The Company
About Equitrekking
The First Equestrian Travel Series:
Seven New High Definition Episodes Feed in January 2008 to Public Television Stations through American Public Television.
Equitrekking is the first travel television series to explore the world on horseback. Host and producer Darley Newman leads viewers around the globe in search of the best in equestrian travel and brings a passion for horses and travel to Equitrekking. Exploring on horseback, viewers gain a greater sense of each location's diverse natural surroundings, wildlife, culture, and history. This January, viewers can experience all new travel adventures in Iceland, Hawaii's Big Island, Virginia Hunt Country, Coastal Ireland, the Irish Countryside, Maui and California Wine Country.
Equitrekking's History
Equitrekking's first season debuted over the summer on Public Television, receiving outstanding ratings and response. The new season includes more exotic and international locales, shot in stunning high definition.
Season two's film shoots attracted attention around the world. Darley was interviewed in media from Ireland to Hawaii, including the Hawaii Tribune-Herald, where writer John Burnett said, "Her presence on the Big Island didn't attract the kind of attention that surrounded the local shoot for the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones adventures. But Darley Newman experienced some real life adventures that would make Harrison Ford's July stay here seem tame by comparison."
Equitrekking’s first season episodes take viewers through Spain, the Georgia Coast, Vermont, the Carolinas, Wyoming and Colorado. Equitrekking’s second season debuts in January with seven high definition episodes from Iceland, Hawaii's Big Island, Virginia Hunt Country, Coastal Ireland, the Irish Countryside, Maui and California Wine Country.
The popular companion website, equitrekking.com, has been online since 2004 and includes a monthly e-newsletter, online channel, travel tips, the travel guide, articles and photos. Equitrekking.com has been featured in the Chicago Tribune and Business Week online, among others. With monthly newsletters and Darley's articles, speaking and outreach efforts, we continue to get news about Equitrekking out to a large number of Equitrekking fans.
In the fall of 2008, Equitrekking will release a companion coffee table book highlighting the stunning horses and destinations featured in the series, published by Chronicle Books. The crew is currently working on the book, as well as lining up film shoots for this winter for season three.
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Darley Newman is the creator, host and producer of the Public Television travel series,
Equitrekking, the first travel television series to explore the world on horseback.
An equestrian travel expert, Darley writes columns for True West and Practical Horseman magazines and the Equitrekking monthly e-newsletter. She is the Managing Editor of Equitrekking.com, the one-stop site for
equestrian travel recently featured in the
New York Times Magazine, Chicago Tribune and Business Week online. Her Eq-
uitrekking Travel Blog appears on Equisearch.com and is promoted in Horse
& Rider, Dressage Today, Practical Horsemen, and EQUUS magazines.
With experience working for best-selling author James Patterson, The Talk Radio News Service, 48 Hours, CBS, FRONTLINE and PBS, Darley's assignments have ranged from covering White House briefings to reporting from the opening night of the one-woman off-Broadway show More starring Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons.
Darley enjoys sharing her travel stories and tips
with others. She will be featured in the upcoming
book How'd You Score That Gig?, a look at the
coolest careers for twenty and thirty-somethings, pub-
lished by Ballantine Books/Random House. Her Equitrekking book, published by Chronicle Books, will hit bookstores in the fall of 2008. When not traveling, Darley enjoys riding at home in Bethesda, Maryland and planning her next adventures.
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