Nobody likes barn drama, not even those who perpetuate it. All the blaming and shaming, pouting and shouting, icy silences, petty jealousies, and criticism couched as “advice.” Everyone picks up...
This is not your usual piece about older riders losing their nerve, or struggling with an accident, or being unable to execute tasks at a high level. Rather, this is...
The second fence of my first horse show in 30 years was decorated with a giant artificial hedge and what looked like the front of an Old West saloon. Beau...
On July 31, pioneering natural horseman, author, and cowboy Monty Roberts passed away at his home in Solvang, California, due to complications from an autoimmune disease. He was 91 years...
After weeks of recapping Faultless, I had the opportunity to sit down with Ben Asselin and Kyle Koss, the sibling–producer duo behind the equestrian docuseries. Grandsons of Ron Southern, founder...
After a long career in corporate communications, including more than 12 years as Chief Communications Officer at Levi Strauss & Co., Kelly McGinnis was used to being good at hard...
“I could have done better.” My daughter said it after a local derby where she finished fourth. In fact, I’ve heard that phrase a lot from her lately. At first,...
And now we’ve come to it: the end of the first season of Faultless: The Riders, their Horses, and the Pursuit of Excellence. We’ve skittered from the flamboyant foulness of...
By the time you read this, my first horse show in nearly 30 years will already be over. As I write this, it's three days away. I'm excited. I'm nervous....
American horse sport faces its most consequential inflection point since the post-war expansion—not because of any single crisis, but because the economic ecosystem that sustains the industry has outgrown the...
American horse sport faces its most consequential inflection point since the post-war expansion—not because of any single crisis, but because the economic ecosystem that sustains the industry has outgrown the...
American horse sport faces its most consequential inflection point since the post-war expansion—not because of any single crisis, but because the economic ecosystem that sustains the industry has outgrown the...
American horse sport faces its most consequential inflection point since the post-war expansion—not because of any single crisis, but because the economic ecosystem that sustains the industry has outgrown the...
Lameness, sickness, vet bills, heartbreak. What happens when the very thing that once lit you up, the thing you woke up for in the morning, that saved you, no longer...
I think I’ve got a new crush: Willem Greve. I didn’t want to say it during my previous recaps of Faultless: The Riders, The Horses, and the Pursuit of Excellence,...
Warning: Contains spoilers! As every reader of mine knows, my heart grows three sizes bigger every time Jumping La Baule comes up in conversation. Now imagine a six-part docuseries on...
