Horses aren’t like other pets, cats or dogs who need food, love, and to go outside every once in a while. There’s a lot more to owning a horse than sticking him in your pasture, cleaning up after him occasionally, and making sure he has water. Horses weren’t designed to live in barns or to [...]

As of tomorrow, our much anticipated World Equestrian Games are just 100 days away! It’s hard to believe it’s been 2.5 years since I started covering this event on Regarding Horses, and now it’s almost here. In celebration, the WEG Foundation is throwing a big ol’ party in downtown Lexington tomorrow to commemorate 100 days [...]

Spending a day down at the Buckeye Sweepstakes Horse Show gave me a new appreciation for the Arabian breed. It also renewed my amazement at the diversity within the horse world. It’s really fantastic to see how our riding disciplines are adapted to suit different breeds and types of horses – showing each off to [...]

My horizons in the equestrian world continue to expand; tomorrow I’m off to Columbus for the day to attend the Buckeye Sweepstakes Arabian Horse Show! And even better, I’m going to get to tag along behind the scenes with the folks from Freedom Farm, including trainer Bill Rodgers, rider Raegan Knotts, and several of their [...]

I’m glad to say that as I’ve grown a little older and wiser, I’ve become a huge dressage buff. As a horse-crazy teenager who loved nothing better than soaring over jumps, I just didn’t get it. But now as a grown-up owner with a green horse, I’ve developed a deep appreciation for the foundation and [...]

A big thanks goes out to Courtney of Three Days Three Ways for the tip-off that the US eventing team shortlist for the World Equestrian Games has been named. Well, at least a part of it has. A few more riders may be named following the final WEG trial at Luhmuhlen CCI4* June 17-20, 2010. [...]

We’re barely into May, and with the weather in Ohio alternating between rain and 80 plus degrees and sunny, the bugs are coming out in force already. Last week on a short trail ride, Ace was utterly convinced those three bugs were eating his face off, as evidenced by his spastic nose flipping and prancing. [...]