https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ntjrNhX4dc If you've been following our video series (and we hope you have!) then you probably know by now that there is Sh*t Trainers Say, and Sh*t Hunter Trainers Say, and...
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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJ2-VqwxAE In theory, riding hunters should be an easy proposition. The jumps are natural-looking and mostly inviting, the courses are straight-forward (line diagonal, line diagonal, maybe a single?), and if you’re...
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,...
If you’re a fan of endurance riding, then chances are you’ve seen this breathtaking photo of the 2015 Tevis Cup winner, 72-year-old Potato Richardson (who has won the Auburn, California event...
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’re all human. Sometimes, we just need to tell ourselves a little white lie (or 13) to get through the day, the match, the chukker, the overwhelming anxiety during a...
There’s cute. There’s adorable. There’s even adorably cute. Then, there’s stuff like this that transcends endearing superlative. According to the video shared bySterling Bartow, this is a three-day-old miniature horse...
While most of the action going down at the Dublin Horse Show last week was of the exciting-yet-bridled variety (save perhaps Andres Rodriguez’s delightfully unbridled enthusiasm for the puissance), it was French equestrian artist Clémence...
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...
We may be living in a male-dominated world, but we are certainly not riding in one. Breeches painted on, stock tie pulled tight, hunt coat tailored and pressed, the rare...
We ask a lot of our horses—Faster! Slower! Jump this! Halt here! Come! Go! Whoa, whoa, whoa!—but do we ever stop and ask them what they want? Watch and learn....
Many young equestrians will soon hang up their tack and head off to college for a new and exciting chapter in their lives. Finding the time and a place to...
Samantha Cawkwell, 31, died Sunday after being kicked in the head by one of her stallions. Cawkwell was a talented dressage rider who ran a company called Ultimate Dressage Horse...
At dawn the beach of Oostduinkerke is abandoned, the seas calm. There is little wind, but the air is cool. The only sounds are the soft, distant creak of wagon wheels and the gentle...
Watch Team RSV Neuss-Grimmlinghausen (GER) take the win in the first freestyle round of international group competition at the CVIO4* in Verden with a score of 9.003! And look super dope in their...
