When Success Becomes the Problem: Letting Go & Building Back Differently
For a long time, I believed I knew exactly what success with horses was supposed to look like. There was a destination, and everything I did was measured against whether or not I was getting closer to...
View ArticleEquestrians Often Ace Visual Function Tests: That’s a Problem When it Comes...
Like many professionals, falling off comes with the territory for Canadian show jumper Will Martin. But after the 20-year-old was cleared to jump again after an unplanned dismount, he noticed things...
View ArticleSafeguarding Is Your Child’s Lifeguard. Don’t Sign It Away.
It was Memorial Day weekend, 1990, at American Beach in Nassau County, Florida. The ocean was rough. Rip currents churned just offshore. And there were no lifeguards. The county had cut them the year...
View ArticleA Decade After Nassar, Survivor-Led Study Charts a New Path Forward
September 2026 will mark the 10th anniversary of the Indianapolis Star investigation that first exposed Larry Nassar’s extensive crimes against gymnasts, and USA Gymnastics’ repeated failure to...
View ArticleMore Than a Ribbon: Compete for Change at Thunderbird
Rome wasn’t built in a day. The mightiest oak grows from a tiny acorn. Every journey begins with a single step. We roll our eyes at clichés because we’ve heard them a thousand times—but buried...
View ArticleOn The Fringe Asks “Why?”& a Dozen More Questions
Show jumping has started flooding all our screens. On the heels of the release of Faultless, Box to Box Films producing a series on the upcoming inaugural season of the Premier Jumping League, and the...
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The Doctor Is In
This excerpt is from Chapter 15: The Doctor Is In of A Horse’s World, the newest book by neuroscientist Janet Jones PhD: Animals of all kinds make most people feel better. Stroking a cat or dog,...
View ArticleThe Growth We Never Planned For
There are moments in every horseperson’s journey when we suddenly realize how much we don’t know. Sometimes it happens when we ride a horse that exposes gaps in our understanding. Sometimes it happens...
View ArticleBabington Is the Inspiring Read You Need This Summer
How do you summarize a life, let alone one as extraordinary as Olympic show jumper Kevin Babington’s, in a single story? You simply can’t. You write a book. That’s precisely what Jeff Papows and...
View ArticleLessons in Adaptability & Resilience
When I look back on my early years with horses, what stands out most isn’t any one horse, lesson, or achievement—it’s the constant change. Different horses, different personalities, different...
View ArticleBridging the Gap Between Performance and Welfare
In the horse world, performance and welfare are often talked about as though they live on opposite ends of a spectrum. On one side, there is ambition. Goals. Excellence. Precision. The desire to...
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The Barefoot Life Isn’t Always Fancy-Free
Caracole de la Roque. Donatello d’Auge. United Touch S. King Edward along with, at one point, two-thirds of the Swedish Olympic team. All of these championship horses have one thing in common: They’ve...
View ArticleWhat’s my Type? Black Type!
In the World of Welly (Wellington, Florida), it is said that any horse less than eight years old walks around in a cloak of invisibility. Expenses are high, riders are ambitious, and only “made”...
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Try & Lose in This Weekend’s Meadow Grove & Friends 1.20m Open Classic. We...
Every entry is a winner in the Meadow Grove & Friends 1.20m Open Classic, sponsored by Meadow Grove & Friends and benefiting the 501c3 #WeRideTogether. And not just in that warm fuzzy way of...
View ArticleLindsay Archer Is on a Mission to Take the Stigma Out of Asking for Support
For four years, Lindsay Archer was on cloud nine. From 2018 to 2022, she had a string of competitive top jumpers, including Jarpur, with whom she won several three-star and four-star FEI classes. Then...
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The Year of Agano
There’s a saying that goes, “all horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl.” What a world we would live in if every little kid could be loved by a horse. For those of...
View ArticleThree Mares Gave Away $151k Last Year, Now They’re Aiming for a $850k More
American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead famously said “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.” That same philosophy is the one driving Three...
View ArticleSafeSport Actions Taken Against Six Hunter/Jumpers in December
The month of December saw six professionals in the hunter/jumper industry either added to the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Centralized Disciplinary Database or movement in the response and resolution...
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Healthy Barn Hacks, Crowd Source Edition
#WeRideTogether is a nonprofit organization on a mission to make the youth and amateur sport environment safer and healthier for all athletes. And that starts with each and everyone of us. What does...
View Article#WeRideTogether’s ‘Out of Bounds’ PSA Series Hits a Home Run
You never see the face of “Emma,” the focus of #WeRideTogether’s short-form Out of Bounds PSA “It’s Not Just a Ride Home”—and that’s the point. While following Emma through the various facets of her...
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