A Horse by Any Other Name
I’ve done the etymology on all sorts of words but never the most obvious word of all, which is horse. So, we will start there. Well, that was my plan...
I’ve done the etymology on all sorts of words but never the most obvious word of all, which is horse. So, we will start there. Well, that was my plan...
I’m unsure what got me thinking about The Black Stallion the other day, but it cropped up in my mind and felt perhaps there was a story in there somewhere....
As we know horses have been helping humans do pretty much everything for centuries. Without them, we would have nothing. All over the world horses have helped shape industry and...
I’m not remotely musically inclined. I thought for sure when I was handed my recorder in grade three, I would finally learn to read and play music. I was wrong...
This week I’m turning my hand and mind to the world of unusual idioms. Horses, as always, play a huge role in this. I can only assume this is because...
I have unearthed more strange words in the horse world. Though, to be fair, it’s easy to do. What can be difficult is getting to the root of these words...
This idea was given to me by one of my adoring fans. Can I say that? “I have adoring fans.” It’s a stretch really, it was a Facebook friend and...
When I was sixteen and first learning how to drive a truck and trailer my mom was my educator, for better or worse. Driving straight ahead, as you know, is...
For as long as I can remember I have known the line, “Lady Godiva is a freedom rider.” I say it from time to time, but for the life of...
To me, horses have always symbolized life, love and friendship, because that is what they’ve brought me. However, they’ve also brought me vet bills, bruises and heartache, but that’s horses...
It’s been kind of a year of death for me, but if I am honest with myself, it’s always a year of death for someone. We’ve all endured the heartache...
Three terms plucked from my dwindling list of topics. I’m running with the theme of, well, from the neck up. The Old Four-in-hand Necktie Knot When we hear the term...
A few weeks ago, a friend and I went to Austin, Texas for the weekend so we could go to the Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival. We were excited...
I’m a hippomaniac and a hippophile. You are as well, and I know this because I’m writing about it, and you are reading about it. It means we are excessively...
Ratcatcher. What a great word. As always, this word said in the general public would conjure up a very different image than if the word was spoken at a horse...
I was watching the news the other day and they were talking about the poor air quality caused by wildfires. The news team decided to go to Hastings Racecourse to...
After I arrived home from the UK, I checked around my house to make sure everything was still in running order. When things sit idle for too long they tend...
I arrived home less than 24 hours ago and it feels strange. Strange not to be out driving around the English countryside or the Welsh or Scottish countryside for that...
“I can’t quite believe it really, I’m just so relieved. She deserves [to win Burghley]. I just didn’t want to let her down.” That was Piggy March (GBR) on Vanir...
It was a proper cross-country day at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials CCI5*-L and there were major changes on the leaderboard but also no changes at all. That is...