Like many people who enjoy a particular hobby or lifestyle, horse enthusiasts sometimes need—and many times simply want—to purchase new gear and accessories. Maybe your fencing is starting to show signs of age, or perhaps you’d like to have...
Ah, January. The first, hope-filled month of a newborn year. The air is cold and fresh, holiday-gifted breeches are still crisp, and pledges to do more no-stirrups work are still mercifully unsullied by mid-year sloth.I’ve never been a...
New year, new you—that worn out cliché we hear every January is enough to drive people bonkers. However, I am loath to admit this saying has at least a smidgen of truth to it, at least for me. I’m...
There’s a certain brand of happiness I’m feeling today, in anticipation of a big snowstorm. It’s cold at the barn but my bare fingers are warm from currying a thick coat of apricot pony hair. It’s windy, but I’m...
Who doesn’t love the dramatic, long-maned Friesian horse? The breed's regal appearance is the stuff of myth and legend brought to life in the modern age. Strict studbook standards require horses to be black with no white (except a...
I was steadily working my way through the day’s calls. It was very busy, and as I marched down the barn aisle to see an old pony named Snort who was having some vision problems, I was stopped by...
"Miss Kate, when I get older, I never want to get married,” says a tween girl grooming a trusty lesson horse. "I just want to have, like, 50 horses.”
Conversations like these make Kate Evans’ day. The owner of...
Horse Illustrated is entering its 40th year of publication, and to mark the occasion, we’re looking back at some of the highlights from our past.
We thought it would be fitting to start by opening the pages of our...
Vanity is not an appealing trait, but being able to appreciate one’s appearance is a quality few have. Unless, of course, you’re this horse in the video who can’t get enough of looking at himself in the mirror in...
I was sitting in the dentist’s chair this morning, my attention divided between the TV in the corner and my concern about that one sensitive molar. Then something on the TV caught my eye and I forgot about my...
