Spur marks. We don’t want them, we try not to inflict them upon our horses. . . and yet, all too often, they appear. If you’ve ever seen some poor soul riding around with standing wraps stuffed sideways under the girth, ostensibly creating a barrier [...]
“I NEED to ride,” I blurted in my mom’s ear as I turned our car onto the road leading up towards the HITS show grounds in Saugerties, NY. I could barely make out the permanent stabling barns in the distance, but that’s all it took [...]
Two summers ago, I gave my horse a pat as we cantered away from the final brush fence of a hunter derby course in Kentucky. I had been traveling the East Coast, showing all season with my 3’6” amateur hunter, and Kentucky was our last [...]
My stomach grumbled at the distinct smell of sizzling French fries wafting through the air towards the grandstands. Do I wait in the long line for fries or should I quickly grab a few tea sandwiches and make it back to my seat in time [...]