Channel Archives: Opinion

This weekend in California, class sponsor of the AIG $1 Million Grand Prix waived the coat rule for the biggest class of the HITS Thermal Desert Circuit. That is, riders...

Last Friday, Georgina Bloomberg made headlines on Gawker after she decided to weigh in publically on the alleged feud between Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump. Perhaps unsurprisingly for an outlet that peddles snark with...

We enter into this sport because we love horses. This week, it was re-confirmed for me that this is why I get up every day, as hard as it sometimes...

The Retired Racehorse Project recently released the list of trainers for this year’s Thoroughbred Makeover, and as the winner of one of the disciplines from last year I was at...

When it comes to equestrian sport, few horses can bring it like the thoroughbred. Their heart, courage, power and athleticism make them an ideal fit for just about any discipline,...

In the age of handing horses off to grooms and jumping in Range Rovers for coffee runs, it’s important to remember that this sport is called horseback riding—as in these animals...

I can’t speak for the rest of the planet, but something is happening in the UK horsey world. Something which is causing heated debate and sparks to fly. It is...

We are inundated with images and stories of shaming these days. Some are humorous, some very hurtful. By definition, shaming is attempting to make someone feel pain and remorse for...

Helena Ståhl had a horse. With this horse the 24-year-old competed in amateur harness races in Sweden. Then one day Ståhl’s horse, Iffy Mant, sustained a significant, ultimately fateful injury....

When I was a child, I developed an obsession with horses. This was rather unfortunate, as I came from the kind of background where girls didn’t get to have horses....

Why do show hunters, equitation riders and horse show pleasure riders so often lope along in that "dead zone" canter? Part of the answer must be that the slower, more...

Anxious, wide-eyed parents ask me how to keep their kids interested in horses. All. The. Time. “You know…like you are, after all these years…” More often than not, this question...

Recently, I wrote a brief post previewing a scene from Kenneth Branagh’s 2015 Cinderella movie, starring Lily James in the title role. This weekend, I watched the movie again in its...

True confession time... It took me "forever" to understand that the better way to get a horse light and in at least some degree of self carriage was to learn...

Something interesting happened recently that served to drive home a central aspect of riding repeated time and time again by the classical masters; something that I myself try to teach...