If you want to get into the sport of reining, it helps to have a horse like Gunners Special Nite, the AQHA/APHA stallion who took Tom McCutcheon to individual gold at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. But...
In 2010, Spain's Maria Alvarez Ponton rode her horse Nobby to individual gold in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games endurance ride. She did it less than two month's after giving birth to a baby girl. That's impressive.Almost as...
"Which horse is yours?”It was an innocent question. I was leaning on a fence watching a lesson in an outdoor arena at a stable near Centreville, Virginia. But the girl I posed the question to (early 20s, like I...
"Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels."This popular quote is used to illustrate how women in history often worked harder for less acclaim than their male counterparts. The same idea could apply...
While researching wild animals for various projects over the past couple of years, the term "survival adaptation” often rears up. A survival adaptation is a physical attribute or a behavior that helps a wild animal survive. Like wolves’ innate...
In 2012, the TV series Born to Explore with Richard Wiese visited a ranch in Chile to meet the horses and their trainer. During the filming, a horse named Chunchun decided it would be fun to mess with camera...
Drowning in horsey clutter? A bit of imagination can turn an unorganized pile into tasteful equestrian décor.
One of the potentially exciting but often exhausting facts that comes with being a young professional is the need to move every few...
Happy Friday, equestrians! Here's this week's horse-world news roundup.
International Helmet Awareness Day is tomorrow, July 12. This means you can get rid of your stinky old helmet and trade it in for a shiny new one as participating manufacturers...
Your favorite SmartPakers are back with a new video in the If Horses Were People series. In honor of National Farriers Week (July 6-12, 2014), this episode is devoted to the sometimes unusual interactions between horse and horseshoer.
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Your favorite SmartPakers are back with a new video in the If Horses Were People series. In honor of National Farriers Week (July 6-12, 2014), this episode is devoted to the sometimes unusual interactions between horse and horseshoer.
See...
