for sugar/starch sensitive horses.
Leslie Wylie
2012 Horse Nation Breyer Film Festival
In honor of Breyerfest, taking place this weekend at the Kentucky Horse Park, we’ve scoured the interwebs for some of this year’s best Breyer Horse trailers. (more…)
Weekend welcome from Kentucky Performance Products
Happy weekend, Horse Nation! Hope you’re making the most of it, whether your plans are of the mounted or unmounted variety. (more…)
EN Today: Drug-Free Victory – 40 Owners Say No to Salix
Forty prominent Thoroughbred owners have stepped forward to give race day diuretics like furosemide the boot, reports Abby Gibbon. (more…)
Friday Flicks: ‘Horseland’
Not unlike Horse Nation, Horseland is a magical place inhabited by horsecrazy girls and boys and their equine counterparts. Horse Nation movie critic delves into the “Horseland” phenomenon. (more…)
Let’s Discuss: Your weekend plans
Me, I’m headed to the Kentucky Horse Park for the NAJYRC Championships/ Breyerfest double-header. What are you doing this weekend? (more…)
The Age Impaired Rider: To old for that? Never!
Dia Moya interviews 73-year-old active event rider Judy Owens, who firmly believes “There is no age limit for eventing.” (more…)
Teresa Harcourt: NAJYRC update
Area VI eventer Teresa Harcourt gives us a recap of how she and her teammates fared (spoiler alert: they fared well!) in the dressage competition yesterday. (more…)
Horse Haiku
Send us your haikus
5-7-5, it’s easy
Horse Nation needs you
By Wylie (more…)
Friday Morning Feed from Ovation
It’s hot out there, but that’s no excuse not to wear a helmet. Check out some of Ovation’s most popular helmet models, each designed to keep you safe and cool. (more…)
EN Today: Will Coleman! Shirtless!
Seriously, anything featuring that boy missing an article of clothing gets an automatic re-post here at Horse Nation. If anyone can make a farmer’s tan look sexy… (more…)
Horsin’ ‘Round: A comic
In the second installation of John Mason’s new comic series, he chronicles the adventures, or lack thereof, of Will and Will’s younger brother Riley. (more…)
Let’s Discuss: Adorable, adorable puppies
The owners of the barn my horses are at just got a Golden Retriever puppy, and it’s stinking adorable. What breeds of dog do YOU think are especially cute as as pups? (more…)
The Secret Life of McKenna & Dorito: Play hard, work harder
Junior blogger turned working student turned internationally renowned photographer McKenna Oxenden catches us up on her latest adventures at Brickland Eventing. (more…)
Media Punchup: Deadspin vs. Dressage-News
When Gawker-owned sports website Deadspin.com contacted Dressage-News.com proprietor Ken Braddick about using a Rafalca photo, it got an earful. (more…)
Going the Distance: Rules of the road, er, trail
Trail etiquette isn’t just about being nice. It’s also about safety. Horse Nation endurance editor Sharalyn Hay gives us a rundown of trail “dos” and “don’ts.” (more…)
Video du Jour: Thea, the eventing guinea pig
Reader Sara Saavedra saw our re-post of EN’s “Jumping Poodle” video yesterday and raised us this: A video of her guinea pig, Thea, jumping cross-country. (more…)
Horse Haiku
Bank account dwindling
Tack store was bad idea
Yay for credit cards
By Wylie (more…)
Thursday Morning Feed from Fleeceworks
One of my favorite things about the horse community, and one of the motivating principles of Horse Nation, is our shared understanding of the importance of supporting one another. (more…)
EN Today: The Jumping Poodle
Eventing Nation and Kentucky Performance Products present: A dog riding a pony over fences. And no, we know what you’re thinking, this isn’t “some kind of joke.” (more…)
Megan vs. Stuart Horse Trials: The grand finale
And now for the thrilling conclusion you’ve all been waiting for. Words by Megan Kaiser; photos furnished by Michelle Hopwood. (more…)
Dear SmartPak: What do western riders want most?
Relief from flies, sound legs, strong muscles… and you’ll just have to read the rest of SmartPak’s “Top 10 Western Customer Favorites” to find out. (more…)
Virtual Coaching: At RateMyRiding.com, your trainer is just a click away
Online riding lessons? It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. We caught up with Susan Starr, founder of a new website dedicated to virtual coaching. (more…)
Road to NAJYRC: Area VI
Teresa Harcourt has been blogging for HN about her eventing team’s preparations for the North American Junior & Young Rider Championships, taking place this week in Lexington, Ky. And Area VI is ready! (more…)
Let’s Discuss: Barn timesavers
Most of us don’t ride in our “spare time.” Rather, we carve time to ride out of a schedule that’s already overly crammed with obligations and responsibilities. Any tips for making barn-time as efficient as possible? (more…)