If you are anything like me, when you are not riding your horse or caring for your horse or shopping for your horse, you are thinking about your horse. I have discovered a great way to feed my obsession and fill those wasted hours when I am away from my horse: listening to podcasts about…
Like most people, I was always taught to mount my horse and lead my horse from the left. I don’t know about you, but when I started riding at 11 years old, I didn’t really think to ask why it was always the left. There were so many other horse related things that had to…
What could be more fun than trail riding? Going on a multi-day trail riding trip away from home! The Horse Trail Chicks plus two friends recently spent 4 days riding in the amazing Otter Creek Horse Trail System in upstate New York. We were there in 2017 and were so excited to go back. Our…
Kerrie and I saw Lyle Lovett in concert last weekend with several other horse-friends and family. We all got very excited and sang along when he sang “If I Had a Boat.” If you are not familiar with this song, the chorus goes: And if I had a boat I’d go out on the ocean…
Back in the beginning of May my friend Sabrina sent a message to a small group of our horsie friends with a listing for a kill pen horse out of the infamous New Holland auction in Pennsylvania. The photos were heartbreaking. He was known only as “Hip 448” and didn’t have a name that anyone…
Years ago, if you owned one saddle, chances are it would fit most of your horses, at least well enough. But this is no longer the case. What’s changed? For one thing, the variety of horse breeds that people commonly ride has changed. When I was growing up the most popular breeds were thoroughbreds, Arabians,…
Is your relationship with knots characterized by fear and loathing, or curiosity and delight? Personally, I love learning new knots and feel especially gratified when I can chose just the right knot for every job. I want to share with you my favorite knot for tying a horse to a trailer (or other object). It’s…
If you rode horses as a teenager, you probably could tell stories about the crazy things you did and wonder how you survived. If you are a teenager now, you probably do crazy things on horses and – one day – you will wonder how you survived. For me it was working around horses barefoot,…
We have not posted for several weeks, for which we apologize. It has been a very dark time for us, as Kerrie’s thoroughbred, Prophet, was ill and, sadly, passed away on Friday. Prophet, née Clear Profit, was born in 1999, bred for the racetrack. He had a successful racing career, earning almost $80,000 with 14…
I find that horse people are very particular. They have strong feelings about how things should be done, from how to lead a horse or put on a bridle how to train a horse. When I was a kid I took lessons at a local stable and learned the basics of being around horses. As…
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