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Video du Jour: Shire racing!
Have you ever watched Shire racing? These gentle giants raced across two furlongs yesterday at Lingfield Park Racecourse in Surrey, England. (more…)
Video du Jour: Olympians perform pas de deux
British Olympic gold medallists Laura Tomlinson and Charlotte Dujardin performed an amazing pas de deux in London this week. (more…)
TV: Jamie Foxx talks horses on ‘The Tonight Show’
The Django: Unchained actor talks about riding his own horse in the film, shares how he got run away with on set, and busts out some hilarious horsey one-liners. (more…)
Video du Jour: ‘Secretariat’s Jockey, Ron Turcotte’
On the 40th anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown win, the National Film Board of Canada has released a feature-length documentary about jockey Ron Turcotte. (more…)
Video du Jour: The world’s smartest horse?
Meet Lukas, a 19-year-old off-the-track thoroughbred that the Guinness Book of World Records has declared “the smartest horse in the world.” (more…)
Video du Jour: Mad hops
Enjoy this montage of insanely talented (and just insane) horse-rider combinations tackling 7-plus foot Puissance walls… bareback. The final pair, Willi Melliger and Airport Moet, make 7’7″ look easy. (more…)
Video Du Jour: Bambi Breezes at Keeneland
A deer visited Keeneland Racetrack yesterday morning and proceeded to breeze two furlongs with the horses. (more…)
Listen: ‘Horse Nation’ the song
Back in the ’80s when music was still awesome, British post-punk band The Cult (you know them from hits like “Fire Woman” and “She Sells Sanctuary”) wrote a lesser-known song called “Horse Nation.” We dug it up for ya. (more…)
Video du Jour: Morgan horses featured on ‘Equitrekking’
The latest episode of Darley Newman’s equine travel show shines a spotlight on the versatile Morgan breed. (more…)
Video du Jour: The Queen – A Passion for Horses
Away from the demands of royal duty, the Queen’s private passion is for the world of horses. Check out this excerpt from a new BBC documentary on the subject. (more…)
Video du Jour: Remembering Sgt. Reckless
On honor of Memorial Day, today’s video comes from reader Raye Lynn Phoebus and features Reckless, a mare so heroic she was promoted to Staff Sergeant during the Korean War. (more…)
Video du Jour: Open mouth, insert food
Remember that board game “Hungry Hungry Hippos”? This is kind of like that, but with two ponies and a donkey. (more…)
Video du Jour: Which cup is the treat under?
I’m pretty sure my horse would be a champion at this game, too. (more…)
Bad Jumping Clinic: Director’s cut
Who could forget this photo from yesterday’s edition of “Bad Jumping Clinic with George Morris“? Now, we present The Video. (more…)
Video du Jour: A day in the life of Orb
The sports paparazzi follow Orb around Pimlico as he goes through his daily routine, blissfully unaware that he’s shouldering the Triple Crown dreams of a nation. (more…)
Video du Jour: A virtual real-life Kentucky Derby
Relive jockey Joel Rosario’s trip around the Churchill Downs track aboard Orb with this simulation of the actual race. (more…)
Video du Jour: Hamburg Spring Derby 2013
The Hamburg Derby makes ordinary Grand Prix classes look like an afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese. Check out this year’s winning round. (more…)
Video du Jour: Knight in shining armor
Some lovestruck British chap took riding lessons for six months so that he could propose to his girlfriend on horseback. Of course, things didn’t go as planned.
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Buyer Beware: How to make any horse appear more conformationally correct in two minutes or less
Southarabians.com posted this video yesterday that shows how easy it is to alter a horse using Photoshop. (more…)
Video du Jour: Don’t need a horse to jump Badminton
Mat Armitage, a free runner/parkour-master from Liverpool, took matters into his own hands at this British four-star event last weekend. (more…)
Video du Jour: Badminton at 300 frames per second
The only thing more exciting than watching horses leaping over huge obstacles in real time is watching them do it in slow motion. Check out this incredible high-speed camera footage. (more…)
Daily Dose of Adorable: Linedance with a horse
This horse has better rhythm than I do (which isn’t saying much, but still….)
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Video du Jour: Ravel’s last dance
American dressage superstar Ravel was formally retired at the Del Mar National on April 27–but not before he and Steffen Peters dazzled audiences one more time. (more…)
Daily Dose of Adorable: I am pony, hear me roar
A pony dressed as a lion performing dressage-themed circus tricks in hand. Can you handle it? (more…)