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As we head into spring with our horses (or suddenly directly into summer for some of us), we’re happy to leave behind the cold and snow and head into warmer weather. But with warmer weather comes a few challenges we need to prepare for like mud, flies, and skin icks like rain rot. After years of trial and error with my very sensitive OTTBs and my overly opinionated pony (that hates all fly gear but also hates flies) I have come up with a list of things that not only make life

Once you've been riding in lessons for a while the idea of owning a horse starts to be on your mind; whether it's so you can ride more on your own, get to do other things outside of lessons, or because you've out skilled the lesson horses and need a new challenge moving on to owning a horse tends to be the next step after consistent lessons. Of course, owning a horse is a huge commitment and can be really intimidating so you probably are thinking "What am I supposed to do no

When you decide you want to start taking riding lessons there is nothing more overwhelming and frustrating than trying to figure out where to ride. I have people call me telling me they've called 10 barns and most of them either didn't answer or return the calls. A lot of times adult riders will be told the barn doesn't do lessons for adults for various reasons or that they just don't have room for a new rider. It makes it nearly impossible to find a good lesson barn, let alo

Everyone comes to the equestrian world in their own way, but most equine professionals start young. The typical story is they’ve been riding their whole life and becoming a professional was just a natural step. I am NOT your typical professional. I haven't done anything in a typical way from the way I started riding to the way I handle the equestrian world now. Like a lot of professionals, I did start riding as a little kid, but unlike the majority I quit shortly after I st