Horseplay Category

How Many Horses Can You See on Nine Horse Mountain?

Nine Horse Mountain in China
Legend has it that on the side of this mountain there are nine horses, and that the more a person sees, the greater they will be.

Also called Nine-Horse Painted Hill and Mountain of Nine Horses is located in Yangshuo county in the northeastern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China. Here are a few more pictures to help you declare your great status!
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Even Big Kids Like to Color Horses

Horse loving kids of all ages like to color sometimes. Now that we have the internet, we don’t even have to get off the couch to find pretty horses to color in.

I did a little of your homework for you and found some of the best sites out there that offer blank outlines just begging for a little crayon action.

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Top 7 Freakiest Looking Horses Ever

AI image of an enormous horse

Unfortunately the site we used for for images in this post is no longer with us and we were unable to find them again. Now this is just a list of glib comments with no context.

Horses are usually beautiful creatures, but there are a few out there that are ugly enough to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Horse lovers spend so much time pouring over an endless supply of beautiful horse pictures, so I thought I’d switch things up a little.
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Ever Wanted to Draw a Horse?

We’re of the opinion that what it takes to draw a horse is hours of practice. A whole horse drawing is the sum of it’s parts and horses have a lot of parts. In many ways, depth of detail makes or breaks equine art.

Laying The Groundwork

And while it is fair to say that art is subjective, that is no excuse for lack of practice or attention to detail…you get what you pay for.
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Fictional Horses We Grew Up Loving

Bayard statue
Horses manage to permeate popular culture relatively often. Equinest or not, most people enjoy looking at the horse and there are many horses, both fictional and real, that have captivated hearts through the years.

Similar to our famous racehorse series, this series is dedicated to famous fictional horses. You may know them all, or you may learn something new, either way you can pay tribute to fictional horses all of us love.
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The Athletic Spirit of Secretariat

Secretariat on a track
Also coined as one of the greatest American racehorses to ever live, Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973 and set track records that still stand today in two of the three races.

Just A Youngster

This great Throughbred raced a very short time and was retired to stud at the ripe old age of three. Making his fantastic racing career substantially shorter than most of his competitors in the ‘Greatest Racehorse Ever’ title.
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