About a million years ago, I solicited suggestions for horse-related books from you, the horseillustrated.com reading public. I remembered doing that just recently when I found myself on the hunt for something to read in my spare time, and...
For generations, Welsh Ponies have helped farmers herd sheep and wild ponies. Infused by Thoroughbred blood in the early 1900s, today’s Section B Welsh Ponies are known for their long, low, ground-covering strides, while Section A Welsh Ponies and...
While it is not all that common for horses to go completely blind, it does happen. One of the most common causes of blindness in horses is as a consequence of chronic anterior uveitis, often referred to as moon...
When Meriwether Lewis, the famed second half of the Lewis and Clark expedition of the American West, crossed the Bitterroot Mountains into eastern Idaho in 1805, he noted in his journal that the Nez Percé tribe had very grand...
The image of a Native American warrior galloping bareback on his horse toward a herd of buffalo is an iconic one, but historically speaking, native peoples existed without horses for 10,000 years. In fact, horses were only part of...
Quarter of a football game. Half of a soccer match. Period of hockey game. Inning of a baseball game.
Chukka. The time period of a polocrosse tournament.A polocrosse tournament. Is it polo? Lacrosse? While it has elements of both,...
Q: My 16-year-old Quarter Horse mare refuses to sidepass under saddle. Whenever I push on her with my heel, she thinks that I want her to go faster. What can I do to help her understand what I want?A:...
My family and I came home from Maine this summer with a puppy. She’s a little German Shepherd dreamboat and we’re working hard to hone her manners and socialization skills. At home in the city, life is something like...
Sometimes I’m in denial. Despite the fact that I was born in Colorado, I am a Texan. My family and I moved to Houston when I was about 2 years old. And as much I absolutely love mountain sunsets,...
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s what’s been happening in the horse world this week.All the Championships. The start of fall means the bulk of show season is behind us, but there are still some big...
