Throughout the Olympics, Horse Nation will be capping off each day with a pint-sized synopsis of the most recent Olympic equestrian sporting festivities. Here’s your Happy Hour report for Tuesday, August 7. (more…)
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Olympic Happy Hour: August 2
Throughout the Olympics, Horse Nation will be capping off each day with a pint-sized synopsis of the most recent Olympic equestrian sporting festivities. Here’s your Happy Hour report for Thursday, August 2. (more…)
Olympic Links: The latest news from London
Click-click-click your way to becoming a more informed Olympic equestrian spectator with these dressage, show jumping and eventing links from Liz Fletcher. (more…)
Olympics 101: Show jumping
Between now and the Olympics, Liz Fletcher is going to be filling us in on everything we need to know to be an informed spectator. Yesterday, she gave us the ins-and-outs of Olympic dressage; today, we get the scoop on show jumping. (more…)
A Better Alternative: Vibrational remedies
This week Liz Barnard investigates vibrational remedies for equine use. Might we have finally found an alternative modality that’s a little too “woo-woo” for our columnist? (more…)
A Better Alternative: Homeopathy
This week Liz Barnard investigates homeopathy for equine use. Can a few droplets or tiny beads of a substance’s “vital force” really cure what ails a 1,200-pound animal? (more…)
A Better Alternative: Aromatherapy
Some people swear by aromatherapy; others think it smells like a bunch of bunk. Horse Nation’s alternative modalities guru Liz Barnard weighs in. (more…)
A Better Alternative: Herbal essences
Herbs can be helpful, but but before you start dumping tiny baggies of all-natural “magic” into your horse’s grain make sure they’re safe and competition legal. By Liz Barnard. (more…)
A Better Alternative: Choosing a practitioner
How do you know if an alternative-care practitioner is legit? Liz Barnard provides some guidelines concerning accreditation. (more…)