Category Archives: Love

"I've never been more nervous to go into the ring," said Venezuelan show jumper Antonio Martinez. For riders, weeks of preparation for two minutes in the ring is a familiar...

If good things come to those who wait, Kevin Winkel has done his time. And then some. The American show jumper took 20 YEARS to ask out fellow Grand Prix...

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. In the feral society of...

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 exclamation mark heavy Instagram post...

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 world where he would help...

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 would not be fair or...

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 of us esteem: badass. In...

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 day to relax in the...

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 care. How do you know...

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 able to get on without...

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?” [show-list]

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 real perfect answer. I sold...

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 of 2016 fillies at Carol...

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 ad was created for Sources...

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 help you work through the sticky stuff—like...

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 do we know? Eddie is...

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 about the horse-human connection. No...

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 the couch—he likes nothing better...

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 of a picture and cry...

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 see everyday. Her sire -...