Confidence in a Crisis These are crazy times for all of us, so I’m taking a few minutes to inject some sanity. Having facts and practical strategies to deal in uncharted territory is key. “You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” – Wayne Read More
Honored To Receive An Award For My Novel Death At Heart’s Desire At The 2019 EQUUS Film & Arts Festival Stay Tuned! Complete Coverage Of This Fabulous Event To Follow!
Rolling Rock Hunt Hunter Pace Set in the beautiful Laurel Highlands of Western Pennsylvania, the Rolling Rock Hunt recently hosted a much celebrated Hunter Pace. What is a “Hunter Pace?” For those not familiar, a Hunter Pace is a competitive event derived from foxhunting. Teams of two or three riders follow an outdoor course laid Read More
Kentucky Derby Controversy…the Drama Unfolds! The media is blowing up over what happened at the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby. Maximum Security crosses the finish line first. Complaint filed against Maximum Security. Second place, Country House declared winner. Maximum Security, 17th place. Wow! I’d be hard pressed to believe it if I hadn’t Read More
Welcome to the Ivy Snow Mystery Series Follow Ivy, Jaycee, Sloane and Crystal as they navigate murder and mayhem without ever becoming unseated! When Ivy Snow, former Olympic Eventing hopeful moved to the charming town of Wellington to publish Equestrian Style magazine, she never dreamed that her family’s idyllic lives would be threatened by a Read More
The Horse Capital of the World I just returned from our Ocala odyssey, where we discovered a magical place… Gypsy Gold Farm. The original home of the Gypsy Vanner horse in America! I’d heard about Gypsy Gold Farm a number of years ago. My daughter, Rebecca Joy and purchased an adorable Gypsy Vanner colt, “The Pirate Read More
As you’ve probably surmised by now, I’m a major Ralph Lauren fan. My closets could easily be nicknamed “Racks of Ralph!” The designs are timeless, the quality consistently good, and there are collections priced for all ages & budgets. Many of his pieces reflect my equestrian sensibilities, both English & Western. This is the Read More
An Exceptional Equestrian Experience! How can I begin to describe the week I spent in Portugal at Valencia Equestrian with Patrick King Horsemanship ?I guess the word magical would be a great beginning. Learning the basics of Classical Dressage (which I went in knowing very little about) from world masters was the opportunity of a Read More
By the time you read this we’ll be off with Patrick King Horsemanship to Vila Franca de Xira and Lisbon, Portugal, to ride and study Classical Dressage with Master Luis Valenca and our friends at Valença Classical Riding . MASTER LUIS VALENÇA Master Luis Valenca is widely regarded as the greatest living practitioner of Classical dressage currently Read More
View from my front window at Little Paddocks Just when you think you’ve seen it all…Old Man Winter flexes his muscles! I’ve been through some pretty tough January’s in my time here in the Snowbelt of Western Pennsylvania, but these past few days have had us “thinking inside the stall!” With temperature in Read More