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From “Doctor Doctor” to “Riding Doctor”: Dr. Beth Glosten Talks About Perfection-Seeking, Ligament Injuries, Inspiring Vacations, and Buddha
Not many of us come to riding with the anatomical understanding of a medical doctor, and so it is often our aids and position are caught somewhere between a mystery and a miracle—we’re not sure how or why they work, but we are thrilled when they do! Dr. Beth Glosten does have that knowledge of…
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Get a Sneak Peek at Jonathan Field’s New Book THE ART OF LIBERTY TRAINING FOR HORSES
TSB and Jonathan Field are bringing horse lovers and riders a book like no other! THE ART OF LIBERTY TRAINING FOR HORSES provides over 200 pages of in-depth instruction alongside 350 beautiful color photographs taken on Jonathan’s breathtaking ranch in British Columbia. This is horsemanship beyond the rope, and connection like you’ve never experienced…
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TSB Cover Artist Featured in Equestrian Culture Magazine
Artist Jennifer Brandon has a beautiful feature interview, including images of many of her vibrant paintings, in the Fall 2014 issue of Equestrian Culture magazine. Jen, a painter and talented illustrator, provided the cover art for the first two books in the Brookmeade Young Riders Series by Linda Snow McLoon. CROWN PRINCE and CROWN…
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Stacy Westfall Tells Us Why We Need Passion to “Get Good” with Horses
Stacy Westfall became the first woman to compete in—and win—the prestigious “Road to the Horse” colt-starting competition in 2006, the same year that she electrified the reining world with a bridleless and bareback championship Freestyle on her black mare “Roxy” (Whizards Baby Doll) at the Tulsa Reining Classic and the All American Quarter Horse…
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Sun, Fun, and Horsemanship–Get Your Tickets Now for the Three Amigos Training Symposium
Only a few miles from the beach in Florida is not a bad place to be in January. Throw in a unique opportunity to learn from and spend time with three top trainers and Road to the Horse alumni as they work with young and developing riding prospects, and you’ve got yourself a really…
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24 Hours in the Life of Renowned Saddle-Fit Advocate Jochen Schleese
The way of it is, as most of you have noticed I’m sure, come September, the days are getting shorter. But that’s just a matter of sunlit hours. The hard-working riders, trainers, and horse professionals we rely on at TSB to write our books and create our DVDs don’t experience shorter days in any way…
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Writing, Riding, and Ranching at 70: 24 Hours in the Life of Heather Smith Thomas
If we are lucky, we find a way to construct our lives around the things we love most, and if we’re blessed, we get to do those things for many, many years. Heather Smith Thomas, prolific writer and author of GOOD HORSE, BAD HABITS, illustrates this ideal so well–at 70, she is still at her…
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24 Hours in the Life of WonderHorseWoman Lynn Palm
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a top rider, trainer, judge, or clinician? Trafalgar Square Books (www.horseandriderbooks.com) is tracking down its top authors and asking them to pull back the curtains and let us take a quick peek into their lives. In our fifth installment in TSB’s “Horseworld by the Hour” blog series, we…
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TSB Author Anne Gribbons Talks About Her Career, Its Rewards and Her Regrets, and 8 Things to Remember When Trying to “Make It” in the Horse Business
“I do not believe in ‘singing with the choir’ to be popular or stay in the game,” says FEI/USEF Dressage Judge and former Technical Advisor to the US Dressage Team Anne Gribbons. And it is this, Anne’s forthright honesty, hinged noticeably on her ability to sandwich the matter-of-fact between insight and humor, that has gained her respect…
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24 Hours in the Life of SuperHorseman Doug Payne
Do you relish that extra five or ten minutes in bed each morning, snuggling down for a bit more slumber after the alarm goes off (for the first time)? Are your favorite social hours well after dark, with a couple drinks, dinner, and television or movies keeping your eyes open and brain ticking until close…
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