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A friend told me about an experience she shared with a lanky six-year-old Holsteiner. The story is enlightening, surprising and perhaps a little sad but has stuck with me for...

When Days End Farm Horse Rescue in Woodbine, MD, began more than 30 years ago, it was with the mission to not only save horses, but to teach others how...

I stood in the ring holding a lunge whip and Shadow, my lesson horse, by a lunge line. For me, this was new ground, having jumped at the opportunity to...

Remi is one of the most uncommonly complicated creatures I have come across so far. He is a big, beautiful, cherry bay, rabicano Thoroughbred with a skunk tail. I have...

“Domino” the piebald Breyer horse perches on a shelf in Sigrid Haines’s law office and watches her study legal files. Haines is a partner at Whiteford Taylor Preston, LLP in...

I applied for a stall cleaning job once at a Paso Fino farm. I knew nothing about Paso Finos other than they are a smooth gaited breed, but a messy...

It’s not often that a horse has had a million hands pet him throughout his lifetime, but for Officer Barney, a retired mounted police horse, that number is no exaggeration....

Scrolling on my cell phone, I see exuberant tweets and Facebook posts about riders working with their young horses during the free time created by the COVID-19 pandemic. With so...

Hey there, kiddo. Man. Twelve-years old, huh? What a great and terrible time of life. You’re getting ready to head into the sixth grade, you’re trying to figure a lot...

Most of us have probably come to accept that flies are a fact of life on the farm. Sure, there are ways to combat them for a while, but it...

This is my helmet. Four weeks ago today, it saved my life. I have always been pretty good at sticking a buck, spook, spin, etc. But we all end up...

On August 19, 2015, when staff from Days End Farm Horse Rescue (DEFHR) first laid eyes on Quest, a tiny emaciated grey stallion, they were shocked. The pony’s curled feet...

In this time of quarantine, we've all learned to live differently, each in our own way, reflecting on what’s important in life. But for me, it's not a new normal....

What a difference a few weeks makes. At the beginning of April, people were going to the grocery store without masks, horse show managers were cautiously optimistic about getting May...

To pass time in self-isolation during the COVID-19 crisis, I cleaned my favorite bridle. It belonged to the horse I knew the longest, the one that changed my life. Carabela...

As the world navigates through the turmoil that COVID-19 has left in its path, many equestrian organizations are working to come up with solutions to maintain the care of their...

It had been a while since I'd been to a seven-year-old's birthday party, but from what I remember, they didn't normally have bears in them. Teddy bears, sure. But black...

The house I grew up in was a charming little Cape Cod in a post-war development of similar homes on the North Shore of Long Island, NY. It sat on...

Every horse owner I know is experiencing some level of anxiety around how COVID-19 is or might affect them as an equestrian. This is totally normal, and if you’re having...

When I tell other riders I'm para, they tend to worry I'm more likely to fall off, have an accident, or be less successful when it comes to the show...