horseback riding

We all know we’re more likely to get out there and ride this winter if we have comfortable, warm outerwear that performs in the saddle. Treat yourself—and boost your motivation—with these terrific top layer designed specifically for the needs of active Equestrians.

Finding the right coach that you mesh with is no easy feat. While we all probably agree that riding lessons can help transform us into better riders, the wrong teacher can actually set us back. Lets take a look at how to locate the perfect one! Your search might begin by asking friends. Do they rave about...

By Darley Newman If  you ever need to put things into perspective, take a ride amid California’s iconic Redwoods. These huge trees, some of which rise up 250 feet, are the tallest living things on our planet and trekking among them, you may yourself feel small. I can only imagine what the original settlers of...

SEA ISLAND, GEORGIA Five star luxury, gracious southern hospitality and a sprawling resort including The Cloister at Sea Island, The Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club, The Spa at Sea Island, and the Georgian Room restaurant, make Sea Island, Georgia, a spectacular vacation destination. Horseback rides along the south end of Sea Island are an...

As I rode out of a small area shrouded in cottonwood and Russian olive trees to get my first glimpse of the cliff dwellings of the Ancient Pueblo People, known by the Navajo as the Anasazi, I was in awe. Carved high into a red sandstone cliff peppered with snow, these seemingly inaccessible cliff dwellings,...

Nestled between the Bitterroot and Rocky Mountains, Triple Creek Ranch in Darby, Montana, is a luxury guest ranch unlike any other in the West—or the world. To say that ranch owners Craig and Barbara Barrett have a passion for the western lifestyle is something of an understatement.  Five years after purchasing TCR—a Relais & Chateux...

From the heights of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Cowgirls can see all the way to the San Francisco Bay–and even farther back into California’s winemaking history. Darley Newman takes a wine country trail ride back in history. By Darley Newman As I sauntered through an open meadow on Romer, a black-and-white Tennessee Walking horse, I thought...