Most people today have never even seen a real sleigh being pulled by horses. But there are places where people still hitch up their horses, wrap themselves in warm blankets and with sleigh bells jingling, go for a sleigh ride. At one time Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, held an annual event to keep this wonderful…
The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Poll is taken each year to select the top pacers and trotters of the year in the United States. Horse Talk – pacers and trotters: Pacers move both legs on the same side forward in unison. Trotters move right front and left rear legs forward almost simultaneously, then follow suit with left…
Above and Beyond is a vaulting team based in Washington State. In 2013, for the first time in the team’s history, they competed in Trot Team and C-Team events at the National Championships held in Denver, Colorado. The championships ran from August 8 – 11th. The team’s trainer and coach, Saacha DeAmborossio, drove the horses…
If you are thinking of a career working with horses, you may find a recent Oklahoma equine study of interest. Why? Because the study focused on the economic benefits and job opportunities available in the real-world of horses! Time to give your data analysis skills a workout and get a glimpse of the horses and…
One of the exciting events at the Washington International Horse Show is the Children’s Jumping Championship, offering $10,000 in prize money. The picture above shows the course for this year’s Children’s Championship. As you will see, there is plenty of math in show jumping. Learning to read the course design and understand the written information is…
The story behind Cavalia In 1998, one of the co-founders of Cirque du Soleil, Normand Latourelle, created a live event called Les Légendes Fantastiques. “I needed one horse as an extra,” he recalls. “I wanted a hundred-year-old village to come alive, and it was a big performance, with more than 100 people, a few sheep,…
Many of us are taught that the ideal shoulder angle for a horse is 45 degrees. Senior high school student Morgan O’Sullivan decided to see if that was true. While in the tenth grade in the agriculture program at Middletown High School, Connecticut, Morgan thought it was strange during a horse judging class in school, that…
The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s major thoroughbred horse race. It is a race for three-year-olds and over and is the richest “two-mile” handicap in the world. Horse Talk – handicap: A handicap race in horse racing is a race in which horses carry different weights, assigned to them by the handicapper or racing secretary. A…
We here at Horse Lover’s Math already know you love horses, but have you ever thought about having a career with horses? Working with horses doesn’t have to be just about riding. Even if you’ve never ridden – you can have a career with horses! If you are a regular visitor to Horse Lover’s Math,…
On April 1, 2013, Ben Masters and three buddies saddled 12 wild mustangs and set out on a six-month, 3,000-mile journey from Mexico to Canada. They followed a patchwork of public lands from Nogales, Arizona, to Montana’s Glacier National Park, crossing the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone along the way. Only one of them had grown up on…