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 […]

How Do You Know When It’s Time for a Change?

Editor’s Note: Board Member Elisabeth Black is a Southern California native living in central Ohio with her husband, horse, and golden retriever. She’s a marketing and design specialist as well as registered Yoga instructor. She has a passion for research and learning that is driven […]

Katrin Silva: Don’t Ask Forty Seven Times

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 […]

Sally King Butcher, Remembered, Part I

Editor’s Note: This obituary, written by Maddy Butcher, was published in the Portland Press Herald. Read a Celebration of Life for Sally here. Sally King Butcher died October 15, 2022. She was born June 22, 1935, to Louise Baldwin King and Woods King. She was […]

Sally King Butcher, Remembered, Part II

Editor’s Note: Maddy Butcher delivered this bit to those who came to Sally Butcher’s Celebration of Life, held in Brunswick, Maine, October 15, 2022: Read Sally’s obituary here. Mom would have loved this gathering, although she would have had her reservations. She loved parties and […]

The Lonely Rehab Rollercoaster

Editor’s Note: Best Horse Practices Summit steering committee member Marika Saarinen is a horse enthusiast and human to two mares. She loves classical dressage, cross country, and trail riding near her Washington home. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy and consults for health care companies along […]

Choosing Deliberate Joy

With Horses and Riders, Mirrors Abound

Unlikely Lessons: Ultra Running and Horsemanship

What Feminism Looks Like in the Rural West

Editor’s Note: Maddy Butcher wrote this piece for the Washington Post. But if you get blocked by the pay wall or would like to read the unedited version, here ya go: A few days before giving birth to her second daughter, my friend headed out […]