If you’re driving down the road with new U.S. Equestrian Federation President-Elect Tom O’Mara, be prepared to discuss what you notice on the side of the interstate. Whether it’s an overgrown, no-longer-in-operation gas station or a successful food chain, he can’t stop asking questions. “My family always laughs at me when they drive in the […]
As an equestrian and medical student who is of Afro-Caribbean descent, it is often the case that I am the only Black person in a given space. Because I grew up in a majority-white suburban town with a large amount of my family living either out of state or abroad, I tended to view this […]
Juan Matute Guimón addressed well-wishers on social media for the first time since collapsing and falling unconscious almost seven weeks ago from a brain bleed. “I’m back and stronger than ever,” Matute Guimón, 22, shared with his 64,800 Instagram followers on June 19. “Thank you to everyone for your love, support, and prayers.” On May […]
I have been at the Stanford Red Barn in Stanford, California, first as a student and now as a coach, for almost half of my life, and I don’t think anything could have prepared me for the challenges of the past three months. I sat in my office that Friday in March (Friday the 13th, […]
Somewhere around Day 60 of lockdown I stopped sulking, but not a moment prior. It was two months into quarantine before I pulled my tack trunk out of the trailer and admitted we were going nowhere any time soon. Horse shows were canceled; I was too fearful to haul-in for lessons; Arizona’s biblical heat was […]
I am writing to add my voice to the conversation on racism in this country and its relevance to our horse community. This is not a one- or two-dimensional conversion that we need to have, but I think I have a specific perspective as a black, lifelong professional horseman. I’ve been in the horse world for […]
Here in Virginia, the governor’s plan had been to release us from the stay-at-home order on June 10. So with bated breath, we all watched to see what would happen to the show local to us scheduled for the weekend of June 13-14. It was canceled. The next available outing within a reasonable driving distance […]
When I was 13, I made an “inspiration wall” in my room. I cut out pictures of eventers and show jumpers I felt inspired by. It included the “Greats” and the “Up-and-Coming.” As I stood back and looked at my wall, proud, it occurred to me: They are all white. So middle school Elsie started […]
If you happened to be passing through Hampstead, New Hampshire, in the past three months, and the timing was right, you just might have spotted a unicorn. Since COVID-19 lockdowns began in March, Karen Rudolph has been dressing up her Miniature Horses as festive unicorns and walking them through the mid-sized town on the Massachusetts […]
When citizens of Oakland, California, witnessed Brianna Noble and her 7-year-old Appaloosa gelding Dapper Dan walking through the Black Lives Matter protest for George Floyd on May 29, they stopped in their tracks to take pictures and raise fists in solidarity. This wasn’t Noble’s first protest, but it was the first time the lifelong equestrian […]
If you’re driving down the road with new U.S. Equestrian Federation President-Elect Tom O’Mara, be prepared to discuss what you notice on the side of the interstate. Whether it’s an overgrown, no-longer-in-operation gas station or a successful food chain, he can’t stop asking questions. “My family always laughs at me when they drive in the […]
As an equestrian and medical student who is of Afro-Caribbean descent, it is often the case that I am the only Black person in a given space. Because I grew up in a majority-white suburban town with a large amount of my family living either out of state or abroad, I tended to view this […]
Juan Matute Guimón addressed well-wishers on social media for the first time since collapsing and falling unconscious almost seven weeks ago from a brain bleed. “I’m back and stronger than ever,” Matute Guimón, 22, shared with his 64,800 Instagram followers on June 19. “Thank you to everyone for your love, support, and prayers.” On May […]
I have been at the Stanford Red Barn in Stanford, California, first as a student and now as a coach, for almost half of my life, and I don’t think anything could have prepared me for the challenges of the past three months. I sat in my office that Friday in March (Friday the 13th, […]
Somewhere around Day 60 of lockdown I stopped sulking, but not a moment prior. It was two months into quarantine before I pulled my tack trunk out of the trailer and admitted we were going nowhere any time soon. Horse shows were canceled; I was too fearful to haul-in for lessons; Arizona’s biblical heat was […]
I am writing to add my voice to the conversation on racism in this country and its relevance to our horse community. This is not a one- or two-dimensional conversion that we need to have, but I think I have a specific perspective as a black, lifelong professional horseman. I’ve been in the horse world for […]
Here in Virginia, the governor’s plan had been to release us from the stay-at-home order on June 10. So with bated breath, we all watched to see what would happen to the show local to us scheduled for the weekend of June 13-14. It was canceled. The next available outing within a reasonable driving distance […]
When I was 13, I made an “inspiration wall” in my room. I cut out pictures of eventers and show jumpers I felt inspired by. It included the “Greats” and the “Up-and-Coming.” As I stood back and looked at my wall, proud, it occurred to me: They are all white. So middle school Elsie started […]
If you happened to be passing through Hampstead, New Hampshire, in the past three months, and the timing was right, you just might have spotted a unicorn. Since COVID-19 lockdowns began in March, Karen Rudolph has been dressing up her Miniature Horses as festive unicorns and walking them through the mid-sized town on the Massachusetts […]
When citizens of Oakland, California, witnessed Brianna Noble and her 7-year-old Appaloosa gelding Dapper Dan walking through the Black Lives Matter protest for George Floyd on May 29, they stopped in their tracks to take pictures and raise fists in solidarity. This wasn’t Noble’s first protest, but it was the first time the lifelong equestrian […]
