Daniel Dauphin offers More than a Bit

Recently, I stumbled across the wit and humor of Daniel Dauphin. The Louisiana horseman comes across as an ‘aw shucks’ kind of guy, but it takes only a few minutes to learn that he’s a bright fella with a penchant for eschewing BS and enjoying […]

She Yelled so I Could Hear Her

Editor’s Note: We hear this week from Nancy Lowery of Calgary, Alberta. Lowery has been blogging about her Leadership Learning through Horsemanship Experiences for more than a decade. A recent interview series by Lowery explored what Calgary leaders have learned through their relationships with horses. Watch […]

Katrin Silva on Inter-Being

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 […]

Outside Circle Show debuts Ranch Roping & Music Event

The Outside Circle Show is a group, a state of mind, and an event that Cayuse Communications have been following for years. Read more here. This May, it’s putting on its first annual Outside Circle Show Ranch Roping event, 5/28-5/31 in Creede, Colorado, drawing an […]

Ode to Khoura

Julie Kenney is a Best Horse Practices Summit board member and runs Blackberry Farm in Harpswell, Maine. She writes of her horse Khoura in this thoughtful, heartfelt poem: Your chestnut coat shines Under the bright morning sun Beside me, your excitement is palpable At […]

RTT Horse and Volunteer win nominations

This week, we hear from the folks at Riding To The Top, a therapeutic riding center in Windham, Maine. Development Director Susan Cole writes: Every year PATH Intl. (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International) selects regional winners in a variety of categories who demonstrate extraordinary […]

Riding As We Age – 10 Tips

This week, we hear from occasional guest columnist, Lee McLean, a horsewoman and writer in Alberta, Canada. She runs Keystone Equine and has an impressive Facebook following. Here, McLean writes about Riding As We Age. Excellent pointers here! McLean writes: Whether we’re getting older, recovering […]

The Perilous Beginner Journey

Editor’s Note: Amy Skinner is a regular guest columnist and has been a horse gal since age six. She has presented twice at the Best Horse Practices Summit and is the author of To Catch a Horse: Finding the Heart of your Horsemanship. She rides […]

Ego and Failure to Make Progress

Brace, Panic, and the Long Journey to Relaxation

I fell over. During the holidays, I navigated through Covid screenings, multiple security and customs clearances, three police checkpoints, 10 hours of driving, and six hours of flying to meet my family in Panama. It was late evening when I arrived, at last, in Cambutal, […]