Answer: You FedEx it. (Not in a FedEx box, silly photo editor bunnies. On a FedEx flight.)
#NEWS
News: Slaughterhouse-bound trailer accident
On Tuesday a semi-trailer’s center collapsed while hauling 37 horses on 1-440 near Nashville, Tenn., resulting in one horse being euthanized on site due to injuries. (more…)
WEG Fill-in-the-Blank: Lexington, Normandy, _____________?
EN’s Visionaire reports that five nations have announced bids to host the 2018 World Equestrian Games. (more…)
Huntcap dropkick remix
In this video, uploaded earlier this year, Horse Nation dropkicks a beautiful, seal-grey Ascot hunt cap that we paid a lot of money for really hard in a show of support of Charles Owen’s decision to discontinue hunt cap sales in 2013. (more…)
Saving the Farm: UNH’s equine program needs your help
Development plans threaten to relocate the University of New Hampshire equine program, but some people are convinced that the program won’t survive a move. (more…)
Stories we couldn’t make up if we tried
This week: Buggy bloopers, narrow escapes and our top story, “Man Arrested for Drunk Driving had Zebra in Front Seat.” Yep. (more…)
No Kidding: Horse found swimming in the ocean two miles off California shore
According to CNN, the horse spooked during a beach photo shoot on Tuesday, bolted and disappeared. (more…)
Mother convinces co-workers her daughter has cancer, spends money raised on riding lessons
A British ex-policewoman raised hundreds of pounds by tricking colleagues into believing her daughter was suffering from leukemia. (more…)
Reed Kessler is taking her talents to Lexington
17 year old show jumping phenom and US Olympic hopeful Reed Kessler and her family have just bought a horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
World Cup Finals: What happens in ‘s-Hertogenbosch…
HN knew better than to send Wylie anywhere near Amsterdam on 4/20 weekend, so we had to get our World Cup coverage elsewhere. Luckily, COTH was on it like sticky on green. (more…)
Soring: A short history of an incredibly stupid practice
It’s a sore subject, literally, that alternately seems to cause great waves of controversy and then disappear beneath the surface. Yesterday, it reared its ugly head once again. (more…)
George Morris to undergo treatment for cancer
Morris, U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe, will be undergoing treatment for prostate cancer this spring. From the USEF Communications Department: (more…)
Amy Tryon has passed away in her sleep
From John: Eventing has lost a great rider, a great person, and a tremendous competitor today.
Campaign Trail: Mitt’s Horse Talk Video Leak
With the news that Santorum has dropped out of the race, the heat’s on Romney. And what better way to alienate him from the voting public than the only-for-the-rich subject of horses? (more…)
Last day to vote William Steinkraus into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame!
The show-jumping legend is included among the individual nominee finalists. Voting to determine the next class of inductees closes today. (more…)
That’s Crazy: 2,000 miles in 42 days, on a rocking horse
Forty-four year old British former policeman Andy Seery is attempting to travel 2,000 miles in 42 days–on a rocking horse. Did we mention he’s also wearing a suit of armor? (more…)
Google It: Zoopraxiscope
If you’ve Googled anything today, you probably noticed the galloping horse theme. It’s a Google Doodle tribute to Eadweard Muybridge, inventor of the Zoopraxiscope, precursor to the motion picture projector. Muybridge was born 182 years ago today in England. (more…)
EN Today: KESMARC explosion follow-up
JER investigates the tragic hyperbaric oxygen chamber explosion that occurred Feb. 10 in Ocala, which claimed the lives of an employee and a horse. (more…)
Crotchbusters: Man foxhunts bareback for charity
Oh, those crazy Brits. His ride included a four-mile cross-country gallop over 23 fences and hedges followed by a couple of hours hunting (another eight miles and 11 more jumps). (more…)
Weekend news links
While you were on the couch recovering from that Saint Patrick’s Day pub crawl, the horsey world kept spinning round. EN Abbie and Ali Smallpage tag-team a compilation of everything you missed. (more…)
Saturday Headlines
From Red Hills International Horse Trials to dog attacks in England, Abbie over at EN has compiled a list of links to all the news that’s fit to print.
Riding on the Radio: NPR shows horse sports some love
National Public Radio has featured not one, but two equestrian-themed stories this week as part of its “Countdown to the Olympics” series. (more…)
Passings: Our condolences
Yesterday, the horse world lost two of its own: Don Little, who passed away late Wednesday afternoon following injuries sustained at WEF, and Davy Jones, former lead singer of the Monkees and lifelong equestrian. (more…)
Pentathlon: The ‘other’ equestrian sport
So you dream of winning Olympic gold, but there are two problems: 1. Dressage is hard and 2. You’re not really into jumping higher than, say, 3’3″. Pentathlon could be the sport for you. (more…)
Eric Dierks wins Retired Racehorse Trainer Challenge
A second Trainer Challenge, open to amateurs and professionals, is in the works and will take place over a three-month period. (more…)