Sharing public or private riding space with hunters in the fall is a reality of equestrian life, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a hot-button issue with strong opinions. Sara Shelley makes a case for why hunter and riders should really just get along.
“Maybe you need to pick pine nuts, maybe you need to install that sign on your barn and you don’t have a ladder…” Maria Wachter details that age-old horse seller’s trick — standing up in the saddle.
Australian sprinter Redzel nabbed his second win in the Everest, Australia’s richest horse race, to become the second highest earner in Australia for all time. Ride along for the win with jockey Kerrin McEvoy!
The FEI seeks to return endurance riding back to its “roots” with a re-emphasis on horse welfare and horsemanship, with a Temporary Committee charged with an in-depth rule review.
Monday is already the crappiest day of the week, so it only makes sense that we make things official. Here’s our latest “oh crap” moment, gleaned from the internet.
“He was 26, I was 74 – it was the Century Ride, with the requirements being that the horse and rider meet 100 years old together. Now, I want only for him to have a comfortable, safe, and happy retirement.”
Always a big hit with spectators, the All-American Quarter Horse Congress freestyle reining never fails to impress. Here’s one of our favorite performances this year.
Rockethorse Racing’s Race the Wild Coast ride is aptly named: tough terrain, unpredictable weather, dramatic river swims and some of the most intense riding to be found in the world. Check out the video highlights from the 2018 running!
Every Friday, Horse Nation teams up with Ovation Riding to spotlight an individual or organization doing good work in the horse world. Today, we recognize Luis Soriano and his two donkeys, who make up Biblioburro.
“Ah yes, so begins the joys of trying to decode what an advert says vs what it really means. Has the ‘experienced hunter’ taken someone for a mannerly, civil day out? Or has some poor Irish jockey just clung on to a neck strap until they ran out of hedges to aim at?”
