TFW you win a CIC3* by a whopping margin of 0.1 penalty points… that’s how Will Coleman and Off the Record brought home the win in the Brook Ledge Great Meadow International over the weekend! Watch the XC round here.
It’s National Farriers Week! We’ve compiled a few ways to show your hardworking farrier just how much you appreciate his or her talents in keeping your horse feeling his best.
“Learning to sail — in which I feel like a total idiot daily, clambering around the boat while getting cracked in the head by the boom — reminds me of just how long it took me to get to my current level of easy familiarity in the barn.”
Monday is already the crappiest day of the week, so it only makes sense that we make things official. Here’s our latest reader-tagged “oh crap” moment!
If knowledge is power, then SmartPak is aiming to make us the most powerful horse owners we can be when it comes to colic: click here to learn more about the Colic Resource Center!
What ingredients are hard at work to make sure your horse can perform his best in Kentucky Performance Products’ Summer Games Electrolyte? Check out this info graph to learn more.
A viral Facebook meme warns horse owners not to turn out a damp horse after a bath or the sun will overheat the water. We do a little digging to bring you the whole story.
“If you want to go for a gallop on your Thoroughbred in the morning light instead of working on upward and downward transitions for another session, go for a gallop. Enjoy the ride. There’s more to this horse life than tomorrow’s training goal, after all.”
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 the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association Take the Lead aftercare program.
“Days later, I still find Rocky looking, his head lifted, ears patiently forward, eyes scanning the horizon slowly, as though Randy will come walking around the corner of the hill and back into our lives. I still find myself looking for Randy too. I expect we’ll be looking for him for quite some time.”
Happy Fourth of July from all of us at Horse Nation! Let’s kick off the day’s festivities with a little all-American drill team performance… from the rider’s perspective.
The only thing harder than finding the right horse job is finding the right employee — and vice-versa. Claire Trafton of Entrigue Consulting has a few considerations for both employers and employees.
