Author Archives: Gretchen Lida

"Do people ever think you  wear those ironically?" the chiropractor asked as I lay on her table. I was rocking a pair of navy riding pants and a t-shirt. The...

The first time I watched the 1987 film Amadeus I cried. Not because of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's untimely death. I cried because I related to Antonio Salieri, the in-house composer of...

“Well, at least the robots won’t train horses,” I joked to a fellow English teacher as we chatted about the rise of Artificial Intelligence-generated college essays and programs like Moonbeam...

"Do I have enough money for Taco Bell? No, I don't," says a trending #horsetok sound on the Internet right now. "But you know what I do have?" it continues,...

procrastination is theart of keepingup with yesterday —Don Marquis, archy and mehitabel, 1927 I opened a box of Breyer horses from my childhood the other day. I could say it...

“What if every single human being chose one threatened animal or insect or bird or fish and decided to save it? I think the world would look completely different if...

Adventurer Jesse McNeil knows a thing or two about long-distance adventures. He's hiked the nearly 2,200 miles of the Appalachian Trail between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in...

The first notes of Mariah Carey after Thanksgiving usually freak me out. I float above my body and count down the days until the New Year, hoping it will be...

I have heard whispers at breed association meetings, from farriers and vets, and the infamous 56 Thoroughbred posts on social media. Someone got sick; someone passed away, and now someone's...

Horse people know more about what is going on in the sky and in the dirt than most. We have multiple weather apps on our phones and check them often....

Many of us let generational insults fly willy-nilly. "Baby Boomers are out of touch." "Gen Xers are such downers." "Millennials are so frivolous." "Gen Z are too sensitive." As a...

As a horse girl, I am sad about the Queen's passing, but I understand others' rage. A recent photo from Queen Elizabeth II's funeral finally broke my cold, jaded soul....

There is a certain odor in tack shops on Saturdays. Lingering among the luscious scent of new leather and sun shirts fresh off the rack is the unmistakable perfume of...

Happy #Buyahorsebookday! Today, Trafalgar Square Books is hosting a day dedicated to horses on the page, and we are launching our first literary roundup to celebrate. After hosting the HN Reads...

When I meet someone new, I often don’t introduce myself as a horse person—and it is probably not for the reasons you think. Ok, maybe I lied. It is partly...

“Twenty-two percent of millennials say they have ‘no friends,’” claimed a Vox article from 2019. While that stat was pulled from a poll of fewer than 2,000 people, the truth...

The renowned wildlife program Nature on PBS has produced several equine-centric episodes that span the planet. Julia Roberts rode with nomadic horse masters in "Wild Horses of Mongolia." In "Legendary...

In its efforts to invade Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's troops took control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in late February. Troops seized the exclusion zone around it, which is now a...

It is well chronicled here on Horse Network that I, Gretchen Lida, have depression. I can be a sad sack who happens to love horses. Like clockwork, the worst spells are usually...

Earlier this week, my mare let out the world’s most pregnant capriole ever documented. Perturbed that she was not the first back into her stall for dinner, she took a...