In two weeks, I will be at the August 13 meeting of the Fredericksburg Chapter of the Virginia Dressage Assocation talking about Virginia’s Equine Liability Act, a specific law that controls risk assignment within the horse riding community. The flyer is here. You need to register on our Web site.
Whether you’re an occasional pleasure rider, [...]

A friend of mine who blogs at NCLawLife.com sent me a link to a really interesting article this week, which you can read here. The premise makes sense to me. Who wouldn’t be able to learn something from a horse? I learn something new almost every time I am in the saddle. Not to mention [...]

I am not sure whether I found my way to horses or horses found their way to me, but growing up on a large horse farm probably had something to do with it!  My family owns a large training facility in Raleigh, North Carolina.  From the age of six or seven, I could usually be found [...]

Even as a young kid, I knew I belonged on the back of a horse. As you can see from this picture, (yes…that is me on Black Jack), I could barely see from under the visor of my helmet, and my legs couldn’t reach the stirrup irons.