My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
I think anyone who has owned a horse understands that the purchase price is only the beginning. In fact, many of us prefer not to add up all our horse expenses but for the intrepid or the budget conscious, here’s a link to a handy calculator that helps you better understand where your dollars are […]
Read MoreFreedom’s returned to his natural state – a herd animal. Between the weather and his lameness he had several weeks where I wasn’t able to ride him and he’s been living out in the herd with his four mares. Yes, he’s the only gelding right now and he definitely likes it. When I don’t ride […]
Read MoreMichael Jung has a reason to look happy. After months of uncertainty surrounding the potential sale of his WEG champion La Biosthetique Sam, Sabine Kreuter has sold a 47% majority share to the German Olympic Equestrian Association and Michael will keep the ride. The Jungs will keep their 40 percent stake and Eric Single now […]
Read MoreWinter is going full force in New England. The snow is piling up. Yesterday we had about 8″ and overnight there was another 6″ or so. That was fine. It was the freezing rain that really made the conditions bad. That’s what we had all day to day. When I went to the barn to […]
Read MoreFor the past few days I’ve been watching another owner/rider dispute unfold on COTH. Certainly after reading about this experience, the Henny dispute and the issues over La Biosthetique Sam, I’d sure as heck think twice about buying a horse for a rider to compete. The comments on the most recent threads repeat several common […]
Read MoreHere’s an interesting article about an owner who went the barefoot route after her horse developed severe White Line disease. Competing on a barefoot horse is almost unheard of for a show hunter. However, given that they are almost always on groomed footing, I would think that more people might follow suit.
Read MoreHorse shopping is generally not as much fun as it should be. You have to kiss a lot of frogs on the way to finding a horse that might possibly be a prince. The last time I looked (several years ago), I found that in 4 out of 5 cases the horses I went to […]
Read MoreWhen I was a kid a neighbor of my grandparents kept horses in a pasture down the road from their house. I dreamed about slipping into that pasture one day, jumping on one of those horses bareback and going for a joy ride. I never did that but from what I’ve read on the Chronicle […]
Read More