I know I said it in my last post here on The Near Side, but I can't believe it's August already. I don't know why the end of summer makes me wistful, but it does. I mean, I seem...
Can you believe there are just a couple of weeks to go before the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy, France? We imagine that the staff behind the scenes in Normandy are working nonstop to get the...
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...
Canadian trainer and horsemanship clinician Jonathan Field has done some great training videos for us (you can watch them here, here and here.) He even once starred in a Blackberry ad. But take a few minutes and check out...
A friend of mine once declared it’s not a party ‘til someone opens a bag of cheese puffs. I say, it’s not a party ‘til a horse shows up. When my son Quinn turned eight this summer, he wanted...
Side effects of horses may include: Health; happiness; friendship; the uncontrollable desire to get outside and ride.
There's a popular short humor piece that has been circulating the Internet since as far back as 2001 titled "Potential Danger of Horse...
As horsepeople, there are a lot of misconceptions about what we do. The non-horsey folks seem to think we're:Filthy Rich
Somehow involved in Thoroughbred racing
Stuck...
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...
Remember the toilet paper commercial from a few years ago that had an incredibly adorable puppy bounding around? I feel compelled to buy that toilet paper.
I’ll admit it. I’m probably going to buy something if there’s a dog or...
I just returned from a fantastic week of vacation. I have a pretty sweet gig here at Horse Illustrated, but I have to say, it was really nice to not look at a computer for a week and just...
