Author Archives: Rebecca Berry

“What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Who can argue with Shakespeare? I often think of this quote...

Zebras are the showboaters of the Equidae family with their flashy coats and exotic locales. It’s their stripes that noticeably set them apart from our beloved horses, much the way...

“I can’t talk right now; I have 16 hands between my legs.” Fifteen years on and I still remember the moment my boss spouted out that gem. She was a...

The frog, that wedge-shaped cushion or pad on the bottom of the horse's hoof, is nature’s answer to equine traction, circulation, shock absorption and, apparently, humankind’s curious attempt at naming...

I saw the above picture online the other day and wondered if that is how water polo got its name. Then I mulled over polo mints, polo shirts and the...

A container sale! I’d never heard of such a thing before today. But I can promise you, you are going to love it. Tredstep has landed a container of goods...

As Horse Network's resident #horsewordnerd and a holder of copious amounts of useless information, I’m compelled to find meaning in whatever I like, frankly. Late one night while trying to...

We horse folk have the good fortune to be surrounded by horseshoes. The expensive variety we buy our horses every four to eight weeks. We know they are lucky because...

If you’re named the 2021 USEF International Horse of the Year, then you know someone out there is going to dig up some dirt on you. And today, that someone...

Thelwell drawings transport me back to the age of five when my love of horses first took hold. Those unmistakable illustrations of fat little ponies remind me of going to...

Dressage is regarded as an art form today. But its intended purpose, as I am sure you know, was to train horses for battle. So, I wonder, are any of...

I was thinking about hackamores the other day, as you do, and thought it was another fine example of a strange word we so often find in the horse world....

Now that I call myself an “investigative reporter” on all things horsey and of minimal importance, and since Christmas is upon us, I thought I’d take a deeper look into...

We get on from the left and get off on the left. We tack up on the left and untack on the left. We do it because that is what...

“Her heaving bosom rose and fell in time with the pounding of her horse’s hooves.” That’s a great sentence to read in a romance novel. It’s not so great at...

A – Enter at working trot X – Halt, salute. And from there, things get a bit chaotic, letter-wise. For the love of all things horsey what do these letters...

When you’re as immersed in the horse world as me and you, we tend to lose sight of how odd some of the words are that we use. Then, for...

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Blanketing season is the most confusing and, often frustrating, time of year when it comes to life with horses. You check the weather app on your phone 20 times a...

I must admit I had never found the word post remotely interesting until I decided to figure out why we call it a posting trot. Turns out, the word post...