I’m very excited to welcome so many new readers to The Barngoddess Chronicles, and thank our faithful readers for accompanying us as this equine adventure continues! Retrospective Time, being in short supply, I thought that now would be a good time to add this link that revisits some highlights of the past in one practical Read More
Horseback Riding Was Her Lifelong Passion A royal equestrian lifestyle! It all began at the tender age of two when, in the fall of 1928, when her parents took her to Naseby Hall in Northamptonshire for the hunting season. And like all passionate horse people…Lilibet was hooked! By January 1930, when she was just three Read More
Are Your Horses In Danger Of Being Poisoned? Horse owners should learn to recognize poisonous plants that are toxic to horses and the symptoms they can cause. Summer is in full swing, and plants are proliferating. This would be a good time to check your horse’s surroundings to make sure they are safe. Whether they Read More
5 Tips For Communicating With Animals If You Could Talk To The Animals Dr. Dolittle aside, we can all benefit from learning new communication skills! We can improve communication and strengthen our relationship with our animals using these 5 great tips from Animal Communicator Courtney French Moffatt on how you can get better communication with Read More
Valuable Lesson From Trainer Mark Rashid’s Book… “Whole Heart, Whole Horse” Coming Clean It’s not as though I never heard of cleaning a horse’s sheath before. After many years of owning geldings…of course I have! But, as it turns out, I didn’t know enough. It wasn’t until I read renowned horse trainer Mark Rashid’s Read More
And They’re OFF! Call it a Point-to-Point race, a Steeplechase, Jump Race, or a Timber Race, as far as I know, it all boils down to the same thing. A fun equestrian event where fabulous horses and daring jockeys risk it all for the silver cup. It’s been many years since I’ve been to a Read More
The Barngoddess Chronicles Tell your story! The Barngoddess Chronicles is an online publication devoted to the equestrian lifestyle…all Read More
The Foals Are Coming…Watch For Fairy Fingers! An Uplifting Story On The Glory of Mother Nature! I couldn’t believe my eyes! I recently saw an article featuring this picture of the bottom of a new born foal’s hooves, and I was stunned! Now, I’m not a breeder, so I haven’t had the privilege of being Read More
Yellowstone Style What equestrian doesn’t love the enthralling eye candy style brought to us via Paramount’s streaming sensation Yellowstone? I have to admit that I came late to the party, but listening to rave reviews by friends, I gave into temptation, turned on my TV, and got HOOKED! Never really inclined to “binge-watch” anything, I Read More
Elegant Upperville The charming village of Upperville Virginia plays host to our nation’s oldest horse show, established in 1853! I had the good fortune to be there celebrating the 168th anniversary of the “Horse Show of the Year” – as named by the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame and the Read More