Tired of hearing the same old New Year’s Resolutions? Ready to sing Auld Lang Syne to those stale old "I’m going to lose weight” and "I’ll learn a new hobby” resolutions? Add some horsey spice to 2015 with a...
Even today, a reference to Christmas music or holiday ornaments ignites a feeling of magic in my chest. It’s as though I am instantly six years old again, filled with wonder and excitement and raw bubbling joy. And the...
My obsession with holiday cookies started when I was in high school. Over the years, I have made, decorated, packaged and delivered herds of boxes of holiday cookies. I have a collection of copper cookie cutters from moose to...
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. Those brown, fuzzy, antler-wielding reindeer Santa hitches to his sleigh every year make for a good Christmas song, sure. But are they really the best option for what could legitimately...
The holiday season is usually a small respite for many equine vets—the winter months tend to be a lull between the busy fall show season and the craziness of spring. In these relatively quiet times, a vet can find...
Despite being an equine-obsessed kid from somewhere around age six to, well, the present, I never asked Santa for a pony. I’m sure I had nothing against ponies. I bet I would have happily taken one if Santa had...
"The Appearance of the Weather, reminds me of the use of a Sleigh”
-- George Washington,
December 16, 1782
It's nearly winter here in the nation's capital and the taste of cold in the air makes me wish for snow and a...
Sometimes it’s the silliest things in life that are most entertaining. Case in point, London’s Pantomime Horse Race, a tradition dating back to 2010 in which 10 pairs of runners in two-person horse costumes take to the streets of...
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s what you may have missed in horse-world happenings this week.Helmets in barrel racing. A Facebook-fueled rumor stated that the AQHA had passed a rule making helmets mandatory for youth riders....
Children’s book author Ruth Sanderson’s heart beats to the drum of horse hooves. In the 1980s she illustrated the covers of the Black Stallion books. These days, she illustrates Random House’s Horse Diaries series – terrific horse stories and...
