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4 Games to play with horse people

Horse Nation’s blogger-from-down-under Carrot Top devises some strategies for turning our pain and suffering into amusement.

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Friday Flicks: ‘Nestor the Long Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)’

Wean yourself off Christmas gradually with some holiday-themed stop-motion animation. HN movie critic Amanda Ronan checks it out.

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‘We Don’t Have Tack For That,’ presented by ThinLine

How do you gift-wrap a horse? We found this video tutorial on YouTube.

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Ho-ho-WHOA! Inebriated Santa in Poland crashes sleigh, may face DUI charges

Santa and his helper were way into the holiday spirit. The horse pulling their sleigh? Not so much.

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Your Turn: Kids and horses

Do you know any horses who, even if strong or willful around adults, become gentle giants around children?

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Fit to Ride: Pi’s super-awesome back workout

Have you ever heard the saying, “Never take advice from a bunny”? Neither have we. Which is why

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SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Dorothy Crowell & Molokai

Last week the eventing world lost one of its great horses from the long format era. Molokai, here’s

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6 Christmas gifts your horse would like you to return to SmartPak

SmartPak has a 100% Happiness Guarantee–but they don’t really specify whether it’s happiness for you or your horse.

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Thursday Morning Feed from Fleeceworks

If you’re a foxhunter, you know that long hours of galloping over hill and dale can mean sore

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Christmas Morning Feed from World Equestrian Brands

World Equestrian Brands has a holiday message for you–it’s an oldie but a goodie.

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Horse Nation holiday mailbag

Horse Nation has received some pretty spirited Christmas correspondences this past month. Let’s have a look.

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Some holiday cheer from KickyBrand.com

A big thanks to artist Kellie Lewis for sharing her horsey cartoons with us! We got a “kick”

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‘The Night Before Christmas,’ racehorse style

Liz O’Connell penned a new version of this holiday classic, with a horsey twist.

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Which reindeer is your horse? Take this quiz to find out!

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen or the one-and-only Rudolph…. they’re all “special” in their own

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Meet Robin Wiltshire, trainer of the Budweiser Clydesdales

How does he train them to do all that stuff? Callie Rae King says we could all learn

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Your Turn: The gift of life for one horse at Christmas time

Three weeks ago, Lynn Howland rescued a slaughter-bound Arabian gelding. She reflects on the experience.

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A seasonal montage of images from Canuck Kat (a.k.a. Ponybutler) and Velvet (a.k.a. “Vevet, No!!”)

Our resident Canadian blogger Kat O’Riley sends her homemade holiday regards.

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Christmas Eve Morning Feed from Dubarry

Merry almost-Christmas, Horse Nation! Here’s wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday, from our friends at Dubarry.

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Eventing Nation: Holiday shopping guide – last minute gifts

Procrastinators unite! Erin Critz comes to the rescue.

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SmartPak Story of the Week

A big congratulations to Gen Griffin for her winning contribution, “Cringe-worthy gifts for the equestrian in your life.”

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NickerDoodles: Why Santa doesn’t use horses to pull his sleigh

NickerDoodles cartoonist Melanie Eberhardt has a few theories–here’s her latest.

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You’re going to use that thoroughbred for what?

Each week a different expert ranks three OTTBs in terms of their suitability for a specific discipline. This

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Hey Girl: Equestrian sexy Santa

Here at Horse Nation, we believe you can never have too many half-clothed men whispering sweet, sweet horsey

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Horses in History: 10 nostalgic holiday horse photos

Horse Nation historian Lorraine Jackson takes a look at the various roles horses have played in Christmases past.

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Watch: ‘A Heartland Christmas’

‘Tis the season for Heartland drama! Horse Nation’s galloping film critic Amanda Ronan checks out this Canadian TV

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