Gypsy Horse Health Guide

Expert Advice on Keeping Your Gypsy Horse in Picture Perfect Health

Date added: Wednesday September 1,2010

We’ve consulted a variety of professionals to determine the best way to care for your Gypsy horse. The Gypsy horse is known for its gentle temperament, exceptional stamina and sturdy conformation. Although they are known for being easy keepers, it is important that ...Read Full Story

Safe Stable Design

Find out how your stable’s design can help keep your horse safe, happy and healthy.

Date added: Wednesday September 1,2010

When Benjamin Franklin penned the saying “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” he could have been easily talking about horses; keeping equines safe is no small matter. One of the first places to start in creating a safe environment for your horses...Read Full Story

Winning Turnout, A Driver’s Perspective

Follow one driver’s journey as she creates her ideal driving outfit, and learn about the changes she makes as she moves up through the levels and switches horses.

Date added: Sunday August 1,2010

From the tip of the horse’s nose to the tip of the driver’s hat, the overall impression of horse, harness, carriage, and driver should be one of balance and harmony, with the driver’s attire not detracting from the horse in any way. There’s still r...Read Full Story

Working (Horse) Women

Date added: Wednesday June 30,2010

On those afternoons when you’re jailed in the office, it’s easy to daydream about earning your living with horses and being near them every day. Some 700,000 people in the U.S. do just that, according to the American Horse Council.<...Read Full Story

Your 2010 World Equestrian Games Preview

The world is coming to Kentucky to see the greatest riders and horses of our day perform.

Date added: Wednesday June 30,2010

Imagine the best of the best in the equestrian world all gathered together in one place. Think of the most accomplished riders and the most talented horses converging at one location to do what they do best. Then, picture that phenomenal event happening right here in our ...Read Full Story

Shopping for an Event Prospect

Finding the right horse takes time and determination.

Date added: Tuesday June 1,2010

Eventing is a sport where most riders enjoy cultivating a relationship with their mounts; it is, in part, this level of mutual understanding that makes it possible for horses and riders to complete some of the most difficult of cross-country tests. However, finding and ch...Read Full Story

Two to Tango

Learn the benefits of riding to music from top-level rider, Ruth Hogan-Poulsen.

Date added: Tuesday June 1,2010

In 1998, when Ruth Hogan-Poulsen’s career in dressage was really beginning to take off, she was invited to compete on a Rhinelander, owned by Liz Ritz of Ohio. Liz had become pregnant. “[The horse] was not a fantastic mover, but he was incredibly smart and tra...Read Full Story

A Step Ahead

Learn about the benefits joining an interscholastic equestrian team, and see how horseback riding is rising in popularity as a school sport

Date added: Monday May 3,2010

Equestrian sports are gradually gaining in recognition at the high school level, opening the door for new opportunities for today’s young riders. Traditionally, equestrian programs have been an attraction for students seeking the ideal private school education. Now,...Read Full Story

Up Your Horsepower

Learn how to go from driving a single horse to driving multiples.

Date added: Monday May 3,2010

Leisurely trotting down a country road with a single horse and carriage is pure bliss for many carriage drivers. But, if visions of Roman chariot races creep into your daydreams, it might mean that you are ready for more horsepower!

Hor...Read Full Story

The Ground You Walk On

An overview of footing basics.

Date added: Thursday April 1,2010

Horse owners are notoriously picky, and one area which typically demands high standards is the footing upon which riders exercise their mounts. The question of what makes the best footing has been the subject of high profile discussions in regards to everything from Olymp...Read Full Story