These days, California-based hunter rider Hope Glynn of Sonoma Valley Stables in Petaluma has a full plate. With 40 clients, 53 horses and ponies in training, and a busy on-the-road schedule...
Jillian Scott’s horse artwork is really quite extraordinary, but she doesn’t require any brushes or paints. Nor does she take photographs, or sculpt life-sized horses out of copper or steel. In...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEh0S1ZZ8KE There are many things that adult amateur riders spend time worrying about. We worry about getting a good distance. We worry about staying on course. We worry about limiting the number of times our...
When a horse refuses a jump on course in competition any manner of disasters can happen. You might get pitched onto the ground or into the jump. You could get caught...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oztL8EeGixM You know that expression, there are no stupid questions, just stupid answers? That expression doesn't apply to the horse show office. As any wise, battle-seasoned veteran show office employee will tell you, as...
1. Your horse was technically your first love. https://twitter.com/Shay_Shay81497/status/627880829788794881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 2. And your personal belongings, a billboard to express that love. https://twitter.com/hannahx905/status/623978111567310848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 3. Which drove you to acquire some odd, but...
Some horses handle the change in seasons like a pro. Some horses don’t. [show-list]
Lauren Blaha’s equine portraits are real and they are gorgeous. She’s shared some of her favorite “subjects” with us, and you can find more at her website, laurenblaha.com. Which ones do...
Across America, “Regionals” are well underway as the competition heats up for this year’s Equitation Finals. Kim Ablon Whitney and Jennifer Stiller take a moment to reflect back on The Finals of...
When you reach the age when you’ve been a rider for most of your life, it’s important to regularly mine your experiences in search of insights. Try to remember those moments when, in an instant, your perspective...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk_tD_CYxBE Earlier this week, Kate Severson posted on “10 Things You Should Know Before Becoming a Working Student.” It’s full of mad #equestriantruths for aspiring working students. Now let’s fast forward 15...
The essence of the mythical Pegasus is alive in every horse, no matter how big or how small they may be. We can either be lifted to our greatest heights,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zTneVWzwvg I thought it might be helpful to give you all a little heads up of things you should know before going to be a working student. Keep in mind,...
My first digital camera changed my recorded equestrian life. Gone were the awkward, ginormous-head-tiny-rump photos I’d so often caught on film years prior. Now, when my horse moved from where...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P23SlBQvF6g 1000 Awesome Things is a website that celebrates life’s little pleasures. Since it launched in 2008, it’s generated not one, but three New York Times best selling books, and...
Shortly after I met my husband Ian for the first time, he expressed a disinterest in meeting my horse, Katie, who at the time was in her mid 20’s. She...
We can all enjoy the following clip with the assurance that the horse was uninjured, and thank goodness for that, because this valiant pony deserves a standing ovation. [fb-video src='https://www.facebook.com/anythinghorse/videos/679198615514830/']...
Oh, hey. Feel like having your heart ripped out, squeezed to the brink of despair and then wrung dry? It’s your lucky day! Kleenex has just the thing to fit that tall...
Is your horse lazy? Hot and high-strung? Does he get moody? Come out like a different animal every day? Understanding our horses is hard work, and there are a multitude of factors that can...
It’s a rough world out there for the Adult Amateur rider. Surrounded by a sea of younger women with all their…youth. Never mind that because you, A/A rider, have experience, class...
