Hey! It’s the weekend

Good news, Horse Nation: It’s the weekend! (Somehow those words just never lose their charm.) Hope you’ve got big plans, and that those big plans involve horses.

Let’s kick things off with a nice cup of coffee,

one of these bad boys (I TOTALLY forgot to wish you guys a happy International Doughnut Day yesterday–oops!),

and a reading list of links from your favorite ridiculous eventing website, compiled by EN‘s fabulous new writer, Kate Samuels.

Half of Canada’s slaughterhouses are refusing to accept Thoroughbreds

What salamanders can teach us about joint repair in horses  [via Horse Collaborative]

A Lusitano stallion does Brooklyn in style

Beezie Madden is excited about her new Thoroughbred project

The Queen plans to kick off her Diamond Jubilee celebrations by attending the Epsom Derby

Ruth Edge absolutely kills it at Tattersalls in Ireland, leading both the CCI*** and the CIC***

Several Happy Mouth bits were recalled due to breakage issues

Arguably the biggest BA in Eventing, Andrew Nicholson, saddles up for a 7th Olympic Games

A positively excellent collection of  Derby winners on the cover of Sports Illustrated

Here’s a video explanation of why I’ll Have Another cannot use a Flair Strip for the Belmont

Enjoy! And…

Go Riding.