I love the way the internet and social networks are making equestrian events accessible to people across the globe, connecting horse people, and spreading awareness of all kinds of disciplines.I watched every minute of the 2008 Olympic dressage, jumping, and eventing through live online streaming. I watched Rolex Kentucky 3-day online while blogging it and live chatting with other viewers. I’ve made friends through this blog that I can go to to share our horsey lives and for sound advice. The internet is an amazing medium that I think more …

After much early speculation about a match-up with defending champ Curlin and horse racing’s all-time leading money winner, Big Brown is officially out of the Breeders’ Cup Classic and retiring for good following a hoof injury during a routine workout at Aqueduct.
The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner has been plagued with hoof problems for the past year. Cracked heels, glued on shoes, and now a 3-inch chunk of flesh has been torn out of his left hind foot when he caught it with the opposite hoof. It certainly wasn’t the …

While the Kentucky Derby is the most widely known, and viewed, event in American thoroughbred racing, the fall Breeders’ Cup is the biggest money event. In fact, it comes up second on the list for most money awarded in a sport during one day … behind racing’s Dubai World Cup and just ahead of the World Series of Poker. While the world at large may not watch the Breeders’ Cup the way it does the Derby, the Breeders’ Cup races are extremely prestigious within the racing world.
Held each fall at …