RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA—Last month, new horse owner Blake Doodlehed, 23, made national headlines with her viral TikTok, entitled, “8 Ways to Make Your Horse Love You.” Though new to horse...
HALIFAX, MASSACHUSETTS—Trainer and barn manager Kathy Tupper says she could barely contain her laughter when she read a recent CNN article entitled, “Quiet Quitting Is the Latest Workplace Trend.” “Let’s...
For better or worse, it had been a while since I'd fallen off a horse. But having taken a tumble mid-lesson a few weeks ago—and setting off my airbag vest...
LOXAHATCHEE, FLORIDA—A Florida man known simply as ‘Cooter’ made a shocking discovery this week while running a routine errand for his Loxahatchee pig farm. On a trip to the local...
LEXINGTON, KY—At the end-of-year meeting of the Working Horse Union of North America, the union spokesman did not hold back while expressing the intense seasonal frustration of its members. “Every...
RICHMOND, VIRGINA—When Carol Craft , 38, had her first week of lessons with a local trainer in Rockwood, she thought that they had really connected. “Everything was great,” Craft says....
British dressage maven Charlotte Dujardin is used to boldly going where few riders have gone before. At just 37 years of age, she’s already earned a lifetime’s worth of dressage...
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT—Move over Joe the Plumber: there are a few new candidates in town looking to win over the American public, and this crew has a distinctly royal air. On the heels...
WELLINGTON, FL—Following a series of privately funded studies, the industry leader in therapeutic blankets for horses, ReGener8 Group, has issued a groundbreaking new claim. “ReGener8 blankets have long set the...
OCALA, FLORIDA—After watching the annual Presidential Turkey Pardon earlier this week, a Florida trainer was inspired to grant clemency of a different kind. On Wednesday, Alice Abrahams led her fleet of...
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO—A New Mexico woman has legally divorced her husband in order to take the next spiritual step with… Her horse. Aesthetician and lifelong rider Trisha Thomas recently...
LEXINGTON, KY—The American governing body for horse breeding has issued their updated in-hand guidelines for the 2023 season, and handler eyebrows are the newest criteria to make the list. “In...
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA—Top hunter judge Peter Swifton, who officiated a number of hunter classes at the 2022 Scranton Horse Show this spring, is refusing to return boxes containing hundreds of pages...
COLUMBUS, OHIO—Sick of finding her college-age daughter’s horse show ribbons constantly under foot, former barn mom Debbie Gentry got creative. “I just couldn’t stand to look at them anymore,” Gentry...
MIAMI, FLORIDA—With the Winter Circuit right around the corner, Florida equestrian apparel manufacturer StepUp is taking a fresh approach to this season’s hottest clothing designs. According to Creative Director Giovanni...
VICTOR, NEW YORK—It might have been the smell of leaves in the air, the sudden crispness of the wind, or the corn stalk and gourd displays popping up like a...
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—A reboot of the classic Big Eq reality series, Horse Power: Road to the Maclay is finally getting a long-awaiting remake. Only this time, promises Executive Producer Joseph Santangelo, “We’re...
HALIFAX, MASSACHUSETTS—A New England hotel owner located near the upcoming Silver Oak Jumper Tournament took a look at his bookings for the month of September and was gravely concerned. “We...
PHOENIX, ARIZONA—After years of complaints, verbal sparring, and the passive aggressive use of dishes in the sink, an Arizona woman says she has finally figured out how to end disagreements...
