Sweeping aisles. Filling water buckets. Cleaning tack. Picking feet. Helping out in the ways that don’t involve sitting in the saddle. From the outside, it looks like ‘barn chores’—or even...
It’s been a particularly electrifying year for horse sport in 2025, and this week, as they do every year, US Equestrian is allowing us to weigh-in on our year-end favorites. ...
Every true fan of show jumping has a combination that they secretly (or not so secretly) love to love. Maybe it’s a clear bond of admiration and trust, like we...
Listen up: I think it’s time we rethink how and where we horse show. Recently, I took my daughter and her pony to compete in a local derby at a vineyard,...
Our trainer texts me a video with zero details other than, “It’s an eventer who could make up into a cute hunter.” I watch the short clip. It seems like...
Welcome to fall! A season where, with just a few clicks on your phone, you can bet on something as trivial as the outcome of a football coin toss, or...
I recently read California hunter rider Hope Glynn's widely shared post following the close of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) 2023. And, like so many others, I think there’s a...
One writes a blog at the risk of sounding preachy. In my blog, I try to share my opinions, my experience, as well as links to scientific research. I realize...
I have a confession. As the US enacted social distancing and lockdown policies because of the rapid spread of the Coronavirus, most equestrians bemoaned the loss of the spring show...
