If you see a service member out and about this Memorial Day weekend, be sure to take a moment to thank them!

The Green Country Paint Horse Club has developed the Ashley Marie Huntington Memorial Royalty Scholarship contest in honor of the late Ashley Huntington, an APHA member who died October 2013 from Hodgkins Lymphoma.

Sheik Island Farm was built by Blackburn Architects in 1997 for Kimberly Wilson and her father Patrick Michaels, both passionate equestrians.

A fatty substance called sebum, secreted from the sebaceous glands in your horse’s skin, increases when the diet is higher in fat. It coats the hair, making it reflect the sun’s rays.

A new YouTube video from SouthArabians.com shows just how easy it is to alter a sale photo of a horse by perfecting conformation flaws with just a few clicks of a button. The title of the video, “Photo Magic- Create a Superstar in 2 Minutes,” is meant as “a practical guide to show you how easy it is to alter pictures… and trick you with them.”

“Last year the audience went crazy for the super cute, fluffy Shetland Ponies and their tiny colorful jockeys racing around Verizon Center!” said WIHS President Vicki Lowell. “We started talking right away about how we could bring them back in a bigger way.

She guided the Gamecocks to a 15-3 record this season and their second straight Southeastern Conference championship, becoming South Carolina’s first team to win back-to-back SEC titles. She was also voted SEC Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.

An example of the Jackrabbits sportsmanship this year was towards the University of South Carolina during the teams’ Nov. 23, 2013 competition in Brookings, S.D. Several Gamecock student-athletes and staff members still had missing luggage the morning of the meet, but South Dakota State’s student-athletes and coaches agreed to move back the competition and offered to provide the Gamecocks with competition attire for the meet until their luggage arrived.

“Every major equine breed registry has seen a dramatic drop in the number of registered horses over the last ten years. What are the reasons? Is this a function of the economy or a fundamental, permanent change in the industry? What will it mean for the industry, short and long-term? Are some breeds and activities affected more than others?” noted AHC president Jay Hickey.

Unable to work or return to school, Nick says he felt depressed, isolated, anxious and angry. Nick’s therapy included horseback riding at BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center in Poplar Grove, Illinois—it was there Nick discovered the impact horses can have on healing.