A hairy day at Haras du Pin yesterday yielded some scary falls and scrappy saves. (more…)
#OH CRAP
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Reader Showcase
When the going gets tough, the tough make hilarious faces. Enjoy this latest batch of photos sent in by HN readers. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: This Is Not Going to End Well
This hilarious (to everyone except the rider) fall from the 1998 World Equestrian Games in Rome is a must-watch. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Reader Video Showcase
Yep, this rider’s head is pointed in the wrong direction. Check out these three videos submitted by readers from three different continents! (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Reader Photo Gallery
What would George Morris say about these reader-submitted photos? Probably, “Oh, crap!” (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Reader Showcase
Time for another round of reader photos that make us want to cover our eyes: “I don’t want to see what happens next!” (more…)
10 Famous Last Words To Ban From the Barn
If you’re lucky, they’ll only be your last words until you wake up again on the stretcher. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Why Horses and Catwalks Don’t Mix
A horse, a dress with a long train, a stage, a crowd… what could possibly go wrong? (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Reader Showcase
Is this rider sitting BEHIND her saddle? Learn the story behind this photo and many more in our latest gallery of thrills and spills! (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Snakes on a… Saddle?
Brooke Milholland Culwell’s photos of two five-foot-long snakes she found curled up beneath the cantle of her saddle (!!!) have been making the Internet rounds this week. (more…)
Faces of ‘Oh Crap’: Surprise Water Jump
Amelia Guest and her horse were standing at the edge of a water jump, thinking about dropping down, when her horse got a wild hair. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Monday Classics: Prepare for Lift-Off
Sing it with us now: “I believe I can fly…” (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Hang Time
In today’s “Oh Crap” moment, reader Stefanie Stuchell and her horse catch some serious air over a small jump. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: 2014 Badminton Edition
It was a wild and woolly XC day with only 35 out of 78 riders making it around the course, which has been described as one of the toughest in decades. Check out these thrills and spills! (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Reader Edition!
“Oh Crap” moments… everybody has them. Here are a few especially exceptional ones submitted by HN’s very own readers! (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Making a Splash at Badminton
The Badminton 4* kicks off today across the pond. In the event’s honor let’s rewind to 2011, when French eventer Gwendolen Fer nearly took a dive in the Colt Pond. (more…)
The Jockey Who Just Wouldn’t Die
Surprisingly, there’s more fact than fiction to the tall tale about a jockey who was killed in a fall, came back from the dead, and won five races the next day.
How to Be a Great Sportsman, Jockey-Style
Jockeys are known for their great horsemanship and quick thinking–after all, they travel around a racetrack riding 1,200 lbs. of thoroughbred at 40 miles per hour! (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Eventing Edition
With Rolex kicking off in Kentucky, what better time to showcase our readers’ finest “Oh Crap” eventing moments? Enjoy! (more…)
Eventing Nation: How NOT to Jump a Drop into Water
Julie Pate and her OTTB, Catch Me If You Can, made a splash at Chattahoochee Hills last weekend when they took a by-all-accounts spectacular flier into the Training water. (more…)
Faces of ‘Oh Crap,’ Part I
Sometimes you think you’re going to die… and it’s written all over your face. And when that moment comes, you better hope nobody is standing nearby with a camera. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Racing Commentator Loses His Voice
Somebody get this poor guy a cough drop. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Triple trouble
When disaster strikes (bouncing a one-stride = bad idea), this horse keeps his eye on the prize. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Mister Buddy’s Wipeout
Instead of feeling embarrassed about totally wiping out in the snow, the star of today’s video–a mini horse named Mister Buddy–decides to own it. (more…)
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Holy Cow
Not only did Mozaun McKibben and Autumn Play survive a scary horse-on-cow wreck at the Fort Worth Stock Show last weekend, McKibben didn’t even lose his cowboy hat! (more…)