Girl, You’re Gonna Carry That Weight

I think it’s part of the human condition to make horrible decisions in traumatic times. For me, going through a divorce, I decided to rescue a dog. Oh, but not only rescue a dog, I rescued a dog who wasn’t housebroken, had heartworms, and wasn’t neutered. Oh, AND, come to find out, he has some…

The Other 80 Percent

Much debate has been had about the “20 percent rule” of the rider-to-horse weight ratio. On the one hand, many equine professionals and amateur trainers cling firmly to the scant number of small-scale studies conducted around this subject, while the plus-sized equestrian community, mostly made up of plus-sized women, rails against this rule as “fat…

Starting Here

There was never a time in my life that I didn’t want to be known as a horse girl. Even when I hadn’t ridden in years, I still galloped over fields in my heart. I knew I’d get back to it eventually. I had to. Trying to define what being a horse girl is like…