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When You’re Horse-Crazy, You Fly Toward a Hurricane, Apparently
The Opening Ceremonies for the FEI World Equestrian Games at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina, are set to begin this evening, Tuesday, September 11, at 6:00 pm EST. The World Equestrian Games, or WEG, are held every four years in the middle of the Olympic cycle. And here’s the thing…they are…
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Warming Up for the Dressage Test: Tips from Olympian Phillip Dutton
Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event 2017 starts today with the first horse inspection, and the dressage phase kicks off tomorrow morning. To make sure everyone’s ready to go, here are five tips for warming up prior to your dressage test from MODERN EVENTING WITH PHILLIP DUTTON: 1 Start in walk on a 20-meter circle if the…
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The First Ride: Analyzing a Horse on the Flat
Doug Payne is a well-known equestrian on the international scene, perhaps most recognized as the eventer-most-likely-to-wear-a-helmet-cam. His pulse-quickening videos are seemingly everywhere, leaving hundreds of would-be riders dizzy from their virtual Rolex experience. But Payne is also recognized for his ability to see “what could be” in horses others may have dismissed. Here he gives…
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TSB’s 2014 Horse Books & DVDs: A Quick Glimpse Back Before We Ride Forward
As we wrap another year in the Trafalgar Square Books offices here in Vermont, it feels good to pause and look back at the results of our hard work, as well as ponder the things we learned about horses and horsemanship over the last 12 months. We take great pride in our authors and…
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Prevent-a-Buck: Two Rules to Live (and Stay in the Saddle) By
Doug Payne has made a name for himself in equestrian circles as the “go-to-guy” when it comes to finding a way forward with “problem horses.” In his fantastic new book THE RIDING HORSE REPAIR MANUAL, Doug talks about three main categories of bucking and this bad habit’s causes, and provides specific solutions for each—including…
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In the Absence of Twitter’s Beloved @Horse_ebooks, For-Real Horse Books Take Back What’s Theirs
In September of 2013, the phenomenally popular Twitter account @Horse_ebooks, which had amassed over 200,000 followers with its frequent nonsensical tweets that somehow seemed laden with meaning (although rarely had anything to do with horses), “quit” the Internet. What I’m sure might surprise most real horse people, is not only the number of followers,…
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