Dashing Through the Snow Has Never Looked So Grand
You don’t have to be Steve Spielberg to create magnificent horse videos. Sure, it doesn’t hurt. War Horse is a fantastic film, but who has $50 million laying around? In reality, all one needs is the...
View ArticleHow to Hang Up Bridles
You would think before ever jumping into to horseback riding, one would learn the basics of horsemanship. You would think. However, we know this is not the case. We’ve all met the horse owners who...
View ArticleRider Falls, Horse Keeps Jumping. And Jumping. And Jumping.
This is a tale of conflicting emotions. There’s nothing unusual about being dismounted during a show. It happens to the best, it’s all part of the game, everyone is ok, shake it off and move ahead to...
View ArticleCalifornia Chrome Shows His Mettle in Dubai Tune-Up
Chromeo, Chromeo, wherefore art thou Chromeo? The 2014 Horse of the Year is in Dubai for the second consecutive year, gearing up for another run at the $10,000,000 Dubai World Cup on March 26. Today,...
View ArticleThat Was Fast: First Mare In Foal to American Pharoah
Good news, gang: The Pharoahs are expecting. Just a few weeks into his stud career, Triple Crown champ American Pharoah sent one lucky mare home with a potentially prodigious parting gift. So who’s the...
View ArticleRiders Unite to #RideForOlivia
The equestrian world is reeling from the death of aspiring Australian eventer Olivia Inglis. The 17 year old was killed in a rotational fall during the cross country phase of the Scone Horse Trials...
View ArticleThe Remarkable Odyssey of a Failed Racehorse
Snow-capped mountains surround the vast, frozen valley floor as opportunistic sunlight bleeds through cracks in the clouds that blanket the big sky. The controlled cadence of clopping hooves and the...
View ArticleHandsome Horse Says “Just stop, humans.”
Ever feel like your horse is just a bit…underdressed? Of course not, but I dare you to say this horse does not look dapper in his Harris Tweed suit. Just in time for this week’s Cheltenham Festival...
View Article#RideforOlivia Mosaic Presented at Moving Memorial
The death of young event rider Olivia Inglis earlier this month sent shockwaves of grief throughout the horse world and beyond. Monday, family and friends packed a Sydney church to celebrate and mourn...
View ArticleHow Two Men, a Racehorse and a Wager Revolutionized the Film Industry
You’ve probably seen this archaic image of equine locomotion floating about the internet at some point or another: What you might not know is that this galloping horse gif is a groundbreaking piece of...
View ArticleHow to Break Up With Your Trainer
They say that breaking up is hard to do, and they would be right. We’ve all been there, on both ends, and even when it’s “the right thing to do” or “not you, but me” breakups are often emotional,...
View ArticleFully Recovered From Spinal Injury, Andrew Nicholson Is Back in the Saddle
All is well within the world of eventing once again now that Andrew Nicholson is back in the game. The six-time Olympian from New Zealand has been on the shelf since suffering a severe neck injury last...
View ArticleWatch Olympic Cyclist Turned Jockey Victoria Pendleton Ride at Cheltenham
Imagine for a minute your neighbor Bob trying to play professional basketball, or hack it out on the PGA Tour. It would be hilarious, yes, but also an exercise in futility. Bob is a slightly...
View ArticleHow to Train Your Horse to Stand Still While Mounting
FACT: You can’t ride if you can’t get on. If you can’t get on, maybe going for a ride isn’t the best idea anyway. Riders tend to worry about the ride itself and things like having the right tack, while...
View ArticleUnusual Horses: Camargue Horse
This ancient, semi-feral breed gets its name from the region in which it hails along France’s Southern coast. It is here among the wetlands of the River Rhone delta the Camargue horses have carved out...
View ArticleCalifornia Chrome “In Perfect Condition” Ahead of Dubai World Cup
A year ago, Art Sherman found himself coping with the sinking reality that his time with his champion was through. The 78-year-old racetrack lifer who conditioned the Cal-bred colt California Chrome...
View ArticleSunday Silence: 30 Years Ago
He arrived 30 years ago today. Undersized and bow-legged, no one could have predicted back then this charcoal son of Halo would soon reach the pinnacle of his sport. That he would defy conventional...
View ArticleCalifornia Chrome Does the Damn Thing in Dubai
The 2016 Dubai World Cup belongs to California Chrome. The 5-year-old put in an absolutely brilliant, dominating effort over the 1-1/4 mile dirt course at Meydan. With Victor Espinoza in the irons...
View Article“A lapse in 35 years of quality horsemanship. I tied him to the outside of...
Before a sea of international wealth, amid the best bred horses in the world, the chestnut from Fresno County out-classed them all…with a badly slipped saddle, nonetheless. California Chrome Does the...
View ArticleWatch Buck Davidson’s Miracle Save at Carolina International
Just in case you needed a reminder how brilliantly athletic the riders and horses competing at eventing’s top levels truly are, Buck Davidson and Park Trader offered a dramatic illustration over the...
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