His third win, no less!

(more…)

Young riders, this is your moment!

(more…)

(more…)

There’s something to be said about a well-trained horse. Sometimes all you can do is hang on for dear life!

Some days, it’s just not your day. We get it. Your horse doesn’t necessarily, though. This lovely pair were partaking in a reining pattern, when the rider was unseated during the slide. What happens next, well, you’ll want to just see for yourself. (WARNING: There is some very slightly NSFW language in the video, so watch with the volume down if you are at work!)

What a horse, right? While his dear rider hangs on for her life, he continues to go about his business, as he clearly has learned the pattern by heart and fully knew what was coming next.

You have to love a horse who truly knows its job. We’ve seen plenty of these moments in every discipline you can think of, and we had to chuckle at the horse’s look of bewildered surprise to find his rider on the ground after he finished what he surely thought was a top-quality spin.

Ah, better luck next time, guys. At least everyone emerged from the incident unscathed, save perhaps a bit of ego left on the ground.

Go riding, and Go Fleeceworks!

These Irish horses sure do know how to nap.

(more…)

(more…)

Sometimes the best lessons are taught unexpectedly.

(more…)

For her role as aspiring Olympic eventer Sarah Brown, actress Tatum O’Neal embarked upon an accelerated riding program that had her jumping 3’6″ courses in less than two months. She discusses the experience.

(more…)

This bride and groom put a four-legged twist on their first dance!

(more…)

With the Preakness approaching this weekend, we’re counting down our favorite past races!

(more…)

What do you get when you put hundreds of OTTBs in the same place? Pure awesomeness.

(more…)

When a cougar sneaks into the corral where she and baby are sleeping, this mare’s protective instincts are on point!

What would you do if a cougar paid you a night time visit? I have a few ideas of the expletives that would spew out of my mouth and the racket that would be caused by my trying to scare the big cat away. I’m fairly sure there would be no grace involved in my encounter with a big cat of any sort.

So what happens when a cougar visits your horse’s corral, where she lives with her newborn foal? This is exactly what happened to Talea Morgan-Metivier, who has a camera trained on her corrals to capture incidents such as these:

The stuff of nightmares, right? This footage is from Chewelah, Washington, where surely cougars are not rare sightings. That doesn’t make this visit any less creepy though, especially on first impression when you wonder if the cat will corner the foal or do something else that is equally terrifying.

Fortunately, mama knows best as always and quickly confronts the unwanted intruder. It’s a pure case of protective instincts, and this mare doesn’t hesitate to defend her youngster — who seems more brave than scared of the cougar!

Talea explains: “There were actually three cougars at the panels for six hours. The one that entered was a yearling cub. The cougars attacked our dog the following morning and we had missing barn cats so decided to look at the security cameras to see what was going on the night before. Surprise! Great mama!”

Mother’s Day is rapidly approaching, and we think this mare deserves a special Mare Mother’s Day shout-out! We’re very glad that this unwanted visitor kept to his wits and scooted out of the pen. Thank goodness for good mothers.

Go Riding, and Go Fleeceworks!

If you’re a fan of all things Irish, especially those sturdy Irish horses, you won’t want to miss this documentary!

Photo via Wikipedia.

(more…)

Channel your inner National Velvet and ride the Grand National fences with this helmet cam!

(more…)

This OTTB has serious cowhorse instincts.

(more…)