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Leslie Potter

Horses Learn to Communicate Blanket Preferences with Symbols

The debate over whether or not horses should wear blankets will probably never end in equestrian circles, but now, at…

8 years ago


Featured Video: Stephen Colbert Meets the World’s Most Handsome Horse

We all think we own the best looking horse in the world, but Stacy Nazario might have a better claim…

8 years ago

Featured Video: Backing Up the Horse Trailer

  The first time that I borrowed a truck and trailer to take my horse to a show, I had…

8 years ago

9 Things I Miss About Being an Equestrian Science Student

The author c. 2000 with William Woods school horse, Dragon. There are a lot of reasons I’m glad that I’m…

8 years ago

Featured Video: T-Rex Tries Show Jumping

The ever-expanding video collection of Tyrannosaurus Rex (okay, fine, people in T-Rex suits) trying different activities is the greatest thing…

8 years ago

Featured Video: Moose Encounter

According to Facebook's translation of the Norwegian description of this video, it says: The king of the forest was in…

8 years ago

Nick Skelton Wins Great Britain’s First Individual Show Jumping Olympic Gold

With the team competition behind them, the top 35 riders returned today to compete for the individual show jumping medals,…

8 years ago

Riding IS a Sport. Or It Isn’t. Who Cares, Really?

In the previous post in this blog, I talked about some of the ways various non-horsey media outlets attempt to…

8 years ago

France Wins Gold and U.S. Takes Silver in Show Jumping at the Rio Olympics

Yesterday’s first round of team show jumping competition at the Rio 2016 Olympics brought mixed emotions for supporters of the…

8 years ago

U.S. Team Tied for the Lead in Show Jumping at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Embed from Getty Images Tap the arrows on the side of the image above to scroll through the slideshow.  …

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