I am about to lease a horse, with a 6-month option to buy. I am leasing him through a trainer who is acting as a go-between to another trainer who is representing the owner. Does this seem convoluted to anybody else...? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2008 - 11 answers

Gift Filter: Really awesome Kentucky Derby/Horse Races themed gift for my dad's 50th birthday? [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 8 answers

There's a website where a guy posts videos that feature a toy horse. I think his site is a video blog about cats but I might be wrong. I first saw him on YouTube reading out the lyrics to, I think, My Humps. Help me find his website, my Google-fu has failed me.
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 3 answers

I want to take my sweetheart on a romantic horse drawn sleigh ride somewhere snowy near Toronto this weekend. [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2007 - 3 answers

Help me track down this poem by (I think) Derek Walcott. [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2007 - 5 answers

How do I learn to ride horses as an adult? What to look for in an instructor, school, and horse? I am in the DC area. [more inside]
posted on Dec 27, 2006 - 12 answers

Is it true that a horse is not capable of doing a horsepower worth of work? (And since horses are supposed to have such a high power to weight ratio are there any other animals that can do so?) [more inside]
posted on Oct 22, 2006 - 8 answers

A question for all equestrian owners and riders... [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2006 - 10 answers

A friend is trying to track down a magazine whose title she recalls as Horses for Juniors. "It was a horse magazine for kids, and they had articles and stuff, and also you could submit drawings of your favorite horse and they'd publish the best of the bunch." This would have been in California circa 1981. Any leads on what it might have been and/or how to find copies?
posted on Jun 22, 2006 - 3 answers

What do you know about the economics of the Grand Prix horse jumping circuit? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2006 - 5 answers

I went to the Arlington Racetrack in Illinois last year (my first time at the races). One of the items on sale at the gift shop was a black and white photo of a horse racing along a long length of track. It measured something like 6" x 72" (yes, about 6 feet wide) and was priced at about $250. I assume it was made of photos seamlessly "stitched" together. Where can I find a similar photo (framed or not) online? I'm not concerned about the horse or the location it was shot, I just think it would look great hanging in my living room
posted on Feb 27, 2006 - 9 answers

What movie has a scene in which a man fishes for eels using a horse head for bait? It may be foreign.
posted on Nov 3, 2005 - 6 answers

How fast is a horse? According to this review of a book on bicycling, one of the original motivations for the development of the bicycle was to find a cheaper, faster, more reliable human-powered alternative to the horse. Did we succeed? I average around 12-15mph on my 10 mile daily bicycle commute - can a horse compete with that?
posted on Feb 3, 2005 - 21 answers

Someone at work has just asked me a bizarre question that I can't find an answer to - can horses (and in fact any other animal) actually throw up? (+)
posted on Jan 11, 2005 - 30 answers