With the prestigious Tevis Cup Ride just two weeks away (Aug. 9, to be exact), I figure it’s only fitting I devote a blog post

Strolling through the Kentucky Horse Park barns on schooling day before last week’s show, I heard a familiar, monotonous POW-POW-POW-POW-POW. It was the sound of

Maybe I’m biased because I own two of them, but I do love a good mare. Like many riders, I believe a mare who loves

Imagine being at a horse show and hearing over the loudspeaker: “And next in the ring is Mine That Bird!” Don’t tell me that wouldn’t

Unlike my colleague Erica, author of our “Old Horses: Better with Age” blog, I don’t have much experience managing senior horses. Most of my former

Last Wednesday was a particularly spectacular spring day. After some recent April showers, the sun was shining, the grass looked a few shades greener, and

“Lily has developed a really nice neck and topline,” my trainer remarked after a jumping session last week. Sure enough, after untacking and taking a

Working for a horse health publication has its many perks–including the freedom to race out to the barn midday for veterinarian and farrier visits. I’ve

While asking fellow horse owners recently what they love most about their equine veterinarians, nearly every response began with, “Oh I love my vet. She’s

I’ve rarely had to battle the elements in order to ride during the winter. For the first 22 years of my life, both my horses

I recently returned from what was likely a once-in-a-lifetime, part-work/part-play trip to South Africa’s Western Cape. The work aspect included covering the Cape’s Thoroughbred breeders’

When temperatures plummeted to subzero last week in the Bluegrass, most horse owners and their steeds bundled up and stayed inside. The numbing cold turned

A Hunter Rider’s Resolutions While ringing in 2014 with a New Year’s Day hack on both my horses, I got to thinking about the year

The day after I purchased my first post-college, adult-life horse, Helios, I called my chosen equine insurance company and created a policy for him. I

If you didn’t already notice by the slew of laminitis-related stories surfacing on TheHorse.com’s news feed, I recently returned from the biennial International Laminitis Conference.

In 2012 editor-in-chief Stephanie Church started an editorial tradition: Once a year our four-strong team of dressage/eventing/hunter/jumper riders takes a horsey field trip to try