Someone asked me recently who my most influential mentor was. Once I started thinking about it, the question became more and more...

Teaching and learning, a two-way street “Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient,...

“Denn Reiten ist nicht weiter schwierig, solange man nichts davon versteht. Wenn man es aber einige Jahre versucht hat, dann liegt der...

Teaching the language of dressage to a young Quarter Horse In addition to training horses, I have spent a lot of my life studying...

Good for the soul The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man, said Winston Churchill. He said it almost a century ago, which...

Lily. the little fjord who could A thirteen year old Arabian with no right lead and a very tense back. A five-year old Quarter Horse born...

I hope I've learned my lessons: Cinco is moving forward with relaxation, energy, and trust. I’ve done some things I’m not proud of early...

The half-halt is an esoteric concept that floats around equestrian circles like rumors of a a benign but elusive mythological creature...

Bergfee Bo, the most talented horse I ever had the privilege to ride, made it look easy. I’m a tough cowgirl and ultra runner with a...

The App store is full of ways to streamline our days, ease our frustrations, and improve the quality of our lives. And yet, some of us...

The path to good horsemanship is not always smooth, despite our good intentions. As a recovering Catholic, I have stopped believing in...

If I have learned one thing in all my years of working with horses, it’s this: good riding is always good riding, no matter what kind of...

I met Lily in my late thirties, when the carefree days of climbing on anything I could put a saddle on were coming to an end. Making...

During my twenty-plus years as a professional trainer, I have worked with hundreds of horses. I remember all of them, but some more...

Contact is light and lively, not heavy or static. For years, my relationship with contact - the kind that happens in equestrian settings...

Vorurteile sind, wie wir alle wissen, gefährlich. Ich vermeide sie soweit ich kann, muss aber zugeben, dass manche grobe...

Stereotypes are dangerous things. I try to avoid them, but at the same time, some sweeping generalizations contain a grain of truth. The...

When I was young and naive, I thought I knew why I was working with horses. I apprenticed with several trainers who made a living...

This is the story of a midlife crisis. In 2012, I quit the horse training business to go back to graduate school and find a real job of...