From managing vet records to memorizing dressage tests, organizing your horse life is no easy feat. Lorraine Jackson checks out 10 smartphone apps designed to help you not lose your mind completely. (more…)
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One post, 10 years of Budweiser Clydesdale Super Bowl awesomeness
The best part of the Super Bowl is, of course, the annual airing of a new beer commercial featuring anthropomorphic horses. (more…)
Neigh Sayers: A horse comic
Our latest and greatest Horse Nation exclusive is “Neigh Sayers,” a serial horse comic strip by Hayley Bailington. Disclaimer: Might cause you to spit out your coffee. (more…)
Equestrian Ryan Gosling vs. Equestrian Ryan Reynolds
There’s a new Ryan in town, competing for the task of fulfilling our ultimate dream equestrian boyfriend fantasies. (more…)
Equestrian Problems: Admit it, you have them… bigtime
But you’re not alone. Equestrian Problems is a collection of trials and tribulations that you can totally relate to. Here are our favorites, followed by Emily Kelly’s report on #EP twitter. (more…)
Barbie Dream Barn: A series about stables that make us drool
Have you ever wondered what a $5.1 million barn looks like? Horse Nation is here to give you the grand tour of Sequoyah Farms. (more…)
Are you and your horse compatible?
Katie Passerotti applies the Chinese Zodiac to horse/human relationships. Find out whether you and your horse are a match made in heaven, or whether you’re just doomed. (more…)
Who’s That Girl?: Meet the star of the SmartPak ‘Stuff Riders Say’ videos
Jennifer Ferrell interviews SmartPak’s Sarah Paull about the story behind the wildly popular web video series. (more…)
Am I a Horse? A helpful flowchart
Finally, someone has devised a simple formula that will finally put your mind at ease. (Of course, what this flowchart fails to address is you might be a centaur.) (more…)
Hey! It’s the weekend
And boy oh boy, have we got a treat lined up for you. “Horse Nation: The Early Years Weeks” is a greatest hits album of the best stuff you missed on Horse Nation back when you still had no idea that Horse Nation existed. (more…)
SmartPak Featured Article of the Week
A big congratulations to Megan Kaiser for her story “No Brainer: Wear your freaking helmet.” With 678 pageviews, it was the most-read guest submission of the week. (more…)
EN Today: Remembering Amy
Abby Gibbon penned a touching tribute to Amy Tryon, one of the toughest riders in the sport, for Eventing Nation this afternoon. Go eventing, and Go Amy. (more…)
Wal-Mart: It’s not just for people anymore
You can get all the supplies you need to spring-clean your horse at the local Wal-Mart Super Center, and it might even save you some time and money. Amanda Smith shows us how. (more…)
On the Farm: Old MacDonald had a… nervous breakdown
Because running a horse farm isn’t hard enough, Rachael Walker also manages a menagerie of hogs, chickens, goats, dogs, cats and other assorted critters. If you think your to-do is is long… (more…)
Video du Jour: Anatomy in motion
This video is designed to really get under your skin–or your horse’s skin, rather. A horse is painted to shed light on the mechanics behind equine motion. (more…)
Oh $h!t: Your most humiliating moments, captured on film
This week’s “Oh $h!t” moment is brought to us by reader Courtney Motylinski. The scene of the crime is a first-ever cross-country school with her 5 year old Swedish Warmblood. (more…)
Friday Flicks: ‘Sylvester’
You still have time to qualify for Rolex! If you’re a character in this movie, that is. Get ready to suspend your disbelief, because HN film critic Amanda Ronan is reviewing Sylvester. (more…)
Deep Thought by Horse Nation
“Half of the failures in life come from pulling one’s horse when he is leaping.”–Thomas Hood
Friday Morning Feed
Yesterday evening Horse Nation was subjected to what felt like an avalanche of sad news when we learned of the untimely passing of Olympic event rider Amy Tryon. (more…)
George Morris to undergo treatment for cancer
Morris, U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe, will be undergoing treatment for prostate cancer this spring. From the USEF Communications Department: (more…)
Amy Tryon has passed away in her sleep
From John: Eventing has lost a great rider, a great person, and a tremendous competitor today.
Going the Distance: Introducing our new endurance riding editor
Up until now, Horse Nation has been mum on the subject of endurance riding–simply because I don’t know enough about the sport. Enter our new endurance editor, Sharalyn Hay. (more…)
Intervention: We think you have a problem
You may recall our first intervention, involving an event rider who admitted she “would much rather jump one of the red concrete balls in the Target parking lot” than an upright vertical. (more…)