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Best of Craigslist: ‘Ranch gelding/cowgirl included (package deal)’

“My girlfriend says if I sell him shes leaving so she’s included.” Uh-oh. PLUS a “welch” pony and →

You’re Going to Use That Thoroughbred for What?

Each week a different expert ranks three off-track thoroughbreds in terms of their suitability for a specific discipline. →

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Monday Morning Feed from SmartPak

Want horse stuff for Christmas? When you’re dealing with un-horsey gift givers, better be a little more specific. →

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Weekend Wrapup from Kentucky Performance Products

In the latest episode of “EJ’s World,” EJ tries his hand at barrel racing… with varying degrees of →

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Best Gift Ever: 3 Ways to Transform Bedroom to Barn

I’m sure I wasn’t the only horse-crazy kid who dreamed of Saddle Club-esque sleepovers in the barn. But →

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NEWS: Court Lifts Ban on Horse Slaughter

It’s a controversial subject. Where do you stand? →

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NEWS: New Equine Species Fossil Discovered

Note: It wasn’t this fossil. →

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Weekly Watering Hole, Presented by Horse Quencher: Reason #37 why I hate winter

Frozen. Water. Troughs. Here, allow me to demonstrate… →

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Winter with Horses ‘O Canada!’ Style: 20 tips to help you survive the Big Freeze

A bit nippy out there, eh? HN’s resident Canuck Kat O’Riley offers a sampling of wintry wisdom. →

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Eventing Nation: (in)Famous Eventing Netspeak, Part 1

LOL actually means Lame On Left… and other ways to translate netspeak for eventers. By the (in)Famous Lindsay →

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Equestrian Myth vs. Reality

If you think being a horse person is all galloping through misty meadows and handing your horse off →

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Friday Flicks: ‘The Small One’

HN movie critic Amanda Ronan finds a lot to love about The Small One, a short Walt Disney →

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Best of Craigslist: ‘Registrated gelding – $700 (Deland)’

Registrated?!? PLUS: Ads for the scariest horse trainer ever and two suspicious-looking dressage horses. →

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New Netflix Series to Feature Washed-up, Alcoholic Horse

The horse’s character will be voiced by Will Arnett (Arrested Development), with co-stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and →

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What’s in Your Winter Survival Kit?

Vermont eventer Lila Gendal shares some tricks of the trade for not freezing to death at the barn. →

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Carley Sparks: If horses sold themselves

Between unemployment and a depressed economy, times are tight — even for equines. This horse is desperate for →

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Friday Morning Feed from Ovation

‘Tis the season for holiday shopping. Here are seven amazing stocking-stuffer ideas for under $20 from our friends →

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Eventing Nation: Show EN your ink — reader submissions

Sally Spickard has been hard at work curating an online gallery of horsey reader tattoos. Here’s her latest →

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SmartPak Story of the Week

A big congratulations to Laura Berling for her winning contribution, “14 Things No One Told Me Before I Bought →

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Video: The Prancercise lady is now prancercising for pistachios

She calls it “crackcercise,” you know, because they’re pistachios. Ha ha. And it only gets worse from there. →

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Here Kitty, Kitty: The story of a im-purr-fectly named thoroughbred dynasty

Kitten’s Dumplings, Kitten Kaboodle, Big Blue Kitten… what’s with all these feline-themed racehorse names? Heather Benson investigates. →

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What Do Horse Trailers and Bedrooms Have in Common?

Has your sex life lost its sizzle and neither side seems willing to budge? Couples counselor Anne Asch, →

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NickerDoodles: Why don’t horses pull Santa’s sleigh?

NickerDoodles cartoonist Melanie Eberhardt has a few theories. →

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Fit to Ride: Ring in the holidays, kettle-bell style!

HN hardbody Biz Stamm shows us some kettle-bell exercises for building in-the-saddle strength. (Breeches as workout attire optional.) →

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‘We Don’t Have Tack for That,’ Presented by ThinLine: You’re doin’ it wrong, part II

Every real horse person knows you shouldn’t… →