[fbvideo link=”http://www.facebook.com/shelly.drake.75/videos/10204942276105912/?pnref=story” width=”640″ height=”480″ onlyvideo=”1″] This 18 month old pleasure bred mare is turned out with her best friend, a miniature horse! They are both galloping and full speed and as you can see in the video, even at her…
We’ve all overheard these questions while waiting in line in the horse show office. Some of us have even been guilty of asking them (including myself)! Thank you to all the wonderful people who put on horse shows for us…
A horse that seems like it’s anticipating it’s rider signals, may in fact be responding to cues the rider is unaware they are giving. A horses entire body is as sensitive as a human fingertip! These are great things to…
Duchess Sanctuary is home to about 200 formerly abused, abandoned, neglected, and homeless horses. They all live on an incredible 1120 GORGEOUS acres of property in Oregon and have been given an amazing life by the Sanctuary. They are loved and…
As a hardcore reining enthusiast the cow horse world is kind of in the dark for me. Only a select few reiners are also successful in the cow horse world. Reining is more precise than the loose and informal version…
Two emaciated horses were removed from a stall filled with 3-4 feet of manure. It is suspected that they lived in this stall for at least 15 years without proper nutrition medical care or farrier care. They were brought to…
Chunk, the naughty pony is a skilled escape artist! Not only does he jump out of his stall as seen in the video above. You can also watch him wiggle his way under the stall guard in the video below!…
It Starts With A Dream The story of 8 year old Kristin and her 4 year old horse. As equestrians, we strive to compete in the big leagues. Whether it’s running in the Breeders’ Cup or making it to the…
[fbvideo link=”http://www.facebook.com/MissMegan234/videos/1124096910936404/” width=”640″ height=”480″ onlyvideo=”1″] After a great bareback ride, Blessing decided to have a little fun in the pond! She couldn’t stop rolling in the water. I think she missed her calling as a sea horse! Now how do…
This baby mini is loose and on the run at a horse show. People are trying to catch him….even diving after him, but he’s just too quick for them! I’m surprised that the mini doesn’t want to just stay right…
McLain Ward and Vancouver jumped a 7 foot wall during the Puissance class at the 2009 Washington International Horse Show. 3 riders successfully jumped 6’7, but elected to withdraw from the competition after that. McLain and Vancouver wowed the crowd…
It’s no secret that I absolutely love dressage, but I also love reining and other western disciplines. In the past few years western dressage or “Cowboy Dressage” seems to be really taking off. The numbers are up and some traditional…
Eric Lamaze and his magnificent stallion Rio Grande are absolutely amazing! Rio Grande is a former Dressage horse turned Jumper. This video is from the 1995 Shell Cup Derby, at Spruce Meadows. The then 9yr-old was already at international derby…
This rider took her friends new dressage horse cross country jumping for the first time. He is a really talented jumper, so I don’t blame them for thinking he may be suitable as an event horse. If only he liked…
We all started somewhere on our riding journey and a lot of time ponies get a bad reputation. The ponies in this video are proving that stereotype wrong! They are so good to the children they are teaching. Share this…
