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...
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...
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]
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...
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,...
Practical Horseman recently published a list of things to avoid when seeking a boarding barn. It caused an uproar in the instructor/boarding world, because everyone loves barn drama! Thankfully, The...
1. Humans making sudden, unnecessary movements—movements that could be perceived as aggression on the part of the human (like chasing them with a plastic bag tied to a whip). [caption...
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...
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...
If you’ve been the recipient of any of these pickup lines in the past, well, then, you have our condolences…Oh wait. What’s that? You guys are married now? Oh wow, that’s SO great…...
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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDNp8uQcKJo *Chill, no horses or humans were harmed in the making of these gifs. [show-list]
He won his first championship medal at the Pan American Games (Individual Silver). He’s currently leading the 2015 Hagyard Challenge Series at Kentucky Horse Park. (The winner gets a $50k bonus). And he’s...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZF1CLuQ40E As prey animals, horses can, at times, have a flight response and wild emotional trajectory that is not unlike the flight response and wild emotional trajectory of the average teenage...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvruXl4Gktw We've all had some happy, sad, frustrating, scary, hilarious, lazy, you-name-the-adjective times on our horse's back. Animals are no exception. Here are 10 times when animals discovered the mystical journey...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C9JsBlsVdw Earlier this week, I had my first polo lesson with Palo Alto Polo Holiday, a traveling Argentinean polo program run by the fantastic Leonardo Rossolini and Emily Hordijk, which is stationed near my hometown...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuPOh0veN3g We all know show moms are deserving of our thanks. They are the holders of ponies, the wipers of tears, and the payers of bills—the defenders of our walk-trot honor....
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