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The Equestrian Helmet Safety Initiative

BY ELYSE SCHENK Our riding helmets could be significantly safer. To address this, the United States Hunter Jumper Association is taking live-saving steps to support...

Alex Jayne on Making Horses and Shaping the US Industry

BY ELYSE SCHENK Breeding horses takes imagination. Great breeders use creative foresight in order to envision an ideal mare and stallion combination. They paint a...

How to Guarantee Failure? Avoid Taking Risks

BY ELYSE SCHENK Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg famously said, “the biggest risk is not taking any risk.” Choosing the safe route is the most dangerous...

Lake Erie College: Where Equestrian Career Dreams Can Become Reality

Originally from the September 2020 issue. By Elyse Schenk Contrary to popular belief, the start of college doesn’t have to mean the end of horses. In...

Addressing Riding Apathy

BY ELYSE SCHENK The origin of our love for horses is a mystery for many. The obsession seems to affect most of us randomly, striking...

Turning Small Goals Into Big Victories

BY ELYSE SCHENK AND PIPER KLEMM Goals, rather than motivate us, often weigh us down. We place our hopeful ideals on a high altar in...

8 Ways to Lose Money Fast in Your Horse Business

BY ELYSE SCHENK & PIPER KLEMM We’re told from childhood to choose a career that we’re passionate about. But the idea of doing what you...

The Entitlement of Victimhood

BY ELYSE SCHENK Unpopular opinion: winners aren’t villains, and losers aren’t victims.  Accusing competitors of winning without genuinely earning their success is a harmful, trendy habit...

Boarding Barns Are Prepared for Anything… Even the Apocalypse

BY ELYSE SCHENK Those willing to pursue the unforgiving business of horse boarding aren’t in it for the promise of easy success. Only a certain...

From the Ground Up: Rethinking the Relationship With Your Horse

BY ELYSE SCHENK “Running scared” is how I overheard a cowboy once characterize jumper horses. He criticized the discipline for forceful training, resulting in fearful...

Frank Madden Finds Opportunity in the Delayed Season

BY ELYSE SCHENK Thriving in the Spring sunshine of Wellington, Florida, top equitation trainer Frank Madden is hopeful for the 2020 show season. Currently, horse...