Barn Lounge

BY SARA JAYNE WATKISS Instead of seeing the world optimistically or pessimistically, I have always seen things realistically. I see people for who they are. I can put one and two...

BY BRENDA MUELLER Diane Carney is a lifelong, dedicated horsewoman, who emphasizes horsemanship in every aspect of her world. Her versatility in the equestrian sport as an athlete, trainer,...

BY ANGELIQUE FAWNS It’s 4:30am in the morning, and I’m in my little five-stall barn tossing a scoop of sweet feed and a flake of hay at the horses whickering and...

All photos © Andrew Ryback Photography Brought to you by Summit Joint Performance:  Summit Joint Performance helps your horse feel and perform their...

BY LAUREN MAULDIN Wellness is a funny word. The dictionary defines it as “the state of being in good health, especially as an actively pursued goal.” I guess that...

BY ASHLEY DONAYRE 2018 Equestrian Voices Distinguished Entry Madeline, the tiny red mare who was never meant to be anything more than a sales project and predicted to go...

Angelo Danza has never considered being anything other than a professional rider. “It’s in my blood,” he says. “My grandfather built a horse farm 50 years ago in Brooklyn.” Danza got his...

BY JESS CLAWSON Matt Cyphert didn’t grow up in a horse family. His family didn’t push him into riding. He hasn’t been riding since he was a toddler. But...

BY PONYMOMAMMY I feel like I am constantly trying to justify the expense of the horses to my husband. I get it. It’s not cheap, and it doesn’t ever...

BY SOPHIE BAGHDASSARIAN I tried a lot of different activities when I was younger, following my sister’s footsteps. With softball, I was able to release my pent-up emotions by hitting a ball...

Patty Roberts started life as many young girls do: wanting a pony. And like many girls who want a pony, her parents knew nothing about horses. They had a friend whose daughter...

2018 The Plaid Horse Prize in Fiction BY THERESA RICE I was fifteen when my sister chipped my front right tooth. She threw a horseshoe...

BY JESS CLAWSON Daniel Bedoya was taught to respect and value horses from the start. Growing up in La Paz, Bolivia, his father, Daniel Bedoya Sr., won seven national...

BY ASHLEY DONAYRE 2018 Equestrian Voices Distinguished Entry A chestnut filly with an uncertain future stood just under 15 hands at an out-of-business equestrian center in Washington State. The only...

BY JESS CLAWSON Natalee Haggan’s parents promised her a horse of her own when she was eight years old, provided she stuck with the riding lessons she begged for....

BY SARA ZIMMERMAN I remember it the way people remember big events in their lives—in exquisite and insignificant detail, in sounds and feelings, in visceral emotions. I remember it with a...

BY ERIN GILMORE As much as Le Saut Hermés aims for understated elegance in its production of an annual CSI5* in the center of Paris, France, they instead land somewhere between...

2018 Piper J. Klemm Emerging Authors Prize BY NOA LEIBSON They were the ugliest horses I’d ever seen; the pony-sized mongrels grazed on the rough terrain...