Category Archives: Western

A few weeks ago, a friend and I went to Austin, Texas for the weekend so we could go to the Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival. We were excited...

Matt Mills is a World Equestrian Games reining team gold medalist. He, along with Martin Muehlstaetter, was recently added to the Million Dollar Riders ranking of the National Reining Horse...

“I'm walkin' away with all that they ownThen you're lyin', hurtin' hearin' someone sayingGive him a hand that's all that cowboy is taking home.”—Merle Haggard, “Life of a Rodeo Cowboy”...

I have lived in the Great Lakes region of the United States for five years now. I traded my Colorado clay-covered cowboy boots for the paddock variety. The wind blowing...

When My Troubles Are Over goes through the ring at the National Snaffle Bit Association Sale later this week, it’ll be the culmination of a dream that has been more...

A Quarter Horse leaps into the rodeo arena, nostrils flared, ears at attention. At the opposite end, a wrangler-clad cowboy pumps himself up, rubbing his hands together and bouncing on...

I started 2017 by attending two big meetings—one which celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA), and one which heralded the start of a new era...

I recently saw a photograph floating around the internet and it really hit home for me. Some Facebook pages were classifying the image as a "Corporate Cowgirl," which completely made...

One of the oddest phenomena that I have come across running a farrier business with my husband is simply the challenge of figuring out where he needs to go to...

Michael Phelps’ victory over Chad Le Clos in the 200m butterfly at the Rio Olympics was truly something to witness. First, we got a glimpse behind the scenes in the...

Have you recently attended a dressage show and spotted some seemingly out of place western horses? Western dressage is a fairly new addition to equine competition, and whenever I compete...

When I was two years old, my father put me on a horse and told me to hold on to the horn. Then he taught me how to kick to...

I got the text message last week. “Do you want to run barrels after you’re done judging the hunter show?” My friend Amy wrote. I was traveling back to my...

Dear Clinton, I have been a fan of yours for years now. As a horseman, your consistency, and the way you teach the importance of pressure and release is something...

It all seemed so innocent at first. A dozen balloons tied to traffic cones scattered about the arena like an inviting carnival game. Suddenly, a gorgeous paint horse emerges from...

If you haven't had a chance yet to soak up some of Horse Network's breathtaking footage of Big Sky Farms in Starksboro, Vermont, now's your chance. The barn and wedding...

"More people get killed or injured riding horses wearing helmets than those who don't wear them."* "They don't do anything to help so haters go suck a helmet."* “All a...

Feelings of fear and apprehension can be thought of like an “alarm” going off. This alarm is the flight or fight response, a natural change in your body that happens...

It’s a question weighing on Dirk Stroda’s mind. As the High-Performance Mental Coach for the Canadian eventing, dressage, and Paralympic equestrian teams, it’s Stroda’s job to help elite athletes peak...

Where have all the cowboys gone? Apparently to the local Walmart parking lot in Eagle Point, Oregon, where last week one of them intercepted a robbery-in-progress with his lasso and saved...