How to Create Holiday Horse Photos With Your Cell Phone Camera
BY LAUREN MAULDIN
Tis the season to throw a Santa hat or a bow on your horse and smile for the camera! While the best photos are undoubtedly shot by a professional equine photographer, sometimes...
Disney Made a New Black Beauty Movie and I Have FEELINGS About It
BY LAUREN MAULDIN
I've never been one to cry in movies, especially when I was younger. My late husband once challenged me to watch Life is Beautiful without tearing up, and (although it was a...
A Perfect Morning Riding in Spain
I wake up in the morning to a sore butt and a stiff back. My body groans a little bit as I roust myself out of my cozy, little bed in the 1000-year old...
Amira Chichakly and Bustin Scones Show Girl Power in New York Racing
BY LAURIE SCOTT
In a world dominated by men and the colts they train, Amira Chichakly is making a name for herself. Her brand new training stable has already hit the board a number of...
If You Had One Magical Day to Spend with Horses, What Would You Do?
And money is no object! Heather Harelik Tseng posed this great question in The Plaid Horse Adult Amateur Lounge on Facebook and we loved daydreaming along with you. Here are some of our favorite...
Losing One of the Herd
BY LYNNE SCHMIDT
All I knew as I entered my last two semesters of graduate school was that I wanted to work with animals. As my advisor and I sat down to look at the...
Tire Kicker
The ad said, “Please, no tire kickers,” and I was just old enough to know that I was one. I saw it hanging on the bulletin board at the feed store in town, just...
Cowboy Versus the Canadian Air Force
BY SIOBHAN SEARLE
A lazy horse who would much rather be eating grain barely survives an attack from the least likely of sources.
I had just finished my grain and was about to sneak off to...
Riding on the Beach Photo Gallery
If you ask a horse lover about their equestrian bucket list, more likely than not riding on the beach will be included! There's something about the surf, wind, sand and sun that just invites...
A Brush with Barbaro: How Students Uplifted a Racing Icon
For two college summers I had the great fortune of working for Olympic show jumper rider and consummate horseman, Michael Matz. At the time I was attending Cornell University but returned home to Philadelphia...
A Good Boy
BY CHRISTINE BENSON
Lewis is a person—just like you and just like me. Like us, his sameness is completed by those things that make him dazzlingly unique. He is young, a boy of maybe nine...
Wild No More: How An Ex-Offender Tamed My Donkey and Taught Me About Humanity
BY ANDREA LONDON
I met Thomas four years ago when he was in South Carolina visiting his ailing mother and sister. He had come to town to spend several weeks with them, but knew that...
Meal and Snacks for Recovery After Competition and Training
BY FAITH ALICIEA
At the end of the day after a long horse show, all I want to do is sleep! But there’s a voice in the back of my head—one of my good friend...
Reading Through 100 Days Without Horse Shows
BY PIPER KLEMM
If you told me that I would be home and spending 100 days without horse shows in 2020, I would have had about the same reaction as the rest of us. But...
8 Strategies for Being a Better Advocate for Yourself
BY PIPER KLEMM
My computer has over a hundred tabs open, but so does my mind. It seems like technology controls my life. My brain and I crave it. Crave television, Facebook, mindless scrolling through...
Days End Farm Horse Rescue: Empowering Youth to Make a Difference
By Emily Daily/Jump Media
Days End Farm Horse Rescue (DEFHR) has worked tirelessly for more than 30 years to distinguish itself as one of the most well-respected and successful horse rescues in the United States....
Let’s Train People for Careers in Our Sport
By Kristin Pitzer
Let’s face it. In the horse industry, it’s typically the people in the spotlight — the trainers, the breeders and the owners — who get the applause and credit at the end...
The Big Field at the End of the World
BY NOA LEIBSON
I know I am not the only person in the horse world who has been called a great and terrible fool, prone to great and terribly foolish decisions. There is truth to...
Timing and Options for Meals and Snacks During Competition and Training
BY FAITH ALICEA
We make sure our horses’ have a well-balanced diet with all the nutrients they need, but what about ourselves? Registered dietician, Laura Hall, offers her insight on how to fuel our bodies.
As...
You Can’t Hide from a Horse – Understanding Equine Assisted Therapy
BY LESLIE MOLINARI
Equine Assisted Therapy is an established therapeutic program, but is still new to some people. Recently, I was privileged to witness a session at Blue Bell Equine Assisted Therapy in Blue Bell,...
Saving Fred Astaire
BY ANN JAMIESON
I wasn’t looking for a horse when Tucker (Fred Astaire) appeared in my life. I still had my first horse, Odie, and my show horse, Nicky. But when my friend, top breeder...
Hydration and the Equestrian Athlete
BY FAITH ALICEA
Let’s talk H2O!
Talking with my good friend, Laura Hall RD, who is a registered dietitian, gave me the gut check I needed. Let me explain. Her and I were speaking about the...
