Riding as your school’s living mascot is one of the more unique and exciting (if bizarre) things you can do with a horse — and Haley Ruffner has taken up the mantle for Alfred University.
The Kentucky Horse Park is filling up with talented ex-racehorses and the trainers who have devoted the past ten months to bringing them along — Kristen Kovatch reports with her project Jobber Bill!
The rider of the 2018 America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred, to be named at this week’s Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover, will be honored at the Breeders’ Cup in November!
“I couldn’t resist hugging him right then and there: we had made it, after all, and no matter what happened after that moment, we had accomplished my little bucket-list goal — we were here in Kentucky.”
“By its very nature, horse sport always rewards the try, and if we never tried and failed, we would never learn and grow. But another equally important skill to learn is to know when to quit, regroup and come back to try again another day.”
In an innovative approach to large-scale rescue, Last Chance Animal Rescue and Maryland Fund For Horses are teaming up to present Appy Fest, featuring horses seized from the massive 100-horse neglect case Wicomico County, Maryland farm earlier this year.
This is a masterclass performance from the World Equestrian Games worth revisiting: watch highlights from all three phases of Australian driver Boyd Exell’s gold-medal performance!
We all know the many benefits horseback riding can provide on a lifelong basis — Devin Morrissey makes a compelling case for why horseback riding should be incorporated into school athletic programs.
Jen Joines and her rescued miniature horse Kricket didn’t set out to become inspirational icons to show that no dream is too big — but here they are, living the dream, fresh off a 65-mile riding tour. We caught up with Jen to learn Kricket’s story!
