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Why One Horse Is Enough

“Life is too short. Buy the damn horse.” “Horses are like chocolates. One is never…

How to Find a Top Dressage Prospect (and Not Ruin It) With Adrienne Lyle

For riders with Grand Prix ambitions, buying a horse that is already competing at that…

Taking Our Lives Into Our Hands

I am categorically NOT a happy hacker. This is a particularly British phrase uttered in…

Eiren Crawford: “Often In Clinics, I See Riders Working Much Too Hard”

By Eiren Crawford Often in clinics, I see riders working much too hard, which is…

A Rare Bird: Laine Ashker Is Unapologetically Herself

This article first appeared in the April 2017 issue of Heels Down Magazine. For more…

Talent Isn't Enough: Frank Madden On What It Takes to Make It

Olympian and superstar show jumper Beezie Madden wasn’t a stand out rider as a junior.…

Spicer's Corner: No More Hiding Behind Keyboards

If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all – we all know…

The Silent Bystander

I used to drive past this farm that worried me. It was a small property…

The Working Student Exchange: Are We Eating Our Young?

By Ashley Harvey The working student arrangement is a fixture in busy competition and training…

Sinead Halpin: You Never Know Who Is Watching

Sinead Halpin is a CCI4* eventer. I was a working student from the time I…