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Emily & Katy’s Excellent Rolex Adventure: Cross-country remix

Horse Nation junior reporter Emily Kelly and her new-to-eventing friend Katy Beirise sent us this report on their

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Better Riding: The art of self directed learning

Luck doesn’t make you a good rider. Neither does money, or a fancy horse, or an expensive saddle.

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Kentucky Bound?: A reader-submitted Rolex survival kit

How do you do Rolex? Earlier this week, we asked readers to submit tips for navigating the weekend

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Save Woodlawn Stables: A barn in northern Virginia needs your help

Reader Lindsey Hellmuth wrote to Horse Nation with a plea: Could we help gather petitions to help save

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In Case of Emergency: Do you have a plan?

Bernadette Kilcer contemplates the dilemma of the adult single rider who doesn’t have an automatic “go-to” person in

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Feedbag: DQ as First Lady?

Speaking of Ann Romney, Abby Gibbon’s post last week on Mrs. Romney’s “rich out-of-toucher” dressage hobby inspired Megan

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Your Turn: Bouncing back

A few Saturdays ago, Amanda Stapleton’s horse hit the eject button on her, resulting in a broken pelvis

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Your Turn: Tarphobia

Caitrin O’Shea’s horse Zahra does NOT like tarps. Like, AT ALL. Caitrin recounts the story of how, with

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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,

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Your Turn: A frank discussion of the ‘f’ word

Guest contributor Bernadette Kilcer speaks out on behalf of plus-sized riders and the challenges–both physical and emotional–they face.

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Your Turn: Equestrian swingers

Even if you’re strictly monogamous when it comes to your horsey interpersonal relationships, sometimes it can behoove your

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No Brainer: Wear your freaking helmet

Hey you–yeah you, the idiot who couldn’t spare three seconds to strap on a helmet before you got

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The Thoroughbred Chronicles: An update

In February we ran a story about Kait Schultz and Tesla Parker–two university students with a big idea:

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Your Turn: Spring flings

After being stuck in the indoor for a long Minnesota winter, 16-year-old Emily Kelly’s first “outside” ride of

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Tales from a City Slicker: Part I

Whoop-ee-ti-yi-o, get along little doggies! (Or whatever it is that cowboys say.) HN contributor Megan Kaiser trades in

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Your Turn: On teaching teaching

Knowing how to ride and knowing how to teach are two completely different skill sets. Caitrin O’Shea got

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Your Turn: Brokeback riding

Sometimes, the only thing you can do to keep from crying is laugh. And maybe purchase a lottery

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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

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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

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Hey, I’m wintering in Florida! Not

But for a few hours, at least, Horse Nation contributor Jennifer Ferrell got to see how the other,

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Your Turn: Confessions of an old-school, traditionalist snob

Lisi Edwards is a fuddy-dud when it comes to equestrian attire, and she’ll tell you so herself. But

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A Parent’s Perspective

Rebecca Hardman and her daughter Brianne Bielecki haven’t had the easiest go of things. But last year, when

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Your Turn: Hello, Boyd

Two years ago, western rider Maegan Gossett bought herself a jumping horse, and she’s been trying to figure

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Inside EquiCenter: Part II

Yesterday, Megan Kaiser gave us the grand tour of the New York therapeutic riding center where she has

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Inside EquiCenter: Part I

Megan Kaiser is a volunteer at EquiCenter, a New York facility that offers therapeutic riding, hippotherapy, vaulting and

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