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Riding Reflections: I Stopped Using ‘Tricks’ and Learned to Love the Process

Riding Reflections: I Stopped Using ‘Tricks’ an...

As someone who has always struggled with nerves and anxiety in show jumping, I turned to sports psychology as my answer. It became a ‘magic’ tool that got me through...

Riding Reflections: I Stopped Using ‘Tricks’ an...

As someone who has always struggled with nerves and anxiety in show jumping, I turned to sports psychology as my answer. It became a ‘magic’ tool that got me through...

Mackenzie Drazan: My Journey with PTSD

Mackenzie Drazan: My Journey with PTSD

It was a Friday and I had just finished my round. We were double clear and fast. I went to go sit in the grandstands to watch the rest of...

Mackenzie Drazan: My Journey with PTSD

It was a Friday and I had just finished my round. We were double clear and fast. I went to go sit in the grandstands to watch the rest of...

5 Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Horse Off a Video

5 Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Horse...

If you've ever dreamed of buying a unicorn jumping like a freak off a YouTube video or a site like ehorses.com, you're not alone. Buying a horse sight unseen, from...

5 Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Horse...

If you've ever dreamed of buying a unicorn jumping like a freak off a YouTube video or a site like ehorses.com, you're not alone. Buying a horse sight unseen, from...

My 3 Toughest Horses, and How I Addressed Each One

My 3 Toughest Horses, and How I Addressed Each One

In my recent years, three horses stand out to me as some of the toughest nuts to crack. These horses had big, significant behavioral issues that their riders had tried...

My 3 Toughest Horses, and How I Addressed Each One

In my recent years, three horses stand out to me as some of the toughest nuts to crack. These horses had big, significant behavioral issues that their riders had tried...

Quiz: What's Your Mental Blindspot?

Quiz: What's Your Mental Blindspot?

These days, almost all riders realize just how mental riding is. Training ourselves and our horses is only part of the equation; if you've got weak spots in your mental...

Quiz: What's Your Mental Blindspot?

These days, almost all riders realize just how mental riding is. Training ourselves and our horses is only part of the equation; if you've got weak spots in your mental...

Karrie Rufer: Why I Struggled to Admit I Wasn’t Okay

Karrie Rufer: Why I Struggled to Admit I Wasn’t...

About two weeks after my second surgery, I woke up alone in bed, left arm in my sling, with a searing pain in my shoulder that would not go away....

Karrie Rufer: Why I Struggled to Admit I Wasn’t...

About two weeks after my second surgery, I woke up alone in bed, left arm in my sling, with a searing pain in my shoulder that would not go away....