Kelly Bustillos had only ridden occasionally during her life, yet she enjoyed the role of horse show mom for her teenaged daughter. When her daughter lost her equestrian zeal, Kelly felt a void in her life: She missed the...
In the olden days, we had two catch-all terms for horses with extensive white markings: piebald and skewbald. Piebald was used to describe horses with a black coat and white markings; skewbald was for any other color and white....
horseillustrated.com spoke with Marion Maybank, a horse show manager based out of Wellington, Fl., Lexington, Ky., and Parker, Colo. Marion travels with the A show circuit and manages 13 horse shows a year and assists with another 22 a...
Q: I have been working with a green horse over 2'6" fences, and when he lands he pulls his head down, taking me with him, even when I start out secure in the saddle. What can I do to...
Q: Sometimes I see my horse eating his own manure. Not only is it totally disgusting, but it can’t be good for him. I have heard horses do this when they are confined to a small pen and are...
Summer is coming, and it’s threatening to suck the joy right out of your barn time. But fear not, intrepid summer riders, I’m here to share some of this Floridian-turned-Texan’s favorite hot weather products and tricks. Sunscreen...
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s what’s been happening in the horse world this week.Perhaps you’ve heard: American Pharoah won the Triple Crown last weekend. There are a million articles with a million angles out there...
When I was pregnant with my first child, I worried: Will I loathe the baby if he keeps me from my horse?
Fortunately, life juggling kids and horses has been nothing like my gloomy, fretful forecast. Yes, I’m on a...
When writer Lisa Savage started teaching her teenage daughter to drive, she found many parallels between driving a car and riding a horse.My daughter started riding horses when she was 8 years old. At that time, learning to drive...
ABC US News|World NewsChances are you have had a horse that affected your life greatly, or perhaps you’ve seen someone else change for the better because of a horse. They are often used in therapy, not only for injuries,...
