HN’s chief bunny wrangler, yours truly, will be a guest on the “Horses in the Morning” webcast on Monday at 9:30 a.m. It should be entertaining–hosts Glenn and Jamie are a real trip, and you can always count on me for over-caffeinated, semi-coherent jibber-jabber. (more…)
Leslie Wylie
Sweet tooth
A horse politely dropping hints that he really, really wants a peppermint really, really bad.
Fun with helmet cams
Who needs a real horse when you have YouTube. The first video is of Peter Atkins’ romp around the WEG cross-country aboard Henny; the second takes us through a random stadium course in Australia. (more…)
Crap horses put up with
It is amazing what sweet-natured horses will tolerate while their owners just stand around and laugh at them. These two were definitely good sports.
My Little Pony: Live action trailer
“What if every little girl’s dream became mankind’s worst nightmare?” Welcome to the pony apocalypse.
Quadrille over fences, some of which happen to be on fire
A fantastic show of skill from the Metropolitan Mounted Police at the London International Horse of the Year Show in 2006. (more…)
Male stripper show-jumping
This is the one you’ve been waiting for, ladies. They raise the jumps to the top of the standards, and then they start taking their clothes off.
Dog show-jumping
Soaring Cindy breaks the Guinness World Record Highest jump by a dog at the 2006 Purina Incredible Dog Challenge.
Zebra show-jumping
Because zebras are horses, too. (Well, sort of.) Here, among other talents, Zack the Zebra demonstrates that he can jump 2’8″.
Cat show-jumping
Well, I guess technically it’s gridwork. Cat gridwork. Bonus points for weird European techno elevator music.
Cow show-jumping
One enterprising German teenager refused to give up her dream when her parents said she couldn’t have a horse. Take that, Mutter and Vader.
It’s not what you think
HN’s in-house cowgirl Kristen Kovatch brings us this video of 2010 All American Quarter Horse Congress Freestyle Reining winner, Pickup Chic, ridden by Laura Mae Schoeller and disguised as a racehorse. (more…)
Classic Totilas awesomeness
I just never get tired of watching this freak of nature perform. The video of his Grand Prix Kür from the FEI World Cup in 2009 always gives me the chills. 92.3 percent… not bad. (more…)
Another classic racetrack call
Public service announcement: Puh-lease, racehorse owners, do not name your horse after the sound a pirate makes. It’s just not classy.
Best. Racing. Call. Ever.
Horse Nation contributor Laura Cox brings us this video from Monmouth Park, where it’s a race to the wire between two horses coincidentally named My Wife Knows Everything and The Wife Doesn’t Know. (more…)
Hey! It’s the weekend
Happy Saturday morning, Horse Nation! Hope the weather didn’t beat up on to you too badly yesterday, and our thoughts are with those suffered damages and loss. (more…)
Friday night movie review: ‘Shergar’
Setting ’em up and knocking ’em down… that’s what HN’s dedicated movie critic Amanda Ronan is doing with her comprehensive list of every horse movie ever made. (more…)
Rolex Fever claims another victim
We just got a warning from the National Center for Disease Control, something about Rolex Fever? It’s supposed to be highly contagious. Latest victim: 16-year-old Emily Kelly. (more…)
A ‘Problem Horse’: Coping with EPSM
ESPM, or Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy, is a metabolic disease that Jody Webb had never even heard of–until her horse was diagnosed with it. (more…)
How To Draw a Horse: Five easy steps
You can always count on Horse Nation to deliver informative, educational articles addressing important life skills, and this is no exception. (more…)
Friday night hot date for lonely horsepeople
Tumbleweed blowing across your social calendar? Fear not–the USEF Network has big plans for you this weekend: three days of action-packed jumping competition, live from Wellington. (more…)
Video du Jour: By request from the HN bunny street team
I have this video bookmarked so whenever I start feeling stressed out, I can watch it and my blood pressure immediately comes floating back down. It’s called, “Sleepy baby bunny.” (more…)
Your Turn: Why I hate the doctor (or, why I love my vet)
Her horse may or may not agree, but if you ask Caitrin O’Shea, taking a horse to the vet is way less frustrating to taking yourself to the doctor. Even though in theory it should be the other way around. (more…)
EN Today: A parent’s point of view
Kristina Ennis has watched her daughter Jules grow from a wee pony rider to a young adult competing at the upper levels. Today, as Jules turns 18, her mom takes a moment to reflect. (more…)