Mary’s Botanicals: Yes Please
Over Christmas I was given a little travel kit with a lovely super scented assortment of natural products by Mary's Botanicals designed for the horse and rider. Let's just say, I'm addicted to the peppermint lip balm, the OTTB loves his muscle spray and my entryway now smells like a wonderful clove induced wonderland as opposed to an equestrian mud room. Mary's B won my heart immediately so I was especially excited to try some more products. All of Mary's products are researched and natural based with infinite avenues for applications and can be used on horses, humans and even [...]
WEG your tale: What you need to know
Well we thought it would never come but the days of WEG, The World Equestrian Games are almost upon us! In case you have been living under a pile of hay for the last year you are probably more than aware of the convergence of this mountainous event being held in Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina beginning Sept 11 and running through more than two weeks of event ending on Sept 23. The event itself will feature numerous competitions of the world's best in different disciplines ranging from Jumping to Reigning. It truly stands to be the largest [...]
ARIAT Terrain Pro Zip Review
Written by Emily M When I mentioned I was interested in pursuing some endurance riding I was suggested the ARIAT Terrain Pro Zip Boots. As a rider I was a little skeptical as they seemed more like a hiking boot than a riding boot. A little chunky if you will in the heel. Disclaimer. I have a memory of having hiking boots stuck in my stirrups. I was 8, it was winter, and my pony was frisky that day. I wasn't dragged nor did I fall off, but having your boot stuck in a stirrup to any degree is never [...]
INCH in a pinch: CHEATA REVIEW
Okay it almost pains me to have to write reviews on body slimming compression products during summer. They're usually hot, sticky, hard to get into and don't even get me started on the getting out process. BUT I was happy to write about it when I tried on the CHEATA compression garments. They were comfortable, breathable and slimming and coming from a woman who is a little top heavy the compression TROTTER BRA was the perfect solution. The construction smoothed out my lumps and gave me the support I needed without limiting my range of movement or in my case [...]
OTTBs are the Bees Knees
Have you heard of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance? Well, they accredit, inspect and award grants to approved aftercare organizations that help retire, retrain and rehome Thoroughbreds. We will be featuring the organization in our next issue. Here's a few things the TAA is doing over the course of the next few months to showcase graduates and organizations efforts to upcycle these wonderful athletes. The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will present awards honoring the highest-placing TAA graduates and the TAA-accredited organizations affiliated with those horses at five Thoroughbred horse shows this fall. The horse shows include: the New Vocations All-Thoroughbred Charity Show [...]
