Ranches and horseback riding vacations to help fulfill New Year's Resolutions. Lose weight, get fit, relax at the spa, eat healthy food and bond with your loved ones on these trips. by Darley Newman When a new year begins, many of us assess our lives and wonder what we can do to better the...

In the mid-1980s the State of Florida started a project to set aside public land for conservation and recreation purposes. Linear trails, or greenways, long and narrow strips of land many times following abandoned railroad right-of-ways, stretch from the Gulf of Mexico to the St. Johns River, occu...

Catherine Holland, who writes the Little Viking Horse blog, takes her Icelandics on a riding holiday on the Gower Peninsula in Wales and shares how you can do it, too. by Catherine Holland One of the things we love to do with our horses is “ramble." A quick brush, check feet, tack ...

Introducing the most popular articles, as measured by your clicks, on Equitrekking.com in 2013. Your top 13 picks were diverse, including great places to horseback ride across the USA, wild horses, top horse trainers, retraining Thoroughbreds and bitless bridles.  What do you want to see ...

Denise Ethier Dembinksi describes trails in Connecticut’s Sprague Land Preserve and along the bordering Shetucket River as part of Equitrekking’s 50 State Trail Riding Project. by Denise Ethier Dembinski Located just off of Rt. 207, on Holton Road in Franklin, Connecticut, the Spra...

Learn about a scenic and sometimes daring horseback ride through the rugged and remote terrain of Texas’ largest state park, part of the Equitrekking 50 State Trail Riding Project. article and photos by Steven Long I’ll never forget our friend Rachel’s plea after we reac...

Now this was a new one even for me–– Snow Polo! I just got wind of a tournament in Aspen hosted by Nacho Figueras where top polo players are playing in the snow with a sweet snow-capped mountain backdrop. It's the Piaget World Snow Polo Championship, and just se...

Avid trail rider Connie McNabb shares the beauty of Southern Illinois’ geologic wonder–– Shawnee National Forest with the Equitrekking 50 State Trail Riding Project. By Connie McNabb To say trail riders new to exploring Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois are surpris...

The holiday season is a time for giving. Karen Prell shares a story of a friend who helps another keep her horses in a time of need. by Karen Prell She had driven this road a thousand times, but this time was going to be different. This time it would be the last time she drove this way, the la...

Barbara Sollner-Webb of the Maryland Horse Council describes her favorite 18-mile ride in Maryland and encourages equestrians to play an active role in keeping trails open as part of Equitrekking’s 50 State Trail Riding Project. by Barbara Sollner-Webb While equine excursions earlier sho...