There’s a reason barrel racers tend to prefer small, agile stock-type horses for their sport. Barrel horses need explosive speed along with the ability to dig in and turn sharply around the barrels. When you see three barrels set...
Combined driving is often compared to three-day eventing, the sport from which it was derived. However, when watching the marathon phase, it’s more like the rally racing done with sports cars. In the marathon phase of a combined driving...
We’re getting the first days of cool, autumn weather here in Horse Illustrated’s hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, and that means its almost time to break out our horses’ winter wardrobe. Some things that we think about when we think...
Here's something that'll make your trail rides seem tame. Meet Andrea and her mare, Coco. Andrea runs Discovery Horse Tours where she works with all her horses at liberty. Check out how they navigate the Costa Rican rainforest together...
Tina Konyot and her stallion, Calecto V, have been a fixture of the top tier of American dressage for several years. We cheered them on at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games here in Kentucky. We watched them...
Henry the Mini has a soccer ball that’s bigger than he is. But that’s not about to stop him from chasing his World Cup dreams. Check out the skilled header at 0:35 and the jubilant kick at 0:41. Even...
Can you believe there are just a couple of weeks to go before the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy, France? We imagine that the staff behind the scenes in Normandy are working nonstop to get the...
Canadian trainer and horsemanship clinician Jonathan Field has done some great training videos for us (you can watch them here, here and here.) He even once starred in a Blackberry ad. But take a few minutes and check out...
As horsepeople, there are a lot of misconceptions about what we do. The non-horsey folks seem to think we're:Filthy Rich
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If you want to get into the sport of reining, it helps to have a horse like Gunners Special Nite, the AQHA/APHA stallion who took Tom McCutcheon to individual gold at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. But...
