We all love watching horse movies, but after hundreds of them, we start to notice the flaws as well as the fun. Of course, we continue to love them even when they make us affectionately cringe from time to...
Lord knows our non-horse-obsessed friends and family have to suffer through more than their share of equestrian chatter. After years of involuntary education, I wondered how mine would do with some basic horse questions. So I polled a few...
Most of us have read Dr. Seuss’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go! It’s a timeless confidence-builder—the message being not just, "You can do this!” but also, "Sometimes, you will doubt you can do this, but you can do this.”...
It’s no secret that our horsey habit is an expensive one. As equestrians, we have no qualms with this fact –it is what it is. That being said, it does mean we have to prioritize when it comes to...
Everyone needs to exercise, but not everyone enjoys it. Unless you find something you really love, getting motivated to exercise can be difficult.If you have Nemo, a miniature horse, leading your Jazzercise class, however, you’ll never find exercising...
Dear Ex-Hunter,Congratulations! You’re switching to jumpers. Maybe you want a new challenge. Maybe you’ve always dreamed of figure-eights and fleece-lined boots. Maybe your new trainer said you could do it. And you can!Wait a minute, you’re thinking. Isn’t this...
When your destination is the barn, the commute is always worth it.Depending on where you live and your horsekeeping, horse leasing or riding lesson situation, you might have a regular commute to the barn.
The drive to and from...
We all fondly remember reading Misty of Chincoteague, Justin Morgan Had a Horse, and King of the Wind. Those books are some of Marguerite Henry’s most popular and well-known stories.But there’s more to Marguerite Henry than just Misty. In...
If you tell someone you fell off a horse, it sounds like something potentially tragic happened. But if you instead say that you ate dirt, it sounds sort of fun and lighthearted. Maybe that’s why there are so many...
The world is constantly talking about how social media has changed our lives. And there are frequent discussions among medical health professionals, parents and young professionals about the positives and negatives of this relatively new channel of communication.
The concept...
