With blinged-out braids and movement to spare, RF Scandalous lit up the ring with rider Marilyn Little on the second day of dressage competition at the 2018 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. Their 24.8 penalty score was a personal...
This year’s Kentucky Three-Day Event kicked off with a new title sponsor in Land Rover, but it was the same anticipation and excitement that spectators are used to as horses were presented in the trot-up.The first horse inspection...
You’ve probably seen horses tied to all kinds of inappropriate things, from lightweight plastic chairs and moveable objects like gates, truck mirrors and bumpers, to flimsy fence rails instead of solid posts. You’ve probably also seen viral videos of...
Charlotte Dujardin became an icon in her home country of Great Britain and around the world for her incredible dressage performances with the Dutch Warmblood gelding, Valegro. The pair hold world record scores at the international Grand Prix level....
Q: My pony has a very fast trot that is really short and choppy. Are there any exercises to help lengthen it?A: Trotting is so much more comfortable when a pony learns to lengthen his stride and slow down...
Cozmic One at de Sousa Stables. Photo via de Sousa Stables on Facebook
A career in show jumping probably wasn’t what his connections were dreaming about when Cozmic One was foaled in 2012. But the first foal of superstar racehorse...
Horses learn quickly. In the wild, they learn to read the environment and react in ways that will save their lives. Horses must learn if a sound or object is dangerous to the herd or safe to ignore. If...
By Marsha Hayes, Photos by Ron OsbornTennessee Lane, riding a 17-year-old, bald-faced chestnut Arabian gelding named Auli Farwa ("Far”), won the 62nd Tevis Cup on August 5, 2017. Her picture graced the front page of local California papers and...
The Western States Trail Ride (Tevis Cup) is a point-to-point, 100-mile ride traditionally starting near Lake Tahoe and ending in Auburn, Calif. It requires one rider on one horse to complete the journey in one 24-hour day. August 5,...
Metal and synthetic bits are long-established cornerstones of control, but they aren’t for every horse or rider. Some see bitless riding as the perfect expression of unity between horse and human.That doesn’t mean bits are inherently harmful; in...
