Toronto: One of a Kind Horse Creations are a Calling … Happy 40th!

Thursday I’m headed to the 40th Annual One of a Kind Spring Show in Toronto, Ontario and guess what that means: I’ve been attending the One of a Kind Spring Show for 40 years. Always running near my birthday, it’s often my present to myself.   Or more accurately, anything horse-themed is on my list, […]

A Year of Heroes #6: Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement, Lexington, KY

“Who would object to a race horse retirement sanctuary?” I ask during a tour of Old Friends, a thoroughbred retirement farm near Lexington, Kentucky.  (It’s not far from the Kentucky Horse Park.) “No one thought it was possible,” the guide tells me. The idea of Old Friends – a farm where retired racehorses, famous or […]

Travel Amsterdam: High Tea at The Hollandsche Manege – Housing Horses Downtown

Horses aren’t necessarily top of mind when you think Amsterdam. But here I am, in the Netherlands, walking through a European-style subdivision past rows of narrow Brownstone-style contemporary homes looking for a riding stable. Yes, a stable. In a subdivision. I stop and ask a woman pushing a stroller along the sidewalk: “I think I’m […]