It’s no secret in the equestrian world that riders of different disciplines tend to not get along. We all think our own way of riding is the best, which automatically makes all others the worst. Western pleasure riders think us hunter jumpers and dressage queens are royally stuck up, and we think that western pleasure [...]

Of all the things I have to be thankful for in my life, one that sits at the top of my list is having a mom who loves horses too. To be more accurate, it’s having a mom who loved horses first – and shared that love with me. My mom started riding horses when [...]

I’m not usually big into surveys, but this is a fun horsey one that’s been making its way around the horse blogs lately. I’ve had so much fun reading On The Bit, Glenshee Equestrian, Grey Horse Matters, and others’ answers that I realized you might enjoy reading mine too. If you have any fun stories [...]

I am extremely to fortunate to have grown up with a non-horsey horse dad and now live with a non-horsey horse husband who both have supported my horse habit. I don’t know that they completely understand it, but they have at least managed to live with it. Horse are a huge commitment. They’re expensive. They [...]

I’ve known my husband for six and a half years and we’ve now been married for over half of that. In that time, I’ve trained him to … bring his Nalgene water bottle home from work (most of the time) kiss me goodnight get up and run to bed real fast so that I get [...]

For many of us horse women (and even some of you men) losing one of our horses can be like losing a family member. It’s definitely losing a best friend, even if she’s got four legs, fur, and a tail. We tend to pour our hearts, time, and resources into our horses. That’s a big [...]

I got some really wonderful suggestions on show names for Ace from all of you, my wonderful readers. I’m glad you are so creative, because you came up with tons of ideas that I just loved (and never would have thought of myself). I haven’t made my final decision yet, though, because I wanted to [...]