What You Can Learn from Watching Someone Else Ride Your Horse

February 8, 2021

I learn by watching. I like to study how people warm up, how horses react to certain types of rides, and even how horses look as they are exiting the show arena...

Communicating with Your Horse: The Role of Body Language in Training

February 7, 2021

I have heard many of my fellow horsemen and horsewomen joke about their preference in interacting with animals over people. Sometimes it’s not actually a joke. ...

Olá, Brazil! Dream Farm presented by Stable View

January 30, 2021

This week's dream farm ventures further afield-- to Rio de Janeiro! If you're farm shopping, don't let your search be narrowed to just looking domestically. C...

College Athletes of a Different Sort: Making the Decision Not To Bring Your Horse to College

January 28, 2021

In the previous article, college equestrians were interviewed about how they’ve found a balance between their academic and equestrian lives. In this article, eq...

New Series Calls for Submissions: Go Jumping With Top Riders Erynn Ballard, Doug Payne, Sloane Coles, and Jimmy Wofford

January 27, 2021

Jumper Nation is excited to announce a new series called "Go Jumping With _____" with top riders from around the world. The basic model is that juniors and amat...

Wednesday Watch: Introducing New JN Team Member, Writer and Photographer Shanyn Fiske

January 27, 2021

This week we feature Shanyn Fiske, a new member of our team at Jumper Nation. Shanyn is an English professor and director of the graduate program in Literature ...

Virginia is for Lovers: You’ll Love this Dream Farm in Virginia presented by Stable View

January 23, 2021

There is something about Virginia horse farms. Peaceful, expansive, almost always with nice views: you can't go wrong with a farm in Virginia. Here's one in W...

What is the Amateur Category For?

January 18, 2021

Susan Glover competing her horse Steve. Photo by Jaime Loichinger. There have been a lot of issues raised recently in the hunter-jumper world over horse showin...

Building Community in Your Barn: Why It Matters

January 17, 2021

I’ve been fortunate enough to grow up at barns that seemed to have a very natural community; the environment was warm and welcoming, and people and horses seeme...

Dream Farm presented by Stable View: Create your Dream Farm on this Amazing New York Property

January 16, 2021

Every farm owner has one or two things they would change about their property. Maybe it's the location of the barn, or the size of the paddocks. Or maybe it's t...