I have a great trail horse. He’s part Dales – a breed known for it’s courage, and part Shire – giving him a calm disposition. And part Paint, making him gorgeous, but I digress…. People like to call him “bomb-proof” but in fact he is not, and I am glad of it. A bomb-proof horse…
I live in Vermont. For most of the year, I love the climate. The summers are beautiful and the fall is my favorite time to ride. However, the full winter months can be… a bit rough. This morning when I woke up, it was -7 degrees F. It’s now a balmy 3 degrees F! I…
Do you have any idea what your horse experiences in the trailer? Most of us load our horses, drive to our destination, and, as long as we don’t hear kicking and our horse is in one piece at the end, we figure they are just fine. That’s how I always felt. The only signs that…
The Horse Trail Chicks have an annual tradition of spending a week or so with our good friends Elizabeth and Erin riding at the Horse Trails at Otter Creek in northern New York. We always book our cabin at least 12 months in advance. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were not sure if we…
About a month ago a friend of mine, Pat Fay, let me know that she would be getting a BEMER set soon and asked if I wanted to start treatments on my horse, Zydin. Well… maybe I am a little uninformed, but I basically looked like this: So, Pat was very patient with me and…
We are taking orders for a one-time run of Horse Trail Chicks logo t-shirts. These are high-quality 100% cotton t-shirts with the Horse Trail Chicks logo on the back and “Horse Trail Chicks” on the front. They will be hand silk-screened by Amalgamated Culture Works in Burlington, Vermont, an awesome locally-owned small business. Color: Heather…
There are two kinds of horse people: those who have a pretty good idea of how much money they spend on their horses, and those who have no idea (and probably don’t want to know). A few years ago I attended a seminar at my credit union about budgeting. They gave us a spreadsheet for…
Since January I have been lucky enough to half lease a wonderful, sweet, amazingly talented, and fun horse. I have had so much fun with this wonderful guy over the past several months, and on paper he checks all of my “dream horse” boxes. However, even though we get along great and I really enjoy…
We’ve been hearing the word “essential” a lot lately. “Non-essential” businesses have been forced to close. “Non-essential” workers have been laid off. We are instructed to avoid all “non-essential” travel and activities. But how do we define “essential?” And who decides what is essential? Don’t get me wrong – the restrictions that have been put…
The world is a different place than it was a few months ago when I was thinking about traveling, camping trips with the horses, and getting ready for a fun season of trail riding. Like many, my barn has been closed to boarders and I haven’t been able to see him in weeks. I miss…
