If this weekend’s travel stories left you itching for an adventure of your own, Laura Cox has a suggestion for you: Just do it. Equitrekking can help. (more…)
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Budget Equestrian Vacation: Visit a National Park
We know what you’re thinking: Wow! All these equestrian vacations sound amazing! It’s too bad I’m broke! Amanda Ronan offers this alternative. (more…)
Stable, er, Yard: A guide to speaking ‘horse’ in the UK
Jessie Widner, a Canadian college student who is currently spending a semester abroad in London, breaks down the language barrier. (more…)
McKenna Does Alaska: And ‘vaguely remembers’ it
Horse Nation’s 15-year-old wunderkind McKenna Oxenden hasn’t been on any exotic horse treks or overseas adventures, yet, but she did ride a horse in Alaska once. (more…)
Video du Jour: I don’t know where this is, but I want to go there
Turquoise water, yachts, sunshine, wonky music… what’s not to like? (more…)
Ah, Austria: A performance at the Spanish Riding School
Lorraine Jackson’s bucket list, item #731: Watch a performance of the Lippizans at the Spanish Riding School. Check. (more…)
Dubai & Singapore: Show me the horses
Stables with restaurants in them, afternoon polo matches, two-hour gallops in the dunes, blah blah blah. Sounds like a really terrible business trip, Risa Flamm. (more…)
My Egyptian Adventure: ‘I’ll ride anything, anywhere, anytime’
HN Contributor Lisa Morrison didn’t get to a ride a horse in Egypt… but she did get to ride a camel.
North Carolina: An equestrian’s mountain escape
HN Contributor Amanda Smith takes us for a trip down memory lane at The Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley, NC, bordering the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. (more…)
Video du Jour: Darley Newman, I want your job
Darley Newman, the Emmy-nominated host and producer of PBS’s Equitrekking, explains how she scored her dreamjob of traveling and riding horses. (more…)
Hugarian Horse-capades: National Gallop at Heroes Square
HN Contributor Lorraine Jackson stumbles upon a festival of inner-city horse racing in Budapest. (more…)
An American in Zambia: Ghosts of Africa
Yesterday, Rebecca Berry made us all want to quit our jobs and become globe-trotting horse magnets. Today, she takes us elephant tracking deep into the Zambian bush. (more…)
The Moldovan Mare: A chance encounter in an obscure country
Lorraine Jackson recounts what she learned about a third-world, former-Soviet country from its people’s relationships with their horses. (more…)
Horsing around the World, Literally: A how-to guide
What if you could quit your job and work as a riding instructor in St. Maarten or a horseback safari guide in Africa? Rebecca Berry makes these possibilities seem WAY too feasible. (more…)
Video du Jour: ‘Air Horse One’ touches down in Montana
On July 19, 2011, a 747 arrived at Glacier International Airport with some very precious cargo–a handful of the nation’s top event horses. (more…)
Travel: Giant, demonic horse sculpture at Denver Airport unnerves travelers
Opponents claim the 32-foot-tall, anatomically correct “Blue Mustang” with glowing red eyes is cursed. (more…)