Serving in the military can be a stressful job. Long hours, difficult assignments and sometimes dangerous deployments—the career is never an easy one. But for some members of the military, American Paint Horses provide a welcome diversion from their...
When I was young, we replaced our saintly first horse with a horse that wasn’t so much chestnut as red—the color nature usually reserves for things you shouldn’t eat. Or touch. Or look at funny. And as a fellow...
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For the past few years, I’ve intended to make the trip to Lebanon, Ohio’s annual Christmas Carriage Parade, but I could never quite make it work. Last year, HorseChannel contributors MacMillan Photography covered the event for us, and seeing...
Ride on rolling hills to improve balance, coordination and straightness.
Are you and your horse wearing circles in the arena and not making any progress? Cross-training just might be the tool you need to get to the next level as...
Learning to lift correctly and developing the right muscles will improve your riding, reduce your risk of injury and make barn chores easier.Riding horses is your life. You live and breathe horses and spend endless hours with them at...
Photos by Shelley Higgins, Sarah Miller and Kim MacMillanHalloween was over, Thanksgiving was still a couple of weeks away and the show season was winding down…so what to do? Why not head up north for Christmas shopping at The...
Little Horse Island occupies a small portion of St. Helena Island just outside Beaufort, South Carolina. Just as its name implies, the island is home to a small population of wild ponies, said to be descendants of Marsh Tacky...
Hello and happy Friday, everyone! Here’s what’s been happening in the horse world this week.Yet another change to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s once-straightforward plan to rid the city of carriage horses. Limiting the...
