It starts innocently enough. We amuse dinner parties with inconceivable stories of all those horse owners who give the rest of us a bad rap, the high maintenance ones. These are the group of people who do and say...
November 16, 2015Dear Diary,I like fall. Fall is so nice. There’s no mud like in spring, no bugs like in summer, and no snow like in winter. Actually it’s usually already snowy by now (it’s NOVEMBER for neighing out...
It’s hard being the new kid at school, especially when you're different from the other kids, and the Mini Horse who stars in this Amazon Prime ad from the UK knows firsthand. When he shows up at a farm...
While many people know they have to deal with end-of-life decisions for themselves and their family, it’s important to plan for the passing of your four-legged family, as well. Though burying a dog or cat on your property in...
Monday, November 9, 2015
Riding lesson day. My instructor was again merciful and made no mention of no-stirrups November, but I do feel the benefits of all my practice rides sans stirrups with Snoopy. I do have trouble keeping my...
Whether high school graduation is one, three or even five years away, it’s never too early to begin thinking about what you might want to do once you accept your diploma. Leaving horses behind after graduation isn’t an option...
Have you picked one of the most expensive hobbies in the world? Or, rather, did it pick you? Either way, there's no doubt about it: the horse experience doesn't come cheap.When owning or leasing a horse or taking multiple...
It can be difficult to tell one dressage rider from another at a show because everyone tends to wear black coats and white breeches. But I’m pretty sure that I don’t blend in with the others in the warmup...
This morning, Veteran’s Day, I saw a picture on Facebook that honored the 8 million horses that died during World War I. The blurry, black and white image took me back a few years to seeing the play War...
Even at the Kentucky Horse Park, a place that more than one hundred horses of all breeds, types and sizes call home, the Budweiser Clydesdales stand out. The traveling hitch spent some time at the Park during the 2015 CP...
