Just like humans, every horse has a unique personality and they express themselves differently around different horses. When my (Monica’s) horse, Tupelo, rides out with his 23-year old buddy Ritz, he acts like he is dying if I ask him to canter for more than 15 seconds. On the other hand, when we ride out…
Loading a horse that does not want to get on the trailer can be extremely frustrating. You are really excited about going on a trail ride, perhaps you are meeting others and have gotten a late start, and then your horse doesn’t want to load. Erghhh! And of course, when we get tense, it only…
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…
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…
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…
If you’ve ever had a light (or all the lights) go out on your trailer, you know that trouble-shooting it can be really intimidating. You’re smart enough to know that the problem could be the truck wiring, a bad trailer wire, or bad light. But how do you figure out which one of these it…
Humans are weird. We talk with our hands. We make strange noises. We move erratically. Sometimes, it feels like we should try to be quiet and still around horses so that they are quiet around us. Not exposing horses to these weird things actually can make them more spooky because they are not desensitized to…
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…
