Articles Tagged 'Equestrian Vacations'

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Dressage Training in Andalucia Video - Part 1

TV Host and Equestrian Darley Newman tries dressage training at a historic hacienda in Southern Spain by Equitrekking host Darley Newman As I watched Napoleon, a beautiful white Andalusian, neighing and pawing the ground and prancing around, agitated at having to stand for a minute, I felt sur...

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Alberta- Banff Pack Trip

It’s about a three-hour ride over varied terrain through Banff National Park to reach Mystic Camp. I’m riding Tumbleweed, a mountain-tough quarter horse whose trot is surprisingly smooth, for my Equitrekking Travel Pack Trip info Banff National Park. Barry, our guide, is riding hi...

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Alaska - Seward Beach Ride

Who would have thought about beach riding in Alaska! I rode with Bree Bardarson of Bardy’s Trail Rides. Bree was born and raised in Alaska and took me through the beautiful natural areas surrounding the town of Seward on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, as well as through areas of devastation...

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Ireland- Ring of Kerry Beach Ride

Julie and I cantered and galloped along some of the widest beaches I've ever seen. We're on the Ring of Kerry Ride in Ireland, and it's beach day. I rode an Irish Cob named Aladdin. Aladdin is the horse that our guide Aoife rode in Equitrekking's Irish Countryside episode. He was j...

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Ireland- Cliffs of Moher and the Burren

Bertie and Nicola, our hosts in County Clare for the Galway & Clare Riding Adventures, took us to the Cliffs of Moher, a spectacular natural wonder on Ireland’s coast. If you ride on the progressive or post to post Galway Clare Riding Adventure, you can take on a six day ride to the coas...

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Ireland- Galway & Clare Riding Adventures

Julie and I arrived for the Galway County Clare Riding Adventure at An Sibin in time to get in a brisk walk. This is my second visit to An Sibin and I was excited to see that the neighbors still have their collection of gnomes and other decorative artifacts just down the road. Nicola told me tha...

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Explore Medieval Carlingford, Ireland Video

Travel to a hidden gem, the medieval town of Carlingford on the Cooley Peninsula with Emmy winning Equitrekking. Join host Darley Newman to explore the castles and ambience of this town, which Equitrekking Travel participants ride horses to on the two day trek that is part of the Ravensdale Eque...

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Utah- Capitol Reef National Park

by Equitrekking host Darley Newman. Originally published Darley's column in True West magazine. Adventures in Utah's "Land of the Sleeping Rainbow." Once I heard that this was his first ride since being out to pasture all winter, I wasn’t exactly psyched to ride Sawdust. Sawdus...

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Uruguay- Eco-friendly Estancias

Travel to an eco-friendly estancia in Uruguay in South America by Equitrekking host Darley Newman I enjoy finding hidden gems when I travel and places where I can ride that make me feel like I am stepping back to a simpler, more natural time. The estancias that I visited in Uruguay, a small...

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Alberta- Homeplace Ranch

by Darley Newman. Originally published in True West magazine. The Canadian Pacific Railway’s entrance in 1883 and the government’s offer of free land to homestead enticed people to settle in the prairie province of Alberta, Canada, with the largest influx of agricultural settlement ...