Greetings on the Trail Make the World a Friendlier Place There’s a French saying: simple comme bonjour, which means “as simple as hello.” It’s a perfect reminder of how much a friendly greeting does, especially when you’re on the trail. Whether we’re riding horses, hiking, or biking, tossing out a … Read More
Therapeutic Riding Center Brings Joy and Healing into People’s Lives Those of us who love horses understand the magic they bring into our lives. We know being in the presence of a horse changes a bad day into a good one. We have felt our bodies and minds respond positively … Read More
Knowing How Equines Perceive Light Helps Us Better Understand Their Behavior Light gives us the ability to perceive our surroundings, it shows us beauty and majestic things, and is essential for life itself. Without light nothing would exist that does exist. We cannot stop the sun rising or setting but … Read More
A Rider, Trainer, and Instructor’s Reference By Christian Baier As Christian Baier worked to develop a rider and trainer education and certification system, he realized the equestrian lexicon lacked a practical reference that brought the classical “arena tracks” patterns and figures used in training the horse together in a simple … Read More
Karin Antoni Strives to Help Metabolic Horses How and why did you get started in business? I was gifted a morbidly obese pony in 2012 and I like to say she was one carrot away from a catastrophic metabolic event! The ideal products I needed to rehab my new fat … Read More
The Time to Prepare is Now Recently, I was startled awake at 3:00 in the morning by claps of thunder. My first thought was a horse in the barn was cast, so I listened in the dark for a few seconds as I tried to decide if I needed to … Read More
What Would Make You Stop Riding? I used to bounce when I came off my horse, and I rarely came off. This year though, I’ve come off two times too many, and the second time I knew immediately my arm was badly broken. As I sat on the ground after … Read More
Finally, Some Saddle Time! It’s been a crazy year. Many things are in the works and the one activity I love—riding— suffers the most. A couple of weeks ago I finally got some saddle time. Both my horse and I were rusty, but we managed to find a couple of … Read More
A Guide for Equine Adventurers A few years ago, along the Canadian border in the Pasayten Wilderness, we noticed a thick smoke plume rising in the distance. Haze began to fill the basin where we camped. The plume was ominously between us and the direction of our route back to … Read More
A Place to Train, Learn, and Enjoy Your Trail Horse How and why did you get started in business?After 25 years of judging, training, and instructing in the horse world, I wanted something different to do. Upon retiring from judging, my husband and I began camping and trail riding with … Read More
