Feb 25, 2021 10:37AM ● By J. D. Avant
Loving owners such as Jill (DeMontigny) McCormick cherish their horses for more than their function. She considers them part of her extended family.
Mar 31, 2018 11:32AM ● By Anne Walsh
As his last name implies, Christian Heineking is truly king of the horse jumping ring. He’s won four out of five International Omaha Grand P...
Mar 24, 2018 11:52AM ● By Anne Walsh
The International Omaha indoor jumping and dressage competition continues its ascent in the horse sports world, drawing the fastest horses a...
Mar 29, 2017 03:12PM ● By Charlie Litton
When the world’s elite horses (and riders) arrive in Omaha, an entourage of police and first responders—including mounted patrol—will escort...
Mar 02, 2017 03:48PM ● By Max Sparber
There are not as many horses around the city of Omaha as there used to be. You still see a few now and then, mostly downtown, generally bein...
Mar 01, 2017 03:56PM ● By Max Sparber
After Omaha’s territorial years, its favorite animal became both a local resource and a local problem. The early years of Omaha were a golde...
Dec 30, 2015 03:08PM ● By Max Sparber
It’s hard to believe the Ak-Sar-Ben Race Track and Coliseum has been closed for 20 years (the coliseum closed later, in 2002), as it was lon...
Jul 08, 2015 01:28PM ● By Carol Crissey Nigrelli
This article appears in Omaha Magazine July/August 2015.Nebraska’s pioneering spirit shines brightly along the I-80 corridor, which follows ...
Sep 11, 2014 09:00AM ● By David Williams
Three years from now, a very special group of athletes will board a chartered flight in Belgium bound for Eppley Airfield. And when the cadr...
Jul 23, 2014 09:00AM ● By Allison Janda
It’s good exercise. You get to help people. You get to wear cool boots. And maybe best of all: You get to hang out with horses all day.But t...
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