Channel Archives: Community

As horse owners, we all have enough to worry about. Horses are constantly determined to do themselves harm. You can literally put them in a padded room and they will...

New life is revealing itself between melted snow and budding green. The sun is ever warmer. Snow tires changed. Passover and Easter celebrated. Spring should be here, right? Well, not...

I was never emotionally attached to photographs or found the need pull them up and relive the past. I thought I had all I needed right in front of me...

The Urban Dictionary defines “Spirit Animal” in this way: In pagan religions and systems, a spirit animal or totem is meant to be a representation of the traits and skills...

Oftentimes in our riding careers, we lose touch with our beginnings and forget that little girl who fell in love with horses. Even if you began riding later in life, there...

In Part 1, I talked about my reasons for switching from hunters to dressage in 2016. This time, I recall my deep-dive into the sport and my immersion into dressage...

In modern society, the horse ownership is often regarded as a luxury of the wealthy or the hobby of eccentrics. But high in the Himalayas of Nepal, where the way...

Should I keep my horse at home? Many horse owners have considered that question at some point in their lives. To those expecting an in-depth analysis of the financial and...

Confession time: I used to be like everyone else. Well, like most horse people, anyway. I rode three or four times a week and went to horse shows (barrel races...

Anyone who has ever participated in a sport, especially competitively, knows that there’s always pressure that goes along with it. In order to be successful and win, you have to...

A cold front moves across the piedmont of North Carolina. The wind lifts my horse’s mane from his neck, causing us both to shiver. He stands like a statue as...

When I started my blog in March of 2016, it was nearly a year that the ending began. But to tell the story from the end would not be fair or...

The 89th annual Academy Awards may have gotten a lot of things wrong last weekend, but they did get at least one award right. Amid the big winners and wild fashion,...

One rider. Three horses. And 350 kilometers of untamed terrain on the remote east coast of South Africa. Australian Brent Albuino was among the first to brave the inaugural Race the Wild...

My first foray into proper dressage was while I was in university. I was introduced to a coach who had been classically trained in Spain and Germany, and who had...

Did you forget to grab a card for your sweetheart? Of c-horse, by that I mean your beloved four-legged friend. Well, have no fear! I’ve combed through the history of...

In the 1990’s, grunge band Nirvana defined the mood of a generation by dramatically smashing guitars to smithereens. Those days are gone. Today, dream pop group Real Estate is presenting...

Nothing will ever replace my childhood daydreams of galloping my horse down the beach without a saddle or bridle, just like Alec Ramsey and "Black" in the first of "The...

Animals do not have the free will to pick their owners and pick their jobs. That is always decided for them. I like to think that in a perfect world...

I did something this weekend that I’m sure most people have dealt with at some time or another, but that I have been lucky enough to avoid for a very...