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English Lesson: Stride Right
Whether you’re just learning to jump or you’re an accomplished rider, finding a distance to a fence can be tricky.
Finding a distance is when you can see a very...
Get on Board
If getting in the trailer isn’t your horse’s favorite activity, making sure that you know where to be can ensure that he’ll step in with ease. When you’re aware...
Life at Vet U
Being in vet school is crazy enough without cameras following you around. Morgan Taylor was one of the vet students at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine...
The Thoroughbred
In the late 1600s and early 1700s, three bay stallions of Middle Eastern descent stood at stud in England: the Darley Arabian from Syria, the Godolphin Arabian from Yemen,...
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124 Best Horse Names
There’s something magical about naming a horse. We start off as children with little plastic equines that we stable on our bookcases. We give...
Seven Feeding Myths Shattered
Despite the ability of many horse people to diagnose a strained suspensory at 30 paces, fix a faulty flying change with just a smidge...
Barn Dog Safety
If you’re like many horse owners, you probably have a special affection not only for animals in the equine family, but in the canine...
The Year of Laminitis
This year seemed much like the other 7 years I’d spent in Tennessee, until nearly all the horses I work with, including my own,...
8 Horses to Avoid
By Andrea Monsarrat Waldo
We’re all deeply attached to our horses; that emotional connection is a major reason why we own them. No one wants...
Ode to the Non-Horsey Parent
It’s a universally acknowledged truth that equine-obsessed children are jealous of kids born into horses: trainers’ children; children of famous riders; royalty. My parents...
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U.S. Show Jumping Team Wins WEG Gold
In a competition where scores were calculated down to a thousandth of a point, a tie seems unlikely. But that’s exactly what happened today in the team jumping final...
U.S. Show Jumping Team Currently in Second Place at WEG
Thursday was another marathon day for show jumping, vaulting, and para-dressage at the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018. No medals were awarded in jumping or para-dressage, but vaulting...
Podcast: 2018 World Equestrian Games Show
Horse Illustrated is excited to bring you the 2018 WEG Show, the premier podcast devoted to the 2018 World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Tryon, North Carolina. Tune in for...
Show Jumping Begins with 124 Entries at FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018
Show jumping is the most popular international equestrian sport, and it kicked off in earnest today with 124 horse-and-rider pairs taking their shot at the first competitive round of...
Para-Dressage and Vaulting Launch Second Week of 2018 WEG
Two new disciplines started today at the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018. Para-dressage took over the Tryon Arena while vaulting moved in to the indoor arena where reining...
All the Gold to Great Britain in WEG Eventing
At the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018, three-day eventing took five days.
The biggest competitions in the sport tend to take four days to complete all three phases, since...