Liz Moyer I am exceptionally picky when it comes to boots. I have worn the same kind of paddock boots for as long as I can remember and have even taken to using the old foot beds from them in...
Two Thanksgiving parades launched in 1924 and are still running today. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York is likely the most well known, but we’re going to give the edge to America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit, Michigan....
Kayla Fallon/Days End Farm Horse Rescue
This little story I wrote was buried in aftermath of election day coverage in the Washington Post. It’s about a sweet orphan foal who nearly starved and was brought back to life by a...
iStock/Thinkstock We’ve already learned several important lessons from ruby, but in honor of Ruby’s 25th year, we’ve compiled a few more tidbits of wisdom from everybody’s favorite chestnut Welsh Mountain Pony. Here are some of the things Ruby has learned...
By now, you’re probably familiar with Valegro’s results with rider Charlotte Dujardin in the sport of dressage on the world stage. Individual and team gold at the 2012 Olympics—Great Britain’s first-ever medals in the sport. Individual gold at the...
What’s a road trip
without music? The right tunes can make the miles fly by and turn a
stressful commute into a more pleasant experience. Your horse might
agree.Research out of
Université de Caen-Basse Normandie in France suggests that playing
classical music has a...
Serious horseback rider Terri Mielke of Wasilla, Alaska says you can never get too much saddle time in, and she certainly does her best to try. I met and rode with Terri in the backcountry of Alaska when I...
Good news, fans of horses and children’s picture books! REAL COWBOYS, written by Kate Hoefler and illustrated by Jonathan Bean (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016) has just galloped into bookstores and libraries near you.Today, most children don’t have exposure...
Stuck in the office? Wishing you were at the barn or in the saddle or maybe even at a horse show? We can’t get you out of work, but we can give you this short film that follows a...
It’s my favorite time of year in D.C. and one of the hallmarks of the season is having a huge international horse show set up downtown. Members of the U. S. Olympic silver medal show jumping team will be...
