Writing Horseback

Taking a Horse Cart through the Gap of Dunloe, Co Kerry, Ireland
One of the highlights of our recent trip to Ireland was not in the form of a horseback riding vacation. Instead, we took a Pony Trap ride through the Gap of Dunloe, near Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland.
The Gap of Dunloe is one of the [...]

Smoke Tree Stables
The Coachella Valley in Southern California’s Sonoran desert offers some of the most spectacular desert floor and canyon for a horseback riding vacation. If it weren’t for agua caliente (hot springs) discovered here by the Cahuilla Indians in the area’s many palm oases, the entire valley and surrounding canyons [...]

VisitEngland Launches First Quality Scheme for Horse Racing
VisitEngland, the country’s national tourist board has set up the first quality scheme in the country for sport.  The VisitEngland Quality Assured Racecourse Scheme assessed 55 racecourses in 2010.  Horse racing is the first sport to be quality assessed in this way.
Broadening the Appeal [...]

Step back into the past at Vienna’s Spanish Riding School Wandering the streets of Vienna, you can be forgiven for wondering if you’ve been transported back in time. The winding cobblestone streets, the imperial architecture, the lively café scene and gracious manners all combine to make the Austrian capital an ideal tourist destination for those [...]