Author Archives: Rebecca Berry

There aren’t enough words available to express the magic of the Royal Highland Show (RHS). Started in 1822, RHS is the pinnacle of agricultural shows, or fairs as we might...

I’ve noticed while on this voyage of mine that I have taken a rather casual approach to life. I often don't know where I'm headed, and despite making it to...

I’m living life on a whim these days, going wherever the wind blows me. Generally, it’s in the direction of horses or castles. Once in a blue moon, the two...

The thing I struggle to wrap my brain around here in the UK is just how old everything is. Like, hundreds if not thousands of years old. The Chester Racecourse...

When it comes to finding places in the UK, I often don’t. Well, not easily anyway. I make a lot of wrong turns, head south when I should go north...

Great Britain is full of horses, all types of them. From Clydesdales to Shetland Ponies and everything in between. They are horse mad on this side of the world. And...

Between Thunderbird Show Park in British Columbia and Spruce Meadows in Alberta, we know western Canada has a rich history in horses. The question is, how did they get there...

The other morning after having washed my face I reached for my glasses and wondered, for the first time in my life, if horses ever need glasses. They certainly spot...

The lush green driving arena was a sea of orange cones on Sunday at Royal Windsor Horse Show, a small yellow ball sitting perilously atop each for the final phase...

Four-in-hand driving is always exciting, though sometimes the results can be predictable. Saturday's marathon at Royal Windsor Horse Show was both. Driving legend Boyd Exell (AUS), winner of the past...

If you were looking for an idyllic backdrop for the sport of four-in-hand driving, the Queen’s back garden is hard to top. Tucked away in a quiet corner of the...

The sun came out for the Puissance at the Royal Windsor Horse Show (RWHS), as did most of the UK. Thursday's closing event was one of many attractions on the...

If you've ever been to London, you may have visited the Royal Mews, which the part of Buckingham Palace devoted to the Royal Family's equestrian travel. With the upcoming Royal...

“I’m the luckiest girl in the world to be sat on a horse like him,” Laura Collett (GBR) said of her horse London 52. She's on her way be the...

The Brits hold on to the top three spots after a tough cross-country day at the Badminton Horse Trials, but not the same three as yesterday. Cross-country day is often...

Great Britain maintains its lock on the leaderboard after the second day of dressage at the 2022 Badminton Horse Trials in the UK, but there’s been a shake up at...

It was a day of sunshine, dressage and excitement at Badminton Horse Trials. Twenty twenty-two marks the glorious return of the CCI5* event in the UK after a two year...

Badminton is the world’s oldest 5* event and regarded by many, including me, as the most prestigious. But if we take away the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, remove all...

With both the Land Rover Kentucky Three-day Event and the Kentucky Derby running back-to-back weekends, the state of Kentucky is to become a hive of activity. I thought now would...

Only a dark horse can cause an upset. Death rides a pale horse. And a green horse, well isn’t green at all. Why do we say such things and where...