An inspirational one to get you through the final hours of your Tuesday. How does the saying go? “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Go Riding. (more…)
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Kate Samuels went mining for YouTube gold and came out with this video featuring Tommy Turvey and his horse, Pokerjoe, that’ll make you laugh out loud. (more…)
Video du Jour: Bridle-ftting 101 by SmartPak
“Is this bit too loose? Is this throatlatch too tight? What about this noseband?” SmartPak supermodel Sarah lays all of your bride-fit worries to rest. (more…)
Video du Jour: War Horse goes AWOL from Toronto Theater
Earlier today Ali Smallpage from EN posted this video of the world’s favorite horse puppet, Joey, skipping out on his thespian duties. (more…)
Video du Jour: Chrissi, the line-dancing horse
Have you ever seen a horse line dance? Well, now you have. Meet an Australian line-dancer who has two left feet, literally. (more…)
Video du Jour: Clayton Fredericks’ sticky buns
Clayton Fredericks, what you got in them britches–velcro? A instant-classic “Oh $h!t” moment from this weekend’s Barbury CIC***. (more…)
Your Turn: Loose horse! pt. 2
Inspired by yesterday’s “Loose Horse” post, reader Maureen Hall sent us this video of a dressage show incident in which her horse got free and ran around for almost half an hour. She managed to catch him moments before her test. (more…)
Top 5 at 5: Loose horse!!
Earlier today, a horse got loose and was found running through the streets of Columbus, Ohio, prompting traffic jams and other assorted chaos. Which inspired us to compile this Top 5 List of infamous “loose horse!” incidents. (more…)
Video du Jour: ‘I’m farming and I grow it’
This isn’t exactly about horses, but plenty of readers will be able to the rural lifestyle of these young farmers who shoulder the thankless task of keeping food on America’s dinner table. (more…)
Bent Jensen is back… and he brought an entourage
Two great things have happened to dressage this year: 1) Foam fingers and 2) Bent Jensen. On Saturday, he dusted off his infamous “Sexy and I Know It” freestyle for PVDA Ride for Life. (more…)
Video du Jour: Rock ‘n’ roll horse
Look! It’s a horse playing a guitar! Enough said.
Video du Jour: Your daily dose of cute
Look! It’s a cute horse playing tag with a cute dog. How… cute.
Video du Jour: Before there was Colbert, there was Conan
Stephen Colbert isn’t the first comedian to take aim at the equestrian lifestyle. Check out this video of Martha Stewart giving Conan O’Brien a tour of her New York farm. (more…)
Video du Jour: Take that, Stephen Colbert
We’re not sure if this is going to make Colbert eat his words or just make fun of dressage harder (hey, DQs, it works better if you take the cap off the beer before you pretend to drink it). (more…)
Happy Father’s Day from Horse Nation!
To all the truck-driving, poop-shoveling, check-writing, tear-wiping Horse Nation dads out there, this one goes out to you. (more…)
Little Poppet Lionheart
On paper, Lionheart looks the least proven of William Fox-Pitt’s Olympic prospects. But now that he’s been named to the team, is there more to the 10-year-old gelding than meets the eye? (more…)
Video du Jour: Horses do the darnedest things
This horse has a very interesting way of expressing himself. Wait for it… wait for it…
Video du Jour: Celebratory streaking
Some people, after a big horse show win, like to have a nice champagne toast or take a long nap. After winning the Bromont CCI*** last weekend, eventer Jon Holling had a different idea. (more…)
Video du Jour: Union Rags gets his due
Saturday’s Belmont turned out to be an exciting show even without its headliner. A big congrats to Union Rags and his trainer, former Olympic show-jumper Michael Matz. (more…)
Video du Jour: ‘The Dressage Horse’
Any resemblance to actual persons is purely coincidental. 100% fictional characters and situations, right?
Celebrate International Helmet Awareness Day, SmartPak-style!
Enjoy SmartPak’s latest HILARIOUS video production, and don’t forget that you can save up to 20% on your favorite helmet brands and get free shipping on any helmet–today only!!! (more…)
Video du Jour: Horse vs. Ferrari
The moral of the story: Don’t ride your horse near a Ferrari, or drive your Ferrari near a horse. Italian sportscars and agitated equines don’t mix. Thank you, Matthew Kiener and Victoria Smith, for the tip! (more…)
Video du Jour: Has there always been a fence here?
From Bad Riding Livejournal comes this video of… not exactly bad riding. Maybe just bad eyesight, or really bad judgement. (more…)