Love
For the Love of Mares
In my younger (ok, MUCH younger) days, I didn’t like mares. They seemed unpredictable and difficult compared to geldings, or even stallions. I was wrong.…
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Love
Rejoice, Friends! Kaley Cuoco and Karl Cook Are Engaged!
You’ve followed their love story on Instagram. A high rolling rider and a highly paid actress. Their shared equestrian ambitions bringing two disparate worlds together, one…
1 year ago
Eventing
A Perfect Day For Lemonade
A year ago today, I loaded the love of my life onto a trailer bound for his new home. He was off to the hunter…
2 years ago
Life
Life Lessons From My Yellow Horse
When I started my blog in March of 2016, it was nearly a year that the ending began. But to tell the story from the end…
2 years ago
Love
The Badass Riding Club
In the past few years, a previously unsavory sounding term has become a hip way of describing someone with admirable, credible traits that the rest…
2 years ago
Love
Swimming With Dolphins, On a Racehorse
The life of a racehorse can be quite the grind. Daily workouts, followed by hot walks and cold baths before getting the rest of the…
2 years ago
Horse Play
16 Signs You’re in a Relationship With Your Horse
Horse people know we aren’t exactly rational when it comes to our animals. Actually, we may not know, but if we do, we definitely don’t…
2 years ago
Eventing
I Ain’t What I Used to Be. I’m Better.
There are plenty of drawbacks to being 70 years older than the OTTBs I ride—lack of former agility, lack of all courage, lack of being…
2 years ago
Interviews & Profiles
Mother Knows Best
In homage to maternal wisdom this Mother’s Day, we asked top riders across North America: “What’s the best advice your mom ever gave you?”
3 years ago
Love
I Sold My Best Friend…
I made one of the hardest decisions of my life last week. My own personal “Sophie’s Choice”—choosing between two beings that I considered sons—with no…
3 years ago
Laugh
Full Frontal Foal Friday: Cutting Horse Cuteness
Are future cutting horse foals any cuter than other kinds of foals? Probably not, but it’s hard not to think so when watching this crop…
3 years ago
Love
Your New Favorite Commercial Is Here
Leave it to little ol’ Luxembourg to completely blow our minds with, of all things, a bottled water advertisement. For real. See for yourself: The…
3 years ago
Horse Play
Watch This Mare Teach Her Foal How to Jump a Wall
Each day is a new adventure when you’re a foal, but sometimes those adventures require a little help. Thankfully, if you’ve got a good mom, she can…
3 years ago
Horse Play
Horse Dreaming Caught on Video and it’s Adorable
What do horses dream about? If we had to guess, it would probably be racing around with their friends, galloping in green fields, and crunching on peppermints—but what…
3 years ago
Life
This Video of an 88-Year-Old Man Returning to His Horses Will Bring a Tear to Your Eye
It’s just over 30 seconds long, but a video captured by Sue Robinson of Leicester, UK this week demonstrates just about everything you’d ever need to…
3 years ago
Laugh
You’ve Heard of Lap Dogs. Shammy is a Lap Horse.
Shammy, the dwarf Miniature Horse, is the lap dog of tiny horses. And he’s not ashamed to admit it. At the barn, in the grass, on…
3 years ago
Life
11 Photos That Will Redefine the Way You Look at Horse Photography
Born in Gronau, Germany to Turkish parents, Yalvac grew up obsessed with photography and horses. “When I was a kid, I could stand for hours in front…
3 years ago
Horse Play
Full Frontal Foal Friday: Lady Nadira
This adorable, cookies-n-cream coated cutie is just a couple weeks old. Her name is Lady Nadira, a bay leopard halfinger/gypsy cross. Not exactly something you…
3 years ago
Laugh
Foal Sneezes for the First Time, Literally Blows His Own Mind
Kids may say the darndest things, but baby animals have the market cornered on adorable foibles. Sneezing, especially for the first time, doesn’t come with…
3 years ago
Life
Gwen Stefani Becomes a Horse Owner, Internet Loses its Mind
Did he or didn’t he? That’s the question setting tabloids abuzz nationwide this week after singer Gwen Stefani, like Channing Tatum before her, took to…