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Telling the difference may be confusing as the word "coach" and "carriage" are interchangeable when describing that wooden structure - not to be confused with a chariot - pulled by horses to carry people. However, my go-to dictionary Merriam-Webster ...

Hold onto your hats: the 41st annual Hampton Classic Horse Show will kick off August 28 with more than 200 classes for hunters, jumpers, and equitation riders at its stunning 60-acre show grounds in Bridgehampton, N.Y. The "Hampton Classic" is one of...

There are three Olympic equestrian disciplines - Eventing, Dressage, Jumping - and these are the only Olympic sports where men and women compete directly against each other for bronze, silver, and gold medals. The 2016 equestrian venue is at the Deod...

Tippy Toes, a black schipperke-beagle mix with two white front toes, was born in 1972 during the Fourth of July festivities at Sweetbrier Farm in Easton. A litter of two boys and two girls arrived thanks to the barn's resident schipperke. Back in the...

Day one on the road to Illinois for the national specialty dog show was a long trek, 14 hours, including three stops for potty and water breaks, from Newtown to Elkhart, Ind. As we nestled into the Red Roof Inn for a good night's sleep, it wa...

As a puppy, Jinx let out her first deep "Boo-woo" bark as a heavy rain hit the roof. So funny was this, watching her tilt her head at the ceiling to determine if that gush of water was friend or foe. She jumped up on sofa, looked out the window, and ...

Packing up the dogs and heading out to a National Specialty, a dog show hosted by a national breed club of one particular breed, is an event on every serious purebred dog breeder and exhibitor's bucket list. It's usually held annually and attracts se...

Scattered sunshine, a very low tide and a panoply of ponies populated Jennings Beach in Fairfield this past weekend. It's rare to see more than one or two other horses out on the beach during a ride despite Jennings being one of the few beaches that ...

"At virtually an daylight hour on almost any road in Redding, children in hard hats can be seen riding their ponies or horses to and from practice fields, pony club meetings or any of the many other horse gatherings in the town."The Hour newspaper da...

A handsome German shorthaired pointer named CJ was crowned Best in Show at the 140th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in front of a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden on February 16 in New York City.Junior Showmanship Finals Agility An...