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...
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...
Seven years ago, Larisa Quirk was feeling frustrated and disheartened with her recently adopted mare, Starbucks. The spicy Thoroughbred had a taste for speed, and Larisa’s plans to point her...
It seems that I’ve been blessed with a love for all horses. But some have, at times, been difficult to get along with. For me, Bella had fallen into that...
When Leigha Schrader first laid eyes on Slick, she felt sorry for the scrawny two-year-old colt. He was malnourished with a neck as skinny as a toothpick and infested with...
I do some my best thinking in the barn. It’s quiet, and most communication is nonverbal, which I’ve grown to find can be quite clear. My mind is rarely on...
Kim Ellis lost her beloved mare in early 2016 after Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) cut their partnership short. So, when she began searching for another horse later that year, it...
New Year's resolutions and plans, the perfect way to reflect on the past year and look forward to the future. But how can we turn wishes and goals into plans...
On a hectic Monday morning just three days before the EQUUS Film Fest, I received an email from Bernice Ende, author of Lady Long Rider, informing her followers that she’d...
I was in one of the Wrigley Media Group theaters at the EQUUS Film and Arts Festival over the weekend, watching a set of shorts when from somewhere in the...
"You just have to take lessons from him! He’s THE expert!” said a friend. Simply nobody else would do. As a young teen, dressed in jeans and riding in an...
The most important thing is not to panic. It was a skill I’d learned well over the years. Riding horses means learning to control your emotions. I had always been...
When Baker Bean first arrived at Days End Farm Horse Rescue in October 2006, the scrawny, malnourished two-year-old Appaloosa colt more closely resembled a crippled foal than a two-year-old. The...
Our culture, our way of life, our entire world is structured along certain consistencies and absolutes that people rely and depend upon to live their lives. People wake up every...
