Articles Tagged 'United States'
Wild Horses on Cumberland Island, Georgia
Tour Georgia's Cumberland Island with a naturalist and meet the island's "wild" horses by Darley Newman Roughly the size of Manhattan, Cumberland is a small island off the southern Georgia coast that boasts 17.5 miles of pristine beaches and wild horses. It is no more developed today that it was… Read more »
Georgia’s Southern Cross Guest Ranch Traveler Review
Easing my way back into the saddle at Southern Cross by Equitrekking Member JoAnne Persistent web searching led me over and over to Southern Cross Guest Ranch located about an hour outside Atlanta near historical Madison, Georgia. I was one of those typical horse-mad girls who had grown into a… Read more »
Virginia- U.S. Army Caisson Stables
Learn about the Caisson Stables at Ft. Myer by Darley Newman I just arrived back from a ribbon cutting ceremony at the recently renovated 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Barn in Fort Myer, Virginia. Susan Seligman has written a great article on The Old Guard, "The Horses of the… Read more »
Maui Haleakala Crater Ride & Video
by: Darley Newman Riding into the crater of a volcano on Maui has to top my list as one of the most amazing places in the world to explore on horseback. (you can do this ride as part of EquitrekkingTravel.com's Maui Equestrian Vacation Self Drive) At Haleakala National Park, I… Read more »
Return to Freedom - Wild Horse Sanctuary
By Corinne Brown In the much debated struggle to save America’s wild horses and burros, it appears that the equines are losing, but it won’t be without a fight. The remaining herds, amounting to approximately 28,000 free ranging animals in 10 states, a dramatic reduction over the last twenty years,… Read more »
Last Week to Enter to Win Biltmore Riding Vacation
It's the final week in the EquitrekkingTravel.com Biltmore Vacation Sweepstakes on DiscoverHorses.com. You could win an equestrian vacation for two at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, courtesy of EquitrekkingTravel.com, which features exceptional equestrian vacations, and Biltmore Estate, so sign up at DiscoverHorses.com. The sweepstakes is set to end May… Read more »
Flying Horse Farms: Interview with Founder Jenni Belford
by Darley Newman On my recent visit to speak at Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio, I had the opportunity to meet with representatives from Flying Horse Farms, a camp for kids with serious illnesses that is opening in Ohio in the fall. Having attended summer camps every summer of my… Read more »
California- Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
By Darley Newman, first published in Darley's Trail Rider column in True West magazine. As I sauntered through an open meadow on Romer, a black-and-white Tennessee Walking horse, I thought about the first ranchers who lived in the fertile valleys of today’s Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in California’s Wine Country.… Read more »
Kentucky- International Museum of the Horse
Bill Cooke at the Kentucky Horse Park’s International Museum of the Horse knows his horse history. I interviewed him for upcoming Equitrekking episodes on the history of various horse breeds around the world, including the Criollo, Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Arabian, Connemara, Welsh Cob, Mustang and more. In the basement of… Read more »
New Mexico- Pony Express Ride
By Darley Newman, originally published in Darley's Trail Rider column in True West Magazine On a hot August day, I borrowed a dark bay quarter horse named Jake to participate in a Pony Express Trail Ride from the ghost town of White Oaks to the historic town of Lincoln in… Read more »