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If Your Newly Retired RRP Thoroughbred Makeover Mount Could Talk

January 7, 2020

For many people the New Year means resolutions of getting fit, losing weight, purging and turning over a new leaf. The New Year for the OTTB...

Adventures of a Traveling Equestrian

January 2, 2020

Today marks the big day: my first trip to Florida! My horse, Rumba, has been living it up in the sunny state since the end of November, so I...

10 Things Equestrian Professionals Do On Vacation

December 26, 2019

Tis the season for taking time away from the farm, whether it be to visit family or just to relax. It’s not an industry known for easily get...

Best of HN: 10 People Who Make More Than Horse Professionals

December 18, 2019

This tongue-in-cheek piece written by Ashley Francese and originally posted on our sister site, Horse Nation, is #sodangtrue that it isn't ...

Draper Therapies: ‘Santa Baby’ – Hunter/Jumper Edition

December 16, 2019

Not quite sure how to break the news of your hefty Christmas list to Santa this year? We rewrote the lyrics to “Santa Baby” for your conveni...

The 12 Equestrian Pains of Christmas

December 11, 2019

No matter where you go this time of year, you are haunted by the sound of Christmas carols at every turn. JN's Amanda Cousins decided to put...

Five Questions Your Extended Family Are Guaranteed to Ask This Holiday Season

December 6, 2019

I love my family, I really do. It is just that most of them really don't have a grasp on what it is I actually do when it comes to horses. M...

10 MORE Doggie Faces We Just Want To Smooch, from Draper Therapies

December 2, 2019

These doggos from Beastly Rescue, Inc. are too cute to pass by. Horse people and dogs go hand-in-hand, or hand-in-paw, or something. So it’...

The Cutest Peep That Ever Did Peep

November 19, 2019

If you have been on the show circuit for a bit, then you probably know about The Peeps Foundation and their beloved mascot (and namesake) Pe...

10 Doggie Faces We Just Want To Smooch, from Draper Therapies

October 31, 2019

These doggos from Beastly Rescue, Inc. are too cute to pass by. Horse people and dogs go hand-in-hand, or hand-in-paw, or something. So it'...

(Almost) Every Horse Movie Ever Made Ranked & Reviewed, Presented by Draper Therapies

October 10, 2019

With winter coming on, 'tis the season to curl up in one's pajamas to Netflix (or Amazon Prime, or Redbox, or Hulu, etc.) and chill with a...

If Horses Were People: Show Day

October 2, 2019

There are many reasons to love SmartPak, but their lovable and laughable video-series "If Horses Were People" is definitely at the top of my...