If you knew could make a wish for one perfect day, what would that day be? Since you’re a horseillustrated.com reader, it’s a safe bet that your best day would include horses. The same is true for 95-year-old Marion...
English is a complicated language that has "borrowed” from other languages over time, taking a little piece from here, and a little bit from there. Similarly, it’s also full of phrases that might have formerly meant one thing, and...
He stands 15.3 hands and weighs about 1,000 pounds. He’s an American Paint Horse with a black base color and lots of white trim. He’s here to keep the people of Tempe, Arizona, safe. All he needs now is...
Brrang, brrrrrang. I’m wondering if I could make it if I hit snooze—just once. Knowing the answer, I get up and stumble my way to a pile of clean clothes. I dig around and find a pair of jeans...
I find myself in weird positions sometimes. Physically, I mean. But I don’t think this is unique to me, or my profession as an equine veterinarian. All horse owners can appreciate that awkward, light-footed crouch needed to peer up...
By Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) (The Wonderful Paleo Art of Heinrich Harder) , via Wikimedia CommonsUnicorns are real, and we’re not just talking about the one who ran amok in a Northern California town a few weeks back. The Siberian...
Snowman was a horse whose early years were spent doing farm work, pulling a plow in the 1950s. At age 8, he was bound for the slaughterhouse when he caught the eye of riding instructor Harry deLeyer at an...
Embed from Getty ImagesIn 2014, the story of California Chrome captured the attention of the nation when the underdog racehorse with an obscure pedigree won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in dominating fashion. Those victories gave California Chrome...
Over the course of the next few months, horseillustrated.com will be giving readers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center (MMSC), a premier racehorse re-schooling facility.Located at the world-renowned Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, MMSC...
This year I set out to accomplish something I had never done before: run a marathon. I am so proud to say I accomplished just that. I ran my first marathon in my city, Houston, Texas, and I finished...
