Articles Tagged 'Trail Riding'

Trail Riding on Morgan Horses Take one of those flashy Morgan show horses out on the trail, “What? You say!” “Well, yes,” say those of us who have been using this original American breed on the trails for years. The Morgan makes a wonderful trail and family pleasure hor...

by Darley Newman, originally published in Darley's Trail Rider Column in True West Magazine. Dutch oven cooking is perfect for trail rides; you can put dinner on to cook, go on your ride and return to a moist, flavorful meal, all ready to eat. With Dutch ovens, cooking involves patience....

by Susan Seligman Ten minutes south of the bustling Montana college town of Missoula is Dunrovin Ranch, a hidden equestrian haven offering a one-of-a-kind Big Sky experience…a create-your own riding vacation on magnificent smooth-gaited Tennessee Walking Horses. Located adjacent to the ...

We arrived at the Mountain Top Inn eleven miles outside of Killington in the Green Mountains of Vermont on a summer day just in time for a morning trail ride. A young girl was learning to jump in the lesson arena, as I set off on Cassanova, a surefooted mixed breed with a smooth canter. Mike wou...

If you’re on a riding vacation and you get a horse named Rocket, don’t say that I didn’t warn you. The eight-year-old Paint horse that I rode named Rocket seemed really laid back at first, but once we picked up a canter, he flew. We weren’t out of control, but my fei...

With several peaks reaching 14,000 feet and sheer canyons and steep switchbacks, riding horses in the San Juan National Forest can be challenging.  by Equitrekking host Darley Newman, as published in her Trail Rider column in True West magazine Riders and horses that venture out in this p...

Environmentally friendly horse riding adventures around the world. by Equitrekking host Darley Newman As we rounded a corner out of the shaded woods, I felt relieved to be riding into a larger clearing. On the wooded trails outside of Seward on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, my guide Bree told...

Horses are still the best way to get around a lot of areas of our globe. As I pulled a thorn from my jeans with a resounding ouch and navigated by the prickly bear and saguaro cacti in the high Sonoran Desert, I was glad that I was on horseback. I was also wishing that I had worn ...

For me, traveling on horseback is all about getting to see and experience things in a totally new way. Riding in a Cabalgata in Costa Rica marks at the top of my list for exciting things to experience on horseback. In the above video, you can watch a behind the scenes look at the filming of t...

I had heard about the trails at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, a restored Shaker community in Kentucky, long before I set out for a ride with Don Pelly, a naturalist, and a group of local riders. The Shakers were a religious group who lived in a communal society, which peaked during the 180...