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Teskey’s Is One Heck of a Way to Spend a Morning! And Then, from Weatherford to Wellington…
We got to Teskey’s just past the eight o’clock hour…the doors were open but the parking lot had yet to be filled with customers. And yes, it is all everyone promised it would be: more Western saddles in more colors, shapes, styles, and patterns than I’ve ever seen under one roof. Not to mention the […]
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Love Your Dog? Check Out TSB’s Easy Valentine’s Day Dog Treats
At TSB, we know a whole lot of horse people are dog people, too, and if you’re anything like us, you want to show your pups a little love as often and in as many ways as you can. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we thought it a good time to share an easy homemade […]
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Season’s Greetings, Safe Travels, and Happy Horses
We at Trafalgar Square Books want to wish everyone a very wonderful, safe, love-light-and-horse-filled holiday. Take care of each other. Feed certain friends lots of carrots. Happy Holidays, The Trafalgar Square Books Staff
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What Do Denny Emerson, Janet Foy, and Templeton Thompson Have in Common? They’ve All Shared What They’re Grateful for This Thanksgiving…
Each year about this time I like to touch base with our authors and find out what they’re grateful for–what they feel are their blessings this Thanksgiving week. It’s so important that we don’t just go through the motions of dressing a turkey and opening a bottle of wine…most of us have many things, little […]
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Horses: The Key to Friendships, Then and Now
Anyone who has been around horses long enough has, or has had, “horsey” friends. These are the buddies, the pals, the confidantes who “get” who you are when you’re mucking stalls, who laugh at the same four-legged antics, who commiserate over the same mystery lamenesses and training problems. They might be the same friends you […]
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“Polo Mouth”—Is It Time to Reconsider Riding Technique in the Sport of Princes and Kings?
It had been almost 20 years since I’d seen the game played when I recently ventured near a polo field. A childhood friend had handled a string of ponies for a local player, and I distinctly remember the challenge of exercising them (rein, seat, and leg aids were a whole new, well, “ballgame”). To be […]