Memoir
Nothing Makes Me Miss Colorado Quite Like the National Western Stock Show
I have lived in the Great Lakes region of the United States for five years now. I traded my Colorado clay-covered cowboy boots for the…
Author:
Gretchen Lida
Books and Film
The Equestrian
At first, Sybil H Mair’s short film The Equestrian seems simple: a young man seeks the lost affection of an emotionally absent father through some…
2 weeks ago
Books and Film
Ceolchuairt Mongolia: A Irish Fiddler’s Journey
One of the most striking scenes in Ceolchuairt Mongolia doesn’t include a fiddle. Instead, the camera focuses on a little sorrel horse, as wild and…
1 month ago
Books and Film
Watching Movies With Horse People
I was in one of the Wrigley Media Group theaters at the EQUUS Film and Arts Festival over the weekend, watching a set of shorts…
2 months ago
Books and Film
Tails of Fire, Ice and Horses: an Interview with April Anderson, Director of Tails of Iceland
Shot over 14 days in April and August of 2018, Tails of Iceland delicately weaves the story of how Icelanders and their unique, multi-gaited horses have shaped…
2 months ago
Books and Film
Friday at the Fest
The Equus Film Festival is best defined by passion. Whether a film is about reining, racing, or hunting for the origins of America’s wild horses,…
2 months ago
Books and Film
Three Movies I Can’t Wait to See at the 2019 EQUUS Film Festival
The bags are packed. The list of the must-sees is made. The horsehair has been vacuumed out of car’s floor mats. Today is the first…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
What the SafeSport Ban Means for George Morris
As of Nov. 19, 2019, the U.S. Center for SafeSport ruled that celebrated equestrian, coach and clinician George Morris (USA) is “permanently ineligible” from participation…
2 months ago
Big Picture
The Equestrian Privilege Quiz
In 2014, Buzzfeed published a quiz titled “How Privileged Are You?” In the five years since it came out, I often think about that quiz…
2 months ago
Books and Film
Free Spirits: How the American Mustang Exemplifies the Divide Between the East and the West
Free Spirits: Saving America’s Wild Horses opens with chaos. Short clips and sound bites from Bureau of Land Management officials, animal rights activists, news anchors,…
3 months ago
Books and Film
Horse of Kings: A Film of Spanish Escapism
If there were horses born for a life in front of the camera, it would be the horses of Spain. Andalusians, Lusitanos, and others that…
3 months ago
Books and Film
Romani Rai, a Cinematic Window into the World of the Gypsy
Tom Lloyd’s documentary Romany Rai isn’t really a horse movie. Instead, horses are the film’s lifeblood, flowing in and out of every scene. Stout Cobs…
4 months ago
Horsemanship
Dear Stranger, Please Stop Grabbing Horses by the Face
August is county fair time here in the Midwest—the time of year when urban and rural life collide. This year, whilst perusing pop up barn…
5 months ago
Opinion
Op Ed: The George Morris Ban Broke My Heart, Then It Gave Me Hope
I have never competed on the hunter/jumper circuit, yet even I can quote former Olympic trainer George Morris. His clever quips and biting witticisms have…
5 months ago
Memoir
Beware the Horse Girl
Not long ago, I stumbled upon an article about how women with horses should be avoided at all costs. There are multiple like this particular…
6 months ago
Memoir
The Land We Live On
Much of my life with horses has been defined by the dirt in my fingernails and the hay bits in my socks. It is a…
7 months ago
Opinion
Yes, The Wage Gap Is an Equestrian Issue
Horse husbands have been all over my social media lately. On a Facebook group, one horse owner left a desperate plea about how her boyfriend…
7 months ago
Opinion
The Body Positive Equestrian and Insisting on Taking Up Space
The best part of the 2019 Midwest Horse Fair’s dressage competition was the variety in the ring. In the strangely plush seats of the Coliseum,…
8 months ago
Uncategorized
The Tao of Mediocre Dressage
I was swing dancing one night, and the concept of tension kept spinning around in my brain. Not chick-flick tension, but the rubber-band-like feeling between…
10 months ago
Amateur Hour
On Paying for Riding Lessons
For my 24th birthday, my friend Katie bought me three riding lessons with a hunter-jumper trainer she trusted named Cayla Stone. On the third lesson,…
