Poem: Welcome to the Night

Editor’s Note: Julie Kenney is an avid horsewoman, former Best Horse Practices Summit board member, and runs Blackberry Farm in Harpswell, Maine. She shared this wintertime poem with NickerNews. Read her piece on Cold Weather Imperatives. Julie writes: The not-yet-full moon Is already throwing […]

Horse Math

Editor’s Note: This week, we hear from Debbie Hight. She is a former BHPS board member, a horse owner, a longtime math tutor, and occasional guest columnist for Cayuse Communications. She writes from her home in Maine, where she cares for dogs and horses, including her lovely […]

Lightness Anew

Editor’s Note: Katrin was born and raised riding dressage in Germany, but moved to New Mexico in 1990 to become a cowgirl. Since then, she has found a lot of common ground between English and Western riding and excels with this holistic knowledge. Check out […]

Charlotte Dujardin: A Thoughtful Response

Editor’s Note: Best Horse Practices Summit presenter Katrin Silva grew up riding dressage in Germany before moving to the United States at age 19 to learn to ride Western. She’s been riding both disciplines for the last 20 years and is a regular guest columnist […]

Two Bulls and Tears

Editor’s Note: This little missive was initially posted on Instagram (my handle is @thecayuse) and I thought I’d share it here since I know that many, many readers are doing great things on their individual journeys and since sometimes it can feel lonely. For my […]

The Last Ride of the Pony Express, Reviewed

Will Grant, a horseman and writer from New Mexico, rode the entire length of the Pony Express and wrote about it: The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-Mile Horseback Journey Into The Old West. Curtis Moore, who lives in Nevada near the old […]

When ‘Mochila’ Means Gallop

Remember the Pony Express? Our guest columnist didn’t just want to remember the short-lived, speedy letter delivery route. He wanted to experience it. And we’re lucky to read about it! Curtis Moore grew up in Bishop, California, where he spent his summers packing mules in […]

Dark Parallels within Competitions

Does Tack Matter?

Podcast Listeners Share Plans & Projects

Thanks to the many Best Horse Practices podcast listeners who sent us their summer plans and projects! From Sara: So far this year my horse agenda has not gone at all to plan. I work as an equine vet tech and March through June are […]