Step 1: Attend best friend’s wedding. Become instant pals with fellow bridesmaid/avid horse person/avid eye-roller. Agree to hypothetical future faux-foxhunting weekend in Middleburg with her.Step 2: Completely forget you agreed to hypothetical faux-foxhunting weekend in Middleburg. Six months later,...
Untitled photo by andreavallejos on flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0April 14, 2016
Dear Diary,
I’ve made a very important lifestyle decision. I’ve decided that it’s boring to just write down what I do every day in my diary, so I’m switching things up....
It’s an age-old problem. Horse people often have the knowledge to teach friends and loved ones how to ride, but the relationships—including back-talk from children and egos from significant others—can make it difficult.
Still, many people make it work. What’s...
"When I was a kid, I used to bomb around the fields, bareback and helmetless, on my half-broke pony. I’d fall off a dozen times every ride and just laugh and get back on.”
The archetype of the fearless kid...
Updated April 20, 12:40 p.m.After some of the worst flooding in history hit north of Houston, Texas, this week, video began circulating of harrowing rescue attempts of dozens of horses caught in the floodwaters.A live video posted on Monday,...
Last year a woman in rural Pinal County, Ariz., saw what she believed was a mistreated horse. So she approached the horse, haltered him, removed him from his pasture, and brought him to an equine rescue near Tuscon.After the...
If your dream horse is a rainbow-maned unicorn, we have some good news. Michelle Inch, the entrepreneur behind Equidivine, can make it happen. Just take one average, everyday horse, and add magic.Let’s address your first two concerns:...
We all know that urge. That itch. That if I don’t get some horsey time in soon, I’m going to go crazy sort of feeling.
I often wonder where this need to get to the barn originates. I’ve decided that...
Spicy Little Number is a chestnut Thoroughbred gelding whose owner enjoys trail riding, as well as occasional dressage
and jumping. Although he’s usually happy and easy to get along with, on a recent long trail ride, Spicy got very fidgety...
Most equestrians are not frequent stretchers. For me, this means after 20 years of saddle time, I have incredibly tight hips.I recently attended a yoga class in Houston, Texas at Revolution Studio. I felt the tension in my hips...
