Sarah Cornellier getting in a gallop on Mandal Mountain. © Stan Pengelly “The poor foreigner,' he said, 'has been acquainted with our grasslands but for four short days.' 'We must pity him,' said the old man with feeling. 'How hard it must be,' commented the woman, 'not to be born a Mongolian.' 'To [...]
Montana Cattle Drive photo © Nancy D. Brown If you are of a certain age, like me, you'll remember the movie City Slickers starring Billy Crystal & Jack Palance. This comedy is about an unhappy Manhattan yuppie who is about to turn forty years old. His friends rope him into joining them for [...]
What do you get when you bring together several Texas chefs with Montana cowboys and cowgirls? Happy horsemen and women! You, too, can be a happy horseman if you pack your cowboy boots and blue jeans and mosey on over to The Resort at Paws Up, a luxury Montana resort near Missoula. The luxurious equestrian [...]
Castle Leslie. Horseback riding vacations in Ireland. Photo by Alex Calder Between Two Ears Renowned as ‘the land of the horse’, Ireland has a deep connection to horses and horsemanship. With about 35 horses per 1,000 people, horses, and especially horse-racing, are very much a part of Irish life. A dark green, often [...]
Ride a carousel in Legoland's Heartlake City. Move over Lego Batman, Ninjago and Star Wars figures, the horses are running at Legoland California Resort. Well, not literally, but Legoland is all about using your imagination, so you can build a horse out of Legos, ride a carousel horse in Heartlake City and sleep [...]
“Horses are good mirrors. They allow us to see reflections of ourselves and our behavior. Unlike people, horses don’t stay in uncomfortable relationships. They either walk away or lean in,” said Jill Rivoli founder of New Perspectives, an Equine Perspective workshop offered through Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel, California. I had the opportunity to join [...]
Have you ever dreamed of galloping across the top of the world beneath the bluest of skies plumped with billowing clouds? Imagine green and gold spires poking through those clouds and a wild wind whipping your spirits as you canter on with a racing heart. Now, breathe in crystalline air as you fall in sync [...]
"When we rode up the hill, my horses pace quickened and we arrived on the plateau. It was like a horse heaven seeing the wild horses in their world," said Ron Smithson. Smithson, a self-proclaimed infrequent rider from Morgan Hill, California was bowled over by the beauty of the Shasta Cascade region and its connection [...]
What’s involved in preparing for a horseback riding safari in Africa? A horseback riding safari in Africa has been on my bucket list for a very long time. When I learned that I needed a hip replacement, I thought my days of advanced horseback riding vacations were over. After speaking with John Spence, president of [...]