Help Your Horse Overcome Fear

Fear has safeguarded equines against predation for millennia, but it’s an unwelcome guest when you have plans in which your horse is too afraid to participate. The good news...

Dressage Begins at the 2016 Olympics in Rio

Dressage competition got underway today at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The first team and individual riders completed their grand prix tests under steel-gray skies and rain started to fall...
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Why I Love Barn Chores

Okay, I’ll admit it. I love barn chores. I pretty much love everything about them from the muck boots and the clothing (comfy jeans and an ancient hoodie, anyone?) to...
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The Herd Welcomes a New Foal

Photo by Vassil - Own work, Public DomainIt’s dark in the barn in the middle of the night as we wait, watching cautiously through the circular beam of light...
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Germany’s Michael Jung Defends His Olympic Gold; France Wins Team Gold in Eventing

Embed from Getty ImagesTap the arrows on the image above to scroll through the slideshow.France celebrated its first team gold in Olympic eventing since the 2004 Athens games today...
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The Media Discovers Equestrian Sports

The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are underway, and it’s been interesting to see how the non-equestrian media covers—or at least acknowledges—horse sports. There are more media outlets...