A couple days ago, we announced that Horse Nation’s awesomesauce submissions to the FEI’s pictogram contest got tossed in their high and mighty wastebasket. Well, we’re not going down without a fight. (more…)
Leslie Wylie
Morning Feed: Thursday, March 15
Good morning Horse Nation! It’s Thursday, which means it’s almost time for one of my favorite columns of the week: “The Secret Life of McKenna & Dorito.” (more…)
On the Farm: My personal assistants
Horse Nation columnist Rachael Walker may think she runs her farm, but her two Corgis–Tug and Dually–know better. (more…)
EN Today: What I learned from eventing
Dressage Today was kind enough to share with us a blog by their senior editor, a former eventer. We appreciate the tip, and a great story to read. Thanks Dressage Today! (more…)
Video du Jour: A superbaby is born
Jerry and Ann Moss of Lane’s End Farm talk about the arrival of Zenyatta’s first foal, a colt by Bernardini, born Thursday, March 8th. (more…)
Deep Thoughts by Horse Nation
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ~W.C. Fields
Do you have a Deep Thought you’d like to share with Horse Nation? Email it to [email protected]. (more…)
The Idea of Order: A horse comic
Horse Nation’s illustrious illustrator Morgane Schmidt is back this week with some savvy advice regarding gift horses. (more…)
Morning Feed: Wednesday, March 14
I don’t know what the weather’s like where you are, but here in the South, it’s another day in paradise. Sunny skies and a high of… wait for it… 81. Hello, first farmer’s tan of the year. (more…)
HN on ‘Horses in the Morning’
Last week, the conversation made a U-turn from horses to stripper shoes. Who knows what will come out of Wylie’s mouth this week? There’s only one way to find out. You gotta tune in. (more…)
EN Today: My first Rolex
Readers are rolling out their favorite Rolex memories like band-camp stories. Except, band-camp stories never go: “This one time, at band camp, I accidentally maxed out my credit card at the trade fair buying new mouthpieces for my trombone.” (more…)
The Age Impaired Rider
Dia Moya is joining our team of columnists to represent a special demographic, which she refers to as “the age-impaired rider.” This week, Dia talks about Brett Favre and how there’s no shame in refusing to retire from the sport you love. (more…)
Your Turn: Les chevaux et moi
Horse Nation contributor Caitrin O’Shea recounts the story of how she got college credit for being a horse bum in France, working as a training assistant for a three-star event rider. (more…)
In My Boots: Ranch horse, show horse
Not unlike the hunter world’s “return” to its foxhunting roots via hunter derbies, the Quarter Horse world is taking its show horses back to the ranch. Kristen Kovatch explains. (more…)
Midlife Crisis: The adventures of a thirtysomething first-time horse owner
Things are going so well for Amanda Smith. She’s happily married and the proud owner of her first horse. So why won’t her biological clock shut up? (more…)
Video du Jour: Hiroshi Hoketsu & Whisper 115
The 70-year-old Japanese dressage rider with his London Olympic qualifying horse, Whisper 115, at the 2010 WEG. He was only, like, 68 then. (more…)
Deep Thoughts by Horse Nation
If the world was truly a rational place, men would ride sidesaddle. —Rita Mae Brown
Do you have a Deep Thought you’d like to share with Horse Nation? Email it to [email protected]. (more…)
Morning Feed: Tues, March 13
One of the great things about riding, whether as a hobby or a profession, is its long shelf life. Unlike other sports, you don’t age out at 18, or 25, or 30. In fact, many equestrians don’t even hit their stride until middle age. (more…)
EN Today: Doug Payne and Running Order Red Hills advanced helmet cam
You can never have too many helmet cams. Here’s one more from Red Hills, which took place over the weekend in Tallahassee, Florida. (more…)
Monday Movie Review: ‘The Electric Horseman’
HN film critic Amanda Ronan is steadily checking names off her master list of Every Horse Movie Ever Made. Coming in at #60, here’s her review of The Electric Horseman. (more…)
Give breast cancer the boot!
Dubarry is celebrating its 75th anniversary by giving back to an important cause: Breast Cancer Research. Every cent raised by sales of their special limited edition Pink Ribbon Boots will go toward the charity. (more…)
Video du Jour: Band of Horses
OK, so Band of Horses has more to do with a band than it does with horses. But their brand of woodsy, dreamy indie rock is one of my favorites–horses or no horses, you oughta check ’em out. (more…)
Your Turn: Adventures in walk/trot equitation
After a 20-year hiatus from the horse world, Theresa Nielsen and her invisible gremlin-fearing thoroughbred prepare to take on the world (or at least a bunch of kids) at a local schooling show. (more…)
Horses in History: The Caparisoned Horse
Lorraine Jackson is as big a history dweeb as she is a horse-o-phile. So we’ve coerced her into writing a new series for us that combines the two. This week’s topic: horses and funerals. (more…)
Deep Thoughts by Horse Nation
Riding: The art of keeping a horse between yourself and the ground. —Unknown
Do you have a Deep Thought you’d like to share with Horse Nation? Email it to [email protected]. (more…)
Morning Feed: Mon., March 12
My friend Jocelyn remarked on Facebook yesterday: “Today should be a horse person’s holiday. An extra hour of sunlight means 1. You have time to actually groom your horse before you ride 2. You don’t have to speed to beat the sun after work (more…)