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SpectraVET Performance of the Week: That Time George Morris Told a Rider He Was ‘Perfect’
Wilton Porter, age 20, got the compliment of a lifetime during last week’s George Morris Horsemastership Training Sessions.
Your Turn: Getting ‘Riding Fit’
Karlie Mitchell explains that rider fitness isn’t about looking good in your breeches — it’s about being a good partner to your horse.
World Equestrian Brands Helmet Cam: Dashing Through the Snow on a Norwegian Fjord
Today’s helmet cam comes from Susanna Malmström of Kylmälä, Finland, who explains that riding out on her Fjord has a “therapeutic effect.”
Back on Track ‘Horse Therapy’: Allison & Mocha
Allison Mason shares the story of her “forever love.”
Tuesday Video from Dubarry: George Morris Horsemastership Roundtable
What’s it like to ride with The Master? Training Session riders Carly Williams and Bowers Cone stop by to reflect on their experience.
Join HN for a George Morris Horsemastership Roundtable Discussion!
Streaming live tonight at 7 p.m. ET.
Monday Morning Feed from SmartPak: SmartGain
Does your horse have trouble keeping weight on in the winter? This one’s for you.
Me, I start gaining weight at the very mention of “holiday season”…
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
… but my horse is the exact opposite. As soon as the temps start dropping I have to keep a close eye on him to make sure he’s maintaining and not losing weight.
SmartGain is a useful tool for helping keep on the pounds, using four complementary methods of support! Its comprehensive formula provides amino acids to support lean muscle development, extra calories from healthy fats, prebiotics, probiotics and enzymes for digestive health, and the herb Fenugreek to support a healthy appetite in picky eaters. Four weight gain strategies. One tasty supplement. View SmartPak’s Weight Supplement Comparison Chart.
Here’s what one satisfied customer had to say about the supplement:
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Go SmartPak, and Go Riding!
Weekend Welcome from Kentucky Performance Products: True Love
Did your first “true love” have two legs… or four? (more…)
To Blanket or Not to Blanket? NOBODY CARES
Pro-blanket, anti-blanket… the debate rages boringly on but the bottom line is, every horse is different — well, mostly. Maria Wachter subdivides the horse population into five equally dysfunctional archetypes.
Britney Spears Takes BF Riding, Everyone Loses Their Minds
Clearly, it is a slow news day.
Expectations and Horses Don’t Mix
Catherine Ford explains why.
Friday Standing Ovation, Presented by Ovation Riding: Willie Nelson
Each Friday HN teams up with Ovation Riding to spotlight an individual or organization that is doing good work in the horse world. This week we salute an American music legend with a passion for equine welfare.
HN Writers Share Their Equestrian New Year’s Resolutions
What are your horsey aspirations for 2015? We share ours and we want to hear yours as well!
The 9 Most Clichéd Horsey New Year’s Resolutions
Self-improvement is not really something that most horses think about a lot. Or ever. But we can always dream…
Happy New Year, and Go Riding!
2014 HN Best of Craigslist Awards
2014 was a truly special year for horse sales on Craigslist.
Editor’s Choice: My 10 Favorite HN Stories of 2014
For all the 2,238 (yes, I added them up) stories Horse Nation published in 2014, a few stood out to me as particularly special.
World Equestrian Brands Helmet Cam: Polo Pony & Rider Fall, Check Helmet Cam, Keep Going
My favorite helmet cam of 2014 has to be this one, submitted in June by Lorraine Jackson. (more…)
Back on Track ‘Horse Therapy’ Contest: And the Winner Is…
Lara Oles and her para dressage partner, Bella: “She is my athlete, who makes up for my paralyzed arm and leg, and makes me feel whole again.”
Best of Craigslist: ‘Bad Ad Blowout Extravaganza’
Inside today’s edition of “Best of Craigslist”: a gelden, a geldon, a turnout stable blanket, a horse for sale because it “doesn’t fit in the back of my truck bed” and much, much more!
If These Walls Could Talk, What Would They Say?
There’s so much more to a barn than meets the eye. For many of us, our barn is a place filled with memories and emotions, struggles and dreams. Leah Hinnefeld takes a quiet moment to reflect. (more…)
Tuesday Video from Dubarry: Mini Horse Foals Gone Wild
These babies are on the lam.
Best of Craigslist: ‘Wishful Pricing’ Edition
Today’s horse-for-sale lineup: a Grand Prix show jumper for $4,000, a 2’6″ jumper for $45,000, a serial bucker for $10,000, a Pegasus lease for $300/month, and a “fat spoiled pig” for $650.
In the land of Craigslist, equine appraisals doesn’t always make sense. A few examples:
Let’s start with this ad for a well-bred totally sound Grand Prix jumper for the low, low price of $4,000, sent in by reader Katie: “Hmm….”
On the other end of the spectrum, there’s this jumper who is allegedly either going to sell for $45,000 (negotiable!) or get sent to the slaughterhouse. From Lori: “I realize lots of good horses end up in bad places but a plea to spend $45k to save one (willing to negotiate notwithstanding)? Poor fella…”
Save the horse please I love this horse and don’t want to see this beautiful horse go to a slather house he’s a perfect horse very gentle and calm. beautiful oldenburg their asking for $45000 but I grantee they will negotiate a price he’s a level 2 jumping prospect. They don’t want to send it to a slaughter but they can’t maintain it please someone save this horse
This one is “priced firm at $10,000” — good luck with that! From Brittany: “….’This is a steal.'”
But really, this one takes the cake. Can you even put a price tag on the opportunity to lease a wingless Pegasus? From Brittany: “Do people think things like this are cute?”
Buttercup is a real, live wingless Pegasus (picture with wings shows her inner self). She’s available for lease at an equally magical riding facility in Ridgeville for $300 per month, which is an outstanding deal for a wingless Pegasus.
If you are not familiar with the wingless Pegasi, here is some more info about them: They are sweet and tolerant and full of hope and wonderfulness. Sometimes, they fart rainbows (unfortunately Buttercup has yet to toot colors, but we’re hoping with the right lessor, she might).
One more head-scratcher from Gianina: “A seller who tells it like it is… Horse for sale, or ‘fat pig’ rather — lol, Best of Craigslist!!”
Readers, if you run across an “interesting” ad in your Internet wanderings, send it our way! Email the link to [email protected]. Who knows – maybe you’ll help connect a horse with a safe, loving home. Go Riding.
