Horses and the Ancient Olympics
Horses have been a part of the Olympics from close to the start. There is no way our four-legged friends, who helped shape humanity on multiple levels, could be left...
Horses have been a part of the Olympics from close to the start. There is no way our four-legged friends, who helped shape humanity on multiple levels, could be left...
It’s an Olympic year, and boy oh boy do I love the Games! From July 26–August 11, 2024, you best believe I’ll be shirking my duties to watch the world’s...
Sometimes forced dismounts are met with laughter and other times tears and ambulances. I think it’s fair to say that 99.9% of the time we’re jettisoned from the saddle it’s...
This week I was plum out of ideas, so I thought I’d go out on a limb and try a chatbot AI program to see if it could offer any...
If you turn to page 1 of the 1976 Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship you will find instructions on how to dismount. Page one. That’s how important this is. I’m...
A friend of mine texted me the other day, “Why are they called field boots, dress boots and paddock boots?” Fair question. Why are they called field boots? And so,...
Today I thought I’d venture down the horse’s leg as there are a lot of curious names down there. We will start at the bottom and work our way up...
I don’t know how I got here, but here I am. Every now and then a word springs to mind that’s just odd enough that I’m compelled to look into...
Horses have played a huge role in history and helped shape the world we live in. But when it comes to Christmas, they haven’t much of a presence, other than...
It astounds me how little I know about the horse world. I have been involved with horses my whole life, though almost entirely on the English side of things and...
Ahhhh, words. I love them and since I love them so much, I’m going to explore a few that we use in our day-to-day and some that we don’t. I’ll...
What makes a chestnut horse a chestnut? I have written about roans, palominos, bays and Appaloosas and today I thought I’d add to the collection and talk about chestnuts. Chestnuts...
This week's theme is horses and numbers. What got me onto the topic in the first place was the word martingale. Confused? You're not alone. My original goal was to...
There are many things in this world with the word horse attached to them. Most we understand such as a sawhorse or horseradish, which I've written about. But then we...
This is the second installment of "UK versus North America," which I’ve just deemed a mini-series. Last time, I started the post discussing whether you keep your horse at livery...
I’ve been avoiding the phrases "horse sense," "horse play" and "horse around" for a long time for a number of reasons. Mostly because they aren’t in common use anymore and,...
I made an observation while writing my last two articles and I admit, what you’re about to read is from the point of view of a slightly bitter woman. Just...
Last week, I wrote about the Duke of Wellington and his horse, Copenhagen. This week, it seems only fitting to write about Napoleon and his horse, Marengo. But first a...
I’ve written about the Duke of Wellington’s influence on footwear, aptly named Wellingtons or Wellies. Now, I thought I might look into Wellington’s horse, an off-the-track-Thoroughbred by the name of...
When I was in university I took a biological anthropology class, and while in that stuffy classroom learning about monkeys and prehensile tails, I also learned something interesting about horse...