More Than Money : The Thoroughbred Horse

2013 Kentucky Derby Winner being awarded

I am happy to see a report coming to the public that addresses the downward spiral of Thoroughbreds in racing here in the USA. I am not a large supporter of the Thoroughbred racing industry, long have I seen it as being money motivated as the primary with the horse falling to the wayside as a disposable commodity. I am very happy to hear the round-table discussion going on that addresses factors such as not putting the horse first among other ideas… check it out for yourself.

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Erica Franz

I've been riding since I was 9, and in love with horses from the day I was born. Living in Washington with my horse and 5 dogs.

In The Media

Shelley Browning Demonstrates Blatant Abuse in a Dressage Test

January 25, 2018January 31, 2018

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UPDATE [01-26-2018]: A recording of the Friday ride has been shared with me, and posted. You’ll find it at the bottom of the article, after the commentary from her Thursday ride. The commentary is still…

A bay horse reaches out to an old woman reading beside her small dog.

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Our Endearing Partners

December 23, 2010March 2, 2014

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What is the purpose of horsemanship? Why do we spend the time and exert such energy, let alone invest such great costs into an animal which rarely returns the monetary value we place upon them? Do we play with horses merely as a show of our great ability to train another being and prove our superiority? I would argue to the contrary.

The Art Of...

Cycles of Learning

February 7, 2008March 2, 2014

Circular, that is time. We live in a world dominated by linear functions, our calendar reads left to right, start to finish. There is little left of the cycles we once relied upon as a species to guide our functions from day to day, week to week, month to month, season to season, year to year. Instead we rely upon days, minutes, hours… seconds, to remind us of the time we have lost or wasted, or perhaps the time we have saved.

Riding | Training

Dressage is Simple : Collection in Six Steps

September 19, 2010March 2, 2014

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Even if you strictly ride western and loath the sight of any english discipline you can benefit from incorporating the fundamentals of Dressage into your riding and training habits.

Horses are very affectionate with one another in the right herd situation.

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Rediscovering Our Equestrian Passion

April 27, 2011March 2, 2014

As the years pass and our lives change, I find that so too does our relationship with the horse. Not necessarily our relationship to one particular horse, but rather our association to horses.

Woman and horse's eye next to each other

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Our own reflection can be found in the horse

May 9, 2009March 2, 2014

We might experience the same problem with different horses. Or when traveling to new places experience new problems that arise because we’re out of our element and that impacts the way we behave and interact with the horse.