My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
Although most people’s money was on A.P. Indy to sire the first of Zenyatta’s foals, today it was announced that the Mosses have chosen Bernadini, an A.P. Indy son, instead. Bernardini was won the 2006 Eclipse Award for Best Male Horse after winning the Preakness Stakes, the Jim Dandy Stakes, the Travers Stakes, the Haskell […]
Read MoreThere is no such thing as the perfect horse. However, how the pieces of a horse “fit together” can significantly influence how that horse performs and help that horse stay sound throughout its career. For any discipline the overall balance of the horse is important. However, when you start looking at different disciplines, you look […]
Read MoreThe Spanish Walk is a movement about which many people consider to be a trick, used only in performances (mostly by Baroque horses, such as Andalusians). It is a slow, elevated walk where the movement of the front legs very high and extended well out in front of the body. Very few “dressage” riders train […]
Read MoreWhile most of us can walk into a tack store and find a plethora of bits for sale, in India, many working horses are subjected to bits that look like medieval torture devices — crude bits that are made locally. An organization called Friends of Marwari/Kathiawari Horse UK, which was formed in 2008 to promote […]
Read MoreOn a day that it’s too hot to ride, here’s a video that’s so impressive it makes me want to go out and buy a sidesaddle and try! What a gorgeous horse and my goodness, where’s that arena!
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I’ve heard of monster trucks. But what about monster hitches? “Big Hitches” are part of rural history. Farmers with large tracts of land often used multiple horses or mules. In fact, the first equalizing hitch (like the one we use on our trailers today) was designed in the 1900s by Buster Talkington to ensure that […]
Read MoreThis little guy looks like a leopard Appaloosa but no, he’s a British spotted pony! He was born in Devon in the UK. Apparently, the “leopard spot”, black spots on a white background, is a fairly common variety. There’s also a “snowflake” pattern is white spots on a dark background. The markings were a natural […]
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