In April 2023, Hometown Halsey—an off-the-track Thoroughbred mare born in 2015—arrived at Days End Farm Horse Rescue, in Woodbine, Maryland. She was underweight and in need of the care and...
Picture this: You are working on your horse show entries and, for each show, you check off the category of adult amateur. Not junior or young rider. Not open or...
When asked what kind of horse I dreamed about, I rarely answered an Andalusian, Friesian, Buckskin, or Blue Roan. I turned and said, "a broke one." When I finally bought...
When Caroline Howe wrote an open letter to USEF on May 27 that was published in The Chronicle of the Horse, she blew open a conversation about dire horse welfare...
I love reading obituaries. I know that sounds weird. I just like the idea that your entire life story can be summed up in a few short paragraphs. And the...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that one can be brilliant at riding a horse or brilliant at love-making, but not both. “And I don’t ride,” I often add suggestively...
When Ariel Grange got a call from her mother, Sue, telling her Daniel Coyle was joining their Lothlorien Farms team in 2016, she wasn’t happy. “My mom called me and...
My earliest memories of the barn are of my family. Saturday mornings, my sister and I would go riding at Childress Rodgers Stables and then after we’d hang out with...
The barn was always my sanctuary, my space to breathe. Horses were supposed to equate to my happiness. But so often, that peace was overshadowed by stable drama or discontent....
“McLain.” The old man was looking me dead in the eye. We were both perched on the edge of wide stone steps that formed an oval amphitheater with a wide...
Finally, the day dawned at the Royal Windsor Horse Show when the stakes were high enough. I think about "stakes" a lot. In sport, and in life. In the movie...
“Step back! Step back! (Unintelligible) is coming through!” “Who?” “(Unintelligible)!” “Who’s that?” “PRINCE Edward!” “Who?” The woman looks at me like I’m crazy. “I’m sorry, I’m like…super American.” A group...
There’s a famous Rolling Stones line that’s been ringing in my head these days: “You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you get what you need.” Life...
This episode of Horse Person is made possible by Nikovian. Use code horseperson15 at checkout for 15% off. When we talk about bits, the conversation often centers around control, feel, and performance....
There is a photo of me on my first ride on my grandmother’s last homebred. I am about 12, still in my Sunday church clothes: a button-down shirt, and clean...
This episode is proudly presented by Nikovian. Code horseperson15 gets your 15% off everything at checkout. We’re living in an era of quiet crisis. Mental health struggles are everywhere—especially among those who...
You did it! You survived the brutal cold just in time to usher in the balmy spring and summer. The daffodils and tulips are peeking out, little beacons of hope....
This episode of Horse Person is presented by Connaway & Associates Equine Insurance Services. In the world of elite show jumping, gold medals, podium moments, and thrilling jump-offs steal the spotlight. But behind...
