EC Blog – The Hamstring, aka “The Glitch”
February 22, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – The Hamstring, aka “The Glitch”
By Ashton Brandt Author Ashton Brandt was given a freshman writing assignment to write about a life changing event but with a twist (hence the title, The Glitch). She wrote the story of her heart horse, Zip, tearing his hamstring last year prior to the Pinto World Championship Show, but she allowed Zip to tell […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – To All the Students We’ve Loved Before
February 13, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – To All the Students We’ve Loved Before
EC Blog by Cecily Clark and Matt Brown of East West Training Stables in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania To all the students we’ve loved before (past and present), There’s a lot we’ve worked on together over the years, and many lessons we hope you’ve learned as our students. Many technical, many philosophical, and many that […]
Continue reading …EC Blog: Understanding Why Sharing Screenshotted Images Equals Theft
February 7, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog: Understanding Why Sharing Screenshotted Images Equals Theft
From Kelsey Keathly of Norfleet Marketing & Photography Hey y’all! Let’s talk about something near & dear to my heart: sharing screenshot images from a horse show. If you’ve never worked as a horse show photographer, you may not truly understand everything that goes into the job, and why we say that you cannot […]
Continue reading …The King is Gone – Hagans Sugarman 1997-2024
January 28, 2024 Comments Off on The King is Gone – Hagans Sugarman 1997-2024
Considered to be Andrea Fappani’s breakthrough horse, Hagans Sugarman was the first horse Fappani won the NHRA futurity with in 2000 in the Intermediate Open Division. After that, he became an all around show horse, a rodeo queen horse, and above all, a family horse. Thank you to Sarah Mapp Cullins for his tribute. By Sarah Mapp […]
Continue reading …EC Blog: (Never want to) Own A Pony Experience Day
January 25, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog: (Never want to) Own A Pony Experience Day
From Jamie Wright Equestrian: Here at Jamie Wright Equestrian we know that horses are an expensive business and therefore we have developed our ‘own a pony experience day’ for parents who want to put their children off ever wanting to go near a pony again. Own a pony experience days are generally held in the […]
Continue reading …6 Ways to Discern AI Horse Images from Real Equine Photos
January 24, 2024 Comments Off on 6 Ways to Discern AI Horse Images from Real Equine Photos
By Shelley Paulson of Shelley Paulson Photography In the past month, I’ve been disappointed to see several posts and ads by reputable equine brands using AI-generated images. Very believable AI-generated images. In one case, I know the brand has a policy against using AI media and wasn’t aware the image was fake, but more and […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – Don’t Overcomplicate It
January 24, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – Don’t Overcomplicate It
Don’t overcomplicate it…. There was a time when you were just happy to ride, happy to be in the company of horses. It didn’t matter if you could execute a perfect lead change or jump double clear rounds. You were just happy to have two feet in the stirrups and ears leading the way. You […]
Continue reading …The Evolvement of Horse Shows: Have They Become A Luxury Hobby?
January 12, 2024 Comments Off on The Evolvement of Horse Shows: Have They Become A Luxury Hobby?
The discussions online about the expense of today’s shows, and the root of the cause, are rampant. It’s not so simple, really, explains Suzanne Vlietstra, the former owner of Hobby Horse Clothing Co. Inc., for 40 years. She begins with this: Think about shows have changed. Many of us grew up with volunteer-run club shows […]
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Lilly Levesque took creativity and responsibility into her own hands to pay her way to show with her beloved AQHA Henry Ford once said, “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.” When high school student Lilly Levesque wanted to show AQHA more than anything, she didn’t ask for money, or expect help, […]
Continue reading …EC Video of the Day – From Show Horse to Therapy Horse
January 9, 2024 Comments Off on EC Video of the Day – From Show Horse to Therapy Horse
Watch Mo’s video on EquineChronicle TV: https://www.equinechronicle.tv/from-show-horse-to-therapy-horse/ An EC Blog by Lisa Steinbaugh Flowers: I would love to share a story about our 18 year old Paint horse My Mojos Hot. From Show Horse to Therapy Horse, My Mojos Hot (Mo) was adopted by our family in 2018 from a Re-Ride Quarter Horse Adoption […]
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