Can’t Get Enough of Those Big Fuzzy Ears

2020-12-14T22:27:52+00:00April 8th, 2019|Categories: Favorite Videos, Fun, Management, Series|Tags: , , , , |

Maybe its the rows of chocolate bunnies that greet me when I enter the grocery store. Maybe its the blooming tulips, iris and azaleas dotted about my yard. Maybe its the beautiful pastel eggs my chickens provide every day. Whatever the reason, I’ve got Easter on my mind and can’t stop looking at Pinterest photos of [...]

A Romantic Look at a Simpler Way

2020-12-14T22:27:58+00:00February 10th, 2019|Categories: Favorite Videos, Fun, Management|Tags: , |

This beautiful short film “Horses and Solitude: Inside the Life of a Brazilian Gaucho” will make your heart soar. Equestrians seem drawn to a quiet life in the countryside where we are embraced by nature, a cool breeze and the warmth of the sun. There is something undeniably romantic about the modern day gaucho. Maybe because [...]

Consider the Course Ahead

2020-12-14T22:27:59+00:00January 28th, 2019|Categories: Favorite Videos, Fun, Management, Series|Tags: , |

One of WARHorses most popular videos featured a young competitor, her delightful horse and their quiet exchange in the competition arena. Following is our original Facebook post from September 2017. This past weekend I went with a friend to a local schooling show. A beautiful sunny day, [...]

A Disney Classic for Halloween

2020-12-14T22:28:04+00:00October 31st, 2018|Categories: Favorite Videos, Fun, Management, Series|Tags: , |

In 1949, Walt Disney Productions released “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, an animated adaptation of the 1820 story by Washington Irving. The film was Disney’s 11th animated feature. Disney’s entire staff of core animators, known as “the 9 old men” worked on the film. The music was composed by Oliver Wallace who recorded himself whistling as [...]

WARHorses’ Video Favs – Donkey Love

2020-12-14T22:28:11+00:00August 1st, 2018|Categories: Favorite Videos, Fun, Management, Series|Tags: , |

Christopher Ameruoso is a celebrity photographer from LA. In his spare time, he noodles on the guitar, much to the delight of his rescue donkey, Hazel. Like Hazel, we too are charmed by this beautiful, musical interlude. Have a great day WARHorses!

WARHorses’ Video Favs – Racing Ponies Before the Queen

2020-12-14T22:28:12+00:00July 23rd, 2018|Categories: Favorite Videos, Fun, Management, Series|Tags: , , , , |

Some WARHorses were lucky to grow up riding ponies, galloping across pastures racing the wind like no body’s business. Kids chosen to compete in Britain’s Shetland Pony Grand National each year, don’t need to daydream about winning races, they have the opportunity nearly every weekend, hoping to qualify for the final race before the queen. The [...]

WARHorses’ Video Favs – Gettin’ It Done At Any Age

2020-12-14T22:28:16+00:00July 2nd, 2018|Categories: Favorite Videos, Fun, Management, Series|Tags: |

One of the most common questions we WARHorses ask of ourselves is whether we are too old to ride. The answer is complicated, there is no line in the stand that mandates an age where we must stop. The truth is, riding does become more difficult as we age, mentally and physically. But this is where [...]

WARHorses’ Video Favs – The Free Race Horse Who Won a Million

2020-12-14T22:28:22+00:00April 25th, 2018|Categories: Favorite Videos, Fun, Management, Series|Tags: , , |

You don't have to love horse racing to love this story. The plot is straight from movies like Seabiscuit and National Velvet. Jamaican UPS driver and part time horse trainer, Gaston Grant, 54, was given a free race horse, a big, bossy colt that no one else wanted. On April 8, 2017, Green Gratto won the [...]

The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere – Haru Urara

2020-12-14T22:29:24+00:00February 21st, 2017|Categories: Favorite Videos, Features, Series|Tags: , , , , |

Kristen Kovatch, Managing Editor HorseNation.com, has a knack for finding great stories. Today she introduces us to Japan’s beloved loser, Haru Urara, the TB who saved a struggling race track by never winning a race. The horse world is familiar with the story of Seabiscuit: a scrappy little mud-colored horse who had floundered around in the [...]

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