Here at Horse Illustrated HQ, I spend my days at a sort of standing desk that I assembled for myself a few years ago. Remember how all the experts were telling us about how our desk jobs were killing...
One of our most popular articles of all time here on HorseIllustrated.com is our 2006 list of the 30 Best Horse Movies. The continued traffic to that page proves that plenty of people are looking for some horsey cinema...
Photos courtesy of Shelly Mizrahi
About a year and a half ago I interviewed a little horse with a big personality for a story in National Geographic Kids magazine. Amos is a super-cute basketball playing equine that made for a...
I missed last week's horse-news roundup, so this is really more like "this fortnight in horses," which doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily. Oh well. Here's your horse-world news update for approximately the last 14 days....
Last year, the Kentucky Dressage Association introduced a 5K run to raise money for the Markey Cancer Center. My dog and I ran it last year and I was happy to find out this year that it would be...
I’m sitting in a field of buttercups on a sunny day on Memorial Day weekend. Stress blows away on the breeze. The buzz of insects replaces the hum of a hectic life. I’m grateful for my horse. Grateful for...
A 1920 recruiting poster for the U.S. Cavalry. Image source: Library of Congress.
Today is Memorial Day in the United States, a day set aside to remember those who served in the armed forces. Horses have been drafted into service...
Maybe he's born with it. Maybe it's Photoshop.This video, created by the South American magazine southarabians.com, shows how it only takes a few minutes and a working knowledge of photo-editing software to make a deceptive stallion ad. The same...
Obviously, we love horses. But some of the behavior we accept as normal from them would be really bizarre coming from a human. The creative geniuses from SmartPak have documented exactly what life would be like if your coworker...
Dexter Ring Bit: This bit is a combination of a chifney with a snaffle bit and is most often seen on race horses. It adds some steering and stopping power to especially strong horses.The...
