by RSE Guest Blogger: Samantha King - I am awkward and sometimes weird in social settings. I have always been this way, never feeling like I fit in anywhere, with any particular group. This is rarely uncomfortable for me, but I find it is uncomfortable for others. This is where horses come in.
Douglas Allen returns to share another horse-related story about his father who when traveling by horse, miscalculated his journey and needed to seek shelter. He approached the farmhouse that was the only one in sight for miles, to ask if he could stay with the family overnight.
by RSE Guest Blogger: Samantha King 12 years ago my life changed. I mean it really changed. We all know that change is scary, but often that change is for the better and causes you to reevaluate what is important to you. I was scared, not knowing what the future would hold, but I did know that I am a strong, independent, motivated woman who had enough passion to do more than just survive. "Not a care in the world or a worry about the future." So I guess I should fill you on what happened. This is not a unique story, many women have experienced this and many more will. In January 2006 I was coming off a very bad...
Equestrian Canada (EC) has named Lori Bell of Beaverton, ON the June 2018 Red Scarf Equestrian Dressage Athlete of the month in recognition of the hat trick she earned at the Cedar Valley CDI 3*, held June 15-17, 2018, in Cedar Valley, ON.
by RSE Guest Blogger: Douglas Allen Until a friend recently introduced me to them more intimately in the barn and field, my encounters with horses have always been by means of the stories that my father told me when I was a boy. He would from time to time speak affectionately of his youthful days as a child and a young man growing up and then living on the Canadian prairies. The horse was often included in the story, and as a boy I was intrigued by its presence, sometimes as a main character, but also as a solid, but treasured, minor character, always there in the background as a means of getting work done and transportation. One of the stories...
