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Emily Dennis is lucky to still have this beautiful farm, where she grew up riding, in the family, and she knows it. Over 20 years ago, Emily's mother started the Big Red Stables, a business on the farm through which they board horses and guide trail rides. The extra income that they earn from the stables ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/296/71-Ranch%2C-Nevada.html 2008-12-02T05:20:26Z

by: Ann Terry HillThe 71 Ranch and surrounding area have a colorful past, and in many ways represent the full history of the American West. The Pony Express, the Emigrant Trail, soldier forts, the railroad, cattle barons, gold miners, rustlers and range wars… the 71 has seen it all!The accommodations ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/259/Irish-National-Stud-and-more-photos-from-Ireland.html 2008-11-17T15:13:57Z

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/155/Riding-in-Wales.html 2008-09-24T17:03:34Z

I was really excited to travel to Wales. I know lots of people who have been to Scotland and England and had in fact myself already been, but never to Wales. I wanted to find out what this small country, the size of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, was all about. So far, we have ridden our strong Welsh ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/133/Modern-Cowboys.html 2008-08-18T08:16:19Z

"Sometimes you wonder why they all bunch up into cities, when there's all of this,” observes Ron Schaefer, head cowboy at Rancho de la Osa, as we look out over miles of high desert and the small twin border towns of Sasabe, Mexico and Sasabe, Arizona. We had raced on horseback against the settingsun, ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/134/Must-Ride-National-Parks.html 2008-08-18T08:16:38Z

Bryce Canyon National Park is a place that I’ve always wanted to explore. I was fortunate to be guided by “The Kid,” a black Quarter Horse who’s ridden the Rim Trail a thousand times. That’s the kind of guide I want when I am seeing a new place. A veteran - an expert - someone in great shape ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/135/Authentic-Ranch-Experiences%3A-T-Cross-in-Wyoming.html 2008-08-05T07:00:03Z

I take a deep breath and stare at the glacier-capped Wind River Mountains. My Quarter Horse Hank has probably seen this view a hundred times, but he stands quietly while I try to take it all in. I’m at Wyoming’s T Cross Ranch, riding out amongst the low sagebrush and honey colored grass and feeling ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/136/Saving-Our-Trails.html 2008-08-18T08:16:58Z

On a recent trail ride in the town of Cave Creek, outside of Phoenix, Arizona, the need to preserve riding trails, not only in natural areas but in our own backyard, was once again brought to my attention. Riding with trails preservationists and Cave Creek residents Terry Smith and Don and Cathy Peterson, ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/137/Communicating-with-Horses%3A-A-Global-Perspective.html 2008-08-18T07:54:50Z

Everywhere I travel, someone has a different and sometimes a remarkable take on how to ride and how to communicate with horses. I always listen to what each person has to say about their horses before I mount up. People train their horses in different ways. Whether they cluck to get their horse to change ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/138/Cutting-Horse-Dreams%3A-One-Heck-of-a-Ride.html 2008-08-18T08:14:50Z

If you’ve ever been on a roller coaster, then you have a small inkling of what it feels like to ride a cutting horse. It was my first time and I was holding onto the horn of my saddle for dear life as Leana with Style an eight-year-old championship cutter, threw me around the area while she chased ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/104/Costa-Rica-Cabalgata.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

The nice thing about a Cabalgata, as Monica of Centaura explained to me, is that everyone rides together, regardless of social status or class. Whole families, young and old, ride their horses with each other. Monica has ridden in countless of these events.We got on our horses and began the ride down ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/101/Big-Sky-Country.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Cowboy luxuryOur few days at the Bar W Ranch in Whitefish, Montana offered surprising experiences at every turn. First was the lodge. This wasn't a rustic mountain lodge, by any means. It was originally a luxurious home, nestled on a 100 acre state of the art Arabian horse ranch, with its own private ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/97/Therapeutic-Horses-of-Caisson-Stable.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

By, Susan SeligmanWorking in conjunction with Walter Reed Army hospital and North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) trained therapeutic riding instructor Mary Jo Beckham, the Caisson horses have been put into service as therapy horses. The effort has gained national attention and ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/79/French-Polynesia.html 2008-06-27T07:38:26Z

There I rode a horse descended from Chilean horses that were brought to the island of Ua Huka in 1856 as a gift to a local chieftain. Ua Huka is now called "Horses Island" since the horses outnumber the 500 Marquesan native inhabitants. And though I am not likely to forget my horse, Pomplemouse (a ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/78/Behind-the-Scenes-at-the-Spanish-Riding-School-in-Vienna.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Photo Credit Spanish Riding School, ViennaTradition, history and grandeur reign supreme at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Dating from the 1500s it is the oldest riding school in the world, and home to the world famous Lipizzaner Stallions. The horses are trained and presented according to thehighest ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/67/Hoofbeats-in-the-Land-of-Fire-and-Ice.html 2008-12-02T05:47:18Z

Photography by Elliot Framan The riders stopped at the Golden Waterfall, Gullfoss, to rest the horses. They told me that they had been on the road for six days, riding from Skagafjordas in the north over the Rjolur mountain track to the Geyser Hot Spring area. "We travel as much as eight hours a dayto ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/77/A-Very-Different-Patagonia.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

www.chilenativo.com" target="blank">Chile Nativo guides, gauchos from Estancia Guido, and two local women working on a video about Patagonia, to scout a new horse pack trip near the Torres del Paine Park. We arrive late in the night under a brilliant full moon to our warmly lit estancia (large estate) ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/76/Tanque-Verde-Ranch%2C-Arizona.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

We arrived at the ranch at the end of lunch, but the gentleman that picked us up at the airport (which is included in the price of staying at the ranch), called the ranch and asked if they would hold up lunch so that we could eat in the dining room. They did, and we had a great lunch. If you do miss ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/75/The-Horses-of-the-Caisson-Stable...-Honoring-Those-Who-Served.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Sergeant Stephen Cava is my guide at the stables, a tall affable soldier in his mid-twenties, who had the honor of riding in President Reagan's funeral. He is from New Jersey, and like most of the riders in the Caisson platoon, had little riding experience before joining the army.Volunteers for the Caisson ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/53/Manassas-Battlefield-Park%2C-VA.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

We had obtained our permits and had stuffed them in our pockets. We were armed with a map produced by the Battlefield Equestrian Society. So what if it was a couple years old-how much could it have changed? The over 5000 acres of the park are located at Sudley Road and Route 29 in Virginia and preserve ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/74/Let-%27Er-Buck----Pendleton-Style.html 2008-12-02T05:23:10Z

by: Ann Terry HillPhoto courtesy of Pendleton Round-UpIt started out as a small bronc riding contest and roping exhibition held amid fields of wheat and barley, to celebrate the end of harvest. Today, almost 100 years later, it lives on as the most famous rodeo in the Northwest, rivaling Cheyenne and ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/72/On-the-Trail-of-the-Anasazi.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

We headed up the wide grazing area along the rim of Meadow Creek toward the remains of an ancient Anasazi settlement where weathered pit houses, gentle mounds of earth and rock still lie, testament to a village that once made this place sacred ground. Hoping not to cause a stir or a stampede, I only ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/73/12th-Annual-Irish-Draught-Horse-Society-Annual-Show-and-Inspections.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

By Judie FramanOn September 6th through 9th, 2007, the Central Region of the Irish Draught Horse Society of America (IDHSNA) will host the Society's Annual Horseshow and Inspections at the Lamplight Equestrian Center, Wayne Illinois."This is the first time our Annual Horseshow is being held in a Midwestern ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/56/Marriott-Ranch%2C-VA.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

One place like that is Marriott Ranch in Hume, Virginia. Hume is about an hour's drive out I-66 from my home in the nation's capital. Marriott is a working cattle ranch, but today it is also a venue for family vacations and corporate meetings. As the name implies, J.W. Marriott bought the property when ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/41/Wine%2C-Wonder-and-Riding.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

What DOESN'T come to mind is trail riding! And Tuscan Trails is hoping to change that. Thanks to Michele and Nicola Dolcetti, the owners of Tuscan Trails, it is now possible to ride through some of the world's most beautiful countryside while enjoying the world-renowned Italian hospitality of Umbriaand ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/34/Yoga-Stretches-for-Equestrians.html 2008-11-17T15:13:42Z

Back hurting? Moving a bit gingerly the day after a ride? Yoga stretches may be just the answer for better flexibility both on and off your horse. YogaFit instructor and medical massage therapist Risa Jackinsky has developed a yoga program specifically for riders in partnership with the Mind and Body ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/54/Kauai-Horseback-Riding-Adventures.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Having made the decision to spoil ourselves, we checked in to the Princeville Hotel on Kauai's north shore. The hotel is the epitome of luxury and decadence and sits on the coastal hillside facing clear aqua blue waters and the majestic Nepali cliffs. Though many of the hotels guests found bliss without ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/55/Where-to-Ride----Georgia%27s-Coast.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

When I visited Sea Island last summer, I took a tour of their new equestrian facilities, which were almost complete. By the end, I was picking up real estate guides and ready to move on down. That was before the riding! Guests of The Cloister, The Lodge at Sea Island and members of the Sea Island Club ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/51/A-Mother----Daughter-Horseback-Safari-in-Botswana.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

We were quiet. Aside from the plop of the pole every so often in the water, the only sound we could hear was the call of a bird above. “Fish Eagle" Matthew said, matter-of-factly. Soon the plops were followed by tap taps of the pole on the side of the makoro. I looked back at my mother and thenup ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/50/North-Dakota-Badlands.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

It was not my first time on a horse, but it was my first time riding. I had been on a horse once before when I was young. They are such beautiful animals, and from a distance they looked gentle to me; safe. Once on one, I was so scared, overwhelmed by the power and size of such an animal. I didn't feel ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/48/Horseman%27s-Thanksgiving-in-Spain-at-SICAB.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

This was just one of the events that make a visit to SICAB an unforgettable trip. There are those of us who are quite addicted to Thanksgiving in Spain simply because of the thousands of beautiful horses everywhere you turn. Everywhere you see a horse at SICAB you will want to ride it! Along with all ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/66/Horses-in-the-Holy-Land----Israel.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Yes ma'am, mounting up to ride in the land of the bible, and the view from the back of a horse is mighty fine. Horses have been part of the Holy Land's history since ancient times. Yet recreational riding in modern-day Israel is a relatively new industry, and by all reports, it's a sport that is booming. ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/64/Cowboys-of-Brazil%27s-Pantanal.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

The Pantanal is the world's largest wetland. It stretches 140,000 square miles throughout southern Brazil and into its bordering countries of Bolivia and Paraguay. Teeming with wildlife, it is home to 95 species of mammals, 165 species of reptiles, 263 fish species and 665 species of birds. During ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/65/Exotic-Brazil----Horses%2C-Farms-and-Riding.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

contact with the outside world. Of course, our main reason for visiting Brazil is the horses. The National Horse of Brazil is the Mangalarga Marchador. It is a breed that we fell in love with long ago.We visit Brazil almost every year and continue to enjoy the wonderful, warm people, who are polite ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/62/Ecuador%27s-Northern-Highlands.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

We spent a night at Hacienda Pinsaqui, one of three centuries old Haciendas in Ecuador's northern Highlands for riding, fabulous food and a day at the famous Otavalo market. The drive from Quito was impressive in itself, winding through magnificent mountain farmlands. Pulling up to the whitewashedSpanish ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/63/Alaska%3A-Riding-in-the-Last-Frontier.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

The coast becomes more rocky and breathtaking the further you go along the inside passage. After stops in Ketchikan, Alaska's capital Juneau and Skagway, the Gateway to the Yukon, we cruised the Prince William Sound for two days. The scenery was gorgeous with glaciers and mountains, which come right ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/61/Icelandic-Inn-to-Inn-Ride-in-Vermont.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

For five days on the Sugarbush Tolt Trek we rode Icelandic horses over country roads, through fields and forests. Many trails were steep, overgrown and rain-slicked where walking on two feet would've been a challenge. These pony-size horses took us up, down and through them easily.The Vermont Icelandic ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/40/Foxhunting-in-the-Southwest%3A-On-the-Trail-of-El-Coyote.html 2008-11-14T12:17:56Z

All that has changed since I discovered foxhunting, and joined the Juan Tomas Hounds hunt club. The exhilaration of opening hunt is unsurpassed by any horseback experience that I can remember. On a crisp damp fall morning in October we gather at the fixture (hunt field) for opening hunt. The weatherbodes ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/60/Timeless-Enchantment----An-Etruscan-Journey.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Our group passes through this enchanted countryside, the muted "clop, clop, clop" of our horses' hooves beating time to the birds singing overhead. Through the trees we catch glimpses of the massive enclosing walls of Sorano. Passing through ancient gates and clattering up cobblestone streets, we'reentranced ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/36/Namib-Desert%3A-Africa-on-Horseback.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Once I leave the city, it is instantaneously apparent how wild and wide open this country is. Namibia is the size of France and Germany put together, but only has 1.2 million residents. I have heard it is even possible to ride for days without seeing another human being apart from those in your party. ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/35/Palm-Springs-on-Horseback.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

The stables are part of Smoke Tree Ranch, which has been an established destination in the desert for over sixty years, and welcomes both beginning and advanced riders, who want to observe the desert flora and fauna on horseback. With an average of 350 sunny days each year and a variety of activities, ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/33/Discovering-Provence.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Our adventure began by flying into Paris where we stayed the night. The next day, we left the hustle and bustle of Paris and rode the bullet train (125-mph nonstop) south to Aix-en-Provence. The town was founded in 122 BC, and was the first Roman military outpost. Today it is a city of 150,000 people ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/32/Horse-Trekking-in-Tuscany.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

My husband and I had traveled to Tuscany to experience this amazing land where the horse tradition began and is central to the lives, history, and culture of the people. Our Etruscan adventure began in Proceno, a small medieval village in southern Tuscany, near the border of Alta Lazio. We had traveled ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/31/Exploring-Costa-Rica-on-Horseback.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Whenever Jose turned his horse up the next switchback, I did the same with a light touch of the rein to Estrella's neck. I relaxed after the second switchback. Head down, alert, calm, the horse carried me to the top of the hill with grace and ease. At the top, we were treated to a breathtaking 360 degree ...

http://www.equitrekking.com/Blogs/4/Equestrian-Travel-Articles.html/Blog/30/UCONN-Trail-Ride.html 2008-06-10T12:04:25Z

Large cow pastures, numerous barns consisting of chickens, cattle, and horses; and corn fields that thrive in the thick New England soil, provide a picturesque landscape for this agricultural college. This area, known as "Horse Barn Hill," provides a beautiful canvas for a rider and her horse.For those ...