Category Archives: Equestrian Lifestyle

If you've ever met Israeli show jumper Ashlee Bond, or watched one of her interviews, the first thing you'll note is her high-energy spunk. A pink streak running through her...

If I learned anything about myself during this past year of the COVID lockdown, it's that I really do love to entertain (and boy, did I miss it!). For my...

Men ride horses too! Sometimes it's easy to forget, what with 15% minority they're believed to make up of the equestrian market and the volume of women's wear posts we...

You've got your burgers, hot dogs, and White Claws ready to go for Memorial Day. But have you shopped the biggest Equishopper sale of the year yet? There are hundreds...

While I wish all my days were spent riding horses through fields of flowers or jumping from horse show to horse show, for better or worse, much of my time...

We are getting dangerously close to fly season. (Related: did anyone else read about the cicada bloom that's happening this year?! No thanks.) I'm a planner. I like to make...

As our team gears up to get back on the show circuit after a COVID break, I'm training and riding more than ever. Silly or not, nothing motivates me more...

I try to keep my #ROOTD game strong. (See #ROOTD posts past.) And I like my horses to be well turned out, too. #EOOTD, if you will. For both, I...

The paddock boot has long stood the test of time, regardless of season, age or riding ability. They are a constant in every equestrian’s closet, trunk or tack room. But...

Tucked away on a sleepy dirt road, just outside the village of Woodstock, Vermont, White Fox Farm is peaceful, country seclusion embodied. To this day, 230 years after its construction,...

The days may be getting shorter and the temperatures cooler. But the fall sales are heating up! This week on Equishopper, Horseware, Roeckl, Dublin, Ovation, Catago, FITS, Amigo and more...

If there is one thing dressage riders do really well, it’s breathing life into "classic" and "traditional" styles. While they prefer to keep everything within the [60 X 20 meter]...

“Riding is gentle on the body”—said no one ever. I once moved into a farmhouse to start a new job as a rider/groom. The (assumingly exhausted) girl before me didn’t...

Right now, somewhere in North America, there is a girl sitting at home caught between awkward adolescence and the evening bell. She wears her paddock boots to the park, and...

I don’t think I’m alone here when I say that I have a love/hate relationship with Instagram. Mainly, it’s a relationship borne out of envy. It seems like every rider...

Lisa McLean has a masters degree in psychology, but when her career took an unexpected turn towards fashion she didn't overanalyze. "When I was pregnant, I left my job and...

Ever find yourself in a situation that makes you wonder if stuff like this only happens to you? That frozen in your tracks, heart-dropping “OMG” moment when you realize your...

No matter how comfortable your tall boots are, we can’t wait to take those bad boys off and slip into our favorite pair of barn shoes after a long day...

Summer is right around the corner and the sun is making its powerful debut. In a sport that involves being in the sun for hours on end we are faced with...

Whitney Anderson was born in Alaska into a third-generation commercial fishing family and grew up in Breckenridge, Colorado, and Seattle, Washington. In 2009, she received a B.A. of Fine Arts from Duke University...