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On the Wagon

Riding Along at the Chuckwagon Championships, Perhaps the Most American Event of All Time

Brain seepage, I think to myself as I watch paramedics tend to a rider who’s been ripped from his saddle. He’s not getting up. It’s the first hour of the first day of the National Championship Chuckwagon Races in Clinton, Arkansas, and I’m just realizing how dangerous this sport can be. Full story

What the Fuck Is a Renaissance Faire?

I hung out at one in California to try to figure it out. Full story

I Went to the Belmont Stakes So You Didn’t Have To

The Sport of Kings may not have the bulimic jockeys, juiced horses, or crooked track owners of its heyday, but watching it is still one of the greatest thrills on Earth. Full story

The Loneliest Cowboy in the World

Plumbing the Isolated Depths of Chilean Patagonia

Faustino Barrientos has spent most of his 81 years in isolation. He works as a gaucho—the horse-riding shepherds of the harsh southern swath known as Patagonia. Full story

I'm Psychic... with Mary Gaitskill

We talk sex, horses, military thinking, and writing. Full story

The Sisters Brothers

I was sitting outside the Commodore’s mansion, waiting for my brother Charlie to come out with news of the job. It was threatening to snow and I was cold and for want of something to do I studied Charlie’s new horse Nimble. My new horse was called Tub. Full story

Extra Egg Room

Starring He-Horse. Full story

Fancy Dancer

And Other Horse Names by Josh Smith

Gathering horse names for fun. Full story