Barbara Clarke is the Director of DreamCatcher Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary. Laura Leigh is the founder of Wild Horse Education. Here, they respond to recent headlines regarding the BLM Advisory Board's...
You're late for your class. You're racing to tack your horse, learn your course, and oh yeah, get your long hair up and under your helmet with some semblance of...
We all know what a unicorn is when looking to purchase a horse. It's that 17-hand, 8-year-old, bay with four bright socks. It jumps 3 ft+, it's a packer, auto changes…...
After days of speculation regarding the fate of 45,000 wild horses and burros currently housed in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) off-range holding pens, the Bureau has responded to...
To any one of her many equestrian fans, Kaley Cuoco is a celebrity second, and a high-jumpin' horse girl first. But like any horse girl whose day job happens to entail making...
There's a reason why America's premier CSI 5* show jumping event only comes around once a year. Expectations are high. The drama is real. And the stakes are all too...
Anyone who knows me well knows that I love numbers. They allow us to quantify performance and search for patterns within sport that may not be otherwise apparent. For this...
It's a little-disputed fact that just about everyone loves a horseback costume class. Except, maybe, the horses asked to participate in them (don't worry, most get lots of treats when...
What do you get when you mix an impending hurricane, the East Coast's equestrian event of the season, and a field of 29 acclaimed international riders (including two Rio Olympic...
Feel the need for speed? Look no further than the Hampton Classic and Friday's $15,000 Merrill Lynch Speed Derby. Internationally acclaimed designer Alan Wade's course offered plenty of twists and...
What makes for a good summer? Most of us would say a few pool days, a barbecue, and a couple of long weekends away. But there are good summers, and then...
In the spring of 1965, I was 12 years old and starting to win lots of ribbons with my horse, Hootenanny, at the Delaware Valley Horseman’s Association (DVHA) horse shows...
So, you have been seduced by the misty allure of sporting scenes from Downton Abbey and aspire to follow hounds this fall? Perhaps you’re a literary type, and the romance...
Cleaning tack. It's probably one of the first skills you learned as a rider or driver, and chances are, it's as much a part of your regular routine as grooming,...
So you're going to buy a new horse—congratulations! This is one of the most exciting and anticipation-filled moments of your riding career. You've narrowed down the candidates. You've found the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmTZvGm_gd8 Stall cleaning is a part of horse life that most of us know intimately. If you're lucky, you eventually make your peace with it. If you're not, you could...
A dear friend and intuitive healer used to say that adversity, sorrow and suffering are actually gifts of manure. She explained to me long ago, that in times of hardship,...
The horse show circuit can be a bit of a bubble for junior riders. Sure, there are plenty of fancy horses to go along with those long days, early mornings,...
This May at Rolex, U.K.-based American eventer Liz Halliday-Sharp and her 12-year-old Irish Sporthorse, HHS Cooley, completed their first CCI****, finishing in 40th place with a clear cross-country round. The...
There are plenty of situations you can walk into without a plan. Horse showing just isn't one of them. Whether it's a quick weekend away or a two-week-long extravaganza, "Working Equestrian's"...
