Traveling this summer with your horse? Then you need to check out these tips for safe, happy hauling from our friends at SmartPak. (more…)
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Breaking and Entering: Inside the Disney World stables
It’s not like Megan Kaiser pulled a stocking over her head and bum-rushed Mickey Mouse. She just, you know, took a little unauthorized detour. (more…)
Your Turn: This one time in Africa…
That Rebecca Berry, she’s so full of crazy Africa stories. Like this one, in which 33 horses run off into the lion-infested bush and she has to go find them. (more…)
Feeling inspired? Close your laptop and pack your bags
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…)
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…)