When I was a kid, photos of Kim and Dan, Karen and Biko, and countless others hung on my bedroom wall. When I ran out of room, I hung photos from the ceiling. Maybe times

If you’ve never been to Fair Hill, you’re probably wondering why there are all these pictures of this weird metal tunnel. It’s a bizarre feature of the event, and somehow part of the charm while

Dressage Day One: Commence!! The Chinch is very sorry to report that while he was intending to take his new mount to Fair Hill and contest the CCI3* in his quest for Rio, he was

Just about two years ago, Beth Sokohl (owner of Buckahro) had a serious fall on course at a local horse trials that has kept her from getting back in the saddle. Over the past few weeks,

How cool is this! What a small world the horse world can be, and how special this is for the Holling’s to receive such a special note and photo during a happy time for Downtown

I still smirk whenever a non-horse person foolishly declares that a horse is not as intelligent as other domesticated animals. Certainly, horse intelligence is a different sort of intelligence from a dog or cat, but there’s

Oh my goodness thank god it’s Friday! I am so very ready for a few free hours this weekend in which I can do absolutely nothing! My idea of a vacation is nothingness plus sleeping,

Wylie is over covering Boekelo (which you can tell because she did a music video full of swag for the jogs on our Instagram account), which is pretty cool I guess, but more importantly than

This past weekend I spent the weekend out in the cold, in the rain, in the wind, to be the best Horse Husband I know how to be. But I wasn’t at an event as my

Horse people log a lot of miles on the road, and my little Toyota and I are coming up on our 100,000 mile-versary! Most of those miles have been racked up driving to the barn

Even if you aren’t competing, there is so much to do and learn at an event. One great way to learn is to sit behind a camera and shoot pictures all day. It exposes you

Lee Ann Zobbe sent us this picture, as a shot that explains what our sport is about, and I think it’s pretty fantastic. Her student, Robin Thomas, had a goal of going Training level for

Sadly, I will not be joining all of you looking to drown at Morven Park this weekend. While it is usually one of my staple events, two of my best friends from high school are

Lacey Messick competed in the Preliminary Amateur division at the American Eventing Championships this weekend, and she entered her adorable 8-month-old German Shepherd puppy in the popular dog show, too. ‘Mako’ looks so cute in

If you leave horse people unattended with anything for any length of time, they will find a way to make it in to something horse related. If you leave an Eventer unattended with anything for

Dorothy got one thing right. There’s no place like home. I love to travel and to go to shows, but coming home is often what I look forward to most. Even when there is a

As long as summer always seems to last, it’s basically well into the fall season now, and the end of the competition year always sneaks up on me. It should come as no surprise then,

I. Love. Sweater. Weather. Seriously though! I have never been so excited in my life to wear long sleeves all day long! September might be my most favorite month. The weather is so perfect….not too

It was a couple of years ago that the brand new U.S. Team Coach David O’Connor was specifically outlining the steps it would take to get the USA back on the international podium, and we

For those of us on the West Coast, following the action back East means getting up super early. Following the action in Europe means deciding between pulling an all-nighter or getting up exceptionally early. This