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Abigail Boatwright

Kicking off 2016 at the Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center

  Over the course of the next few months, horseillustrated.com will be giving readers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the…

10 years ago

How About a Rump Massage?

After removing his expensive ceramic-infused therapy blanket, I hobbled around Corazon’s backside to begin his daily hamstring massage. My own…

10 years ago

On Whispers Outside the Ring and Size 26 Breeches

I was an oddly skinny child—so skinny my mother invested in the type of weight-gain powder given to really sick…

10 years ago

Heart Rate Monitors for Horses

Endurance riders and racehorse trainers frequently used heart rate monitors for their horses, and this tool can be useful for…

10 years ago

Breaking from the Lope

  Q: My horse consistently breaks gait from a lope to a jog on the right lead. What may be…

10 years ago

How Riding Improves Physical and Mental Health

At least twice a week, a group of women who board their horses at the same barn get together to…

10 years ago

The Thoroughbred and the Whippet

It can be amusing to observe certain physical and behavioral characteristics seem to transcend species—particularly dogs and horses. There’s no…

10 years ago

How Horses Build Girl Power

  When consultant Terry Murray brought his performance enhancing strategies to horse barns, he noticed something about the female equestrians…

10 years ago

The Top Ten Instagram Accounts for the Horsey Set

Instagram, the wildly popular photo sharing app for phones and tablets, is a treasure trove of unique, beautiful, and sometimes…

10 years ago

Featured Video: The Friendship Between a Horse and a Chicken

  I went out to check horses and this is what I find. I can say with certainty that this…

10 years ago