“I breed horses. I also raise, train and sell them. Someone might come and love my horse. Technically they might be first in line. They may have the money and sometimes even be a really good hom. But I’ve put years worth of hopes and dreams, money, time, care, love, Read more…
When I was a kid I started riding at a dressage school that kept all the horses in stalls most of the time. They’d be let out in the arena for about two to three hours in the morning and then turned back in, and then the staff would tack Read more…
“When I was a working barn rat kid, I just wanted to be around horses. But over time I became aware of another level of barn life. I saw the fancy girls on their imported horses riding in shows. They seemed so elegant, so smooth, so refined. After that just Read more…
“I think it’s a hard thing to overcome – the anxiety and the comparing and the general awkwardness of being a beginner. I do not believe anyone is too old to start riding. At the last barn I was at I met a 55 year old woman who had just Read more…
“Equestrians must be the most optimistic people in the world. Every time we enter the competition arena, we have a chance to achieve perfection. But we so rarely actually do it. At least we seldom think we do. There’s always some mistake, some reason to beat ourselves up. But we Read more…
