by: Equitrekking host Darley Newman   Monica, our local Costa Rica horseback riding vacation guide, and her brother Sebastian and I rode at the base of the very active Arenal volcano. We rode through rolling farmland dotted with cattle, which would feel the heat if Arenal were to hav...

Who would have thought about beach riding in Alaska! I rode with Bree Bardarson of Bardy’s Trail Rides. Bree was born and raised in Alaska and took me through the beautiful natural areas surrounding the town of Seward on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, as well as through areas of devastation...

“Go fast,” is the advice that Asa, an Icelandic farmer, gave me as we took off with fifty horses, running parallel to a giant glacier in the distance alongside the Ring Road, the main highway in Iceland. During the summer when it is light for most of each day, these horse drives...

Riding in Ravensdale Forest in the lesser visited Cooley Peninsula in Northeastern Ireland is like entering an enchanted forest. Ireland’s greatest epic poem, the Táin Bó Cúailnge, has its roots here, an area rich in history and legend. Niall Connolly, a fourt...

by: Darley Newman Riding into the crater of a volcano on Maui has to top my list as one of the most amazing places in the world to explore on horseback. (you can do this ride as part of EquitrekkingTravel.com's Maui Equestrian Vacation Self Drive) At Haleakala National Park, I was ch...

By Corinne Brown In the much debated struggle to save America’s wild horses and burros, it appears that the equines are losing, but it won’t be without a fight. The remaining herds, amounting to approximately 28,000 free ranging animals in 10 states, a dramatic reduction over the la...

I just returned from the Washington Bridle Trails Association (WBTA) Horse Show at historic Meadowbrook Stables, where hunters and jumpers have been competing since yesterday. I was out to support friends who compete and Meadowbrook's horses. As a Meadowbrook rider, I get to ride man...

It's the final week in the EquitrekkingTravel.com Biltmore Vacation Sweepstakes on DiscoverHorses.com. You could win an equestrian vacation for two at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, courtesy of EquitrekkingTravel.com, which features exceptional equestrian vacations, and Biltmore...

Last night I attended a dinner at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian to honor and support American Mustangs, A Tribute to The Native American and The Horse Nation. The event was organized by Madeleine Pickens, as a part of her quest to raise awareness of Wild Mustangs and...

A day by day account of the challenges and triumps at the IEA Nationals. by Alexis Mozeleski I qualified at our zone 3 finals, the mid-Atlantic region, three weeks ago as an individual and obtained enough points to also help the middle school team qualify, allowing three of my teamma...