Chances are that your barn, whether a large show barn or your personal property, is home to some things you don’t use on a regular basis. Do you have some random pieces of leather? Perhaps you have some very...
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s what’s been happening in the horse world this week.The American Heart Association Beach Ride in South Carolina has been an annual tradition for more than 30 years. Riders make their...
Longeing isn’t just a way to let your horse burn off excess energy before getting down to the business of riding; it can be an effective training and conditioning tool in and of itself.
Longeing can improve bend in...
Somebody needs to get these two some bright orange gear.When I was a kid, there was an incident where a woman was shot and killed by a deer hunter in her own backyard. She was wearing white mittens; the...
My parents are not horsey. I grew up in a suburb of Houston with a backyard that housed an awesome deck, swing set and perfect tree for climbing. There were no horses.Despite this reality, starting in kindergarten, I started...
Popularity is a capricious thing. There’s really no accounting for why Misty of Chincoteague became Marguerite Henry’s most popular novel, when she wrote so many equally wonderful horse stories. And there’s also no accounting for why dozens of books...
Watch Beezie Madden and Cortes C win the National Horse Show Grand Prix with a daring ride in the jump-off.
While I should have been working on more pressing deadlines today, I couldn’t resist the chance to chat with international...
From Nov. 6-9, top horse-and-rider teams from around the country came to the Kentucky Horse Park to compete in the U.S. Dressage Finals. The competition awards championship titles to competitors from Training Level through Grand Prix.
The U.S. Dressage Finals...
Exmoor ponies, one of the oldest and most primitive horse breeds in Europe, at Keent Nature Reserve in the Netherlands; Copyright Staffan Widstrand; Rewilding EuropeDid you know that of all the thousands of endangered species in the world, hundreds...
