Equestrian is one of the few sports where men and women compete as equals at all levels. But do horses have a preference for male or female riders? (Pictured: Jessica Springsteen and Nick Skelton at the 2011 Alltech National...
Happy Friday, everyone! Here's what you can talk about this weekend to impress your friends at the barn, on the trail or in the show ring. But not during the class, unless you're trying to distract them. I'm not...
Horses communicate with their ears. You already know this. But a recent study shows just how important the ears are in horse-to-horse communication.A paper on the subject by Jennifer Wathan and Karen McComb out of the University of Sussex...
Q: My horse is great at the walk and jog on the trail. However, when we are loping in a group, he bucks and shakes his head. I try to keep him at a slow lope, but he wants...
It's August, you guys. This summer has flown by, and I feel like I haven't done enough summertime riding. I plan to remedy that this weekend, but for now, here's your weekly horse-world news roundup.Remember that adorable "Dance...
No horse is born able to understand and perfectly respond to a rider’s aids. Whether through bad habits, physical make-up or a lack of training, horses can end up with less-than-ideal habits under saddle. Here, Grand Prix dressage rider...
From a single cell to Dolly the sheep, the science of cloning has expanded almost exponentially over the past two decades and even our horses aren’t exempt. The first horse was successfully cloned in Italy in 2003—a Haflinger filly...
Happy Friday, readers! I hope you had a productive week and have plenty of barn time planned for this weekend.
This news roundup tends to be on the lighter side, but there are a couple of disturbing stories this week...
Earlier this week, a West Virginia horse named Catnip was found viciously strangled with a tow rope in her pasture. Although Catnip's owners removed the rope and worked with her veterinarian to help the horse recover, her throat was...
Horse owner Lisa Anne Kreger of Walworth, N.Y. arrived at the barn at 6:30 on Monday morning to feed her 4-year-old palomino gelding, Dusty, and immediately noticed something wrong. Part of his forelock was missing, and when she entered...
