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"Look, there’s the mule!” I heard the whispers at the 2014 U.S. Dressage Finals in Lexington, Ky., but I didn’t…
"Warmblood,” a buzzword in sport horse circles, is synonymous with athletic ability. Think movement, conformation, and aptitude, resulting from long-term,…
The Kentucky Derby is an exciting two minutes, but what about a race that lasts 100 miles and a teenage…
How old was the youngest jockey in Kentucky Derby history? How much mint does it take to make all those…
Q: My horse is afraid of ditches, so I’ve only been able to show where I know the cross-country course…
Q: How long should my stirrups be for flatwork and jumping? A: Stirrup length, as it turns out, is a…
By some accounts, the Akhal-Teke dates back 3,000 years, when these brave and exceedingly hardy horses were used by raiding…
When Major Villars Lunn bought a chestnut mare with a white blanket coat pattern from Mr. Flaeb, the local butcher,…
Named for the Marwar (now Jodhpur) region of northwest India, the Marwari horse as we know it today is the…