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Welcome
to the newest addition of MyHorse.com. Every week some of the best equine editors and journalists in the business will share insights and
encouragements to help inspire your passion in the equine sport of
your choice. Bob
Welch, editor of Spin To Win Rodeo, gives you the inside scoop to Rodeo's ups and
downs. Emily
Esterson, horse journalist and author,
shares her slant on horse ownership and
the lowdown buzz on the
entire English world. Bonnie
Davis, consulting editor for Trail Rider magazine,
will inspire you to actively enjoy and protect
the riding trails across the
United States. Maureen
Gallatin, editor of Perfect Horse magazine for over 10
years, gives you truly inspiration, tips, and
encouragement to help you and your
horse have a safer more enjoyable ride every
time you leave the barn. John Strassburger, the Horse Journal's Performance Editor, will talk about the equine things that matter most in our lives. Our newest blogger, Cindy Foley is the Editor-in-Chief of Horse Journal, will discuss how the horses in our lives keep us grounded. Our bloggers will keep you informed and inspired with
their expertise, insights and well-developed opinions. Don't forget to check out their blogs each week and give your
feedback.
Enjoy!
The MyHorse.com Team
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Author: Bob Welch |
Blog Description: After five years as the managing editor for Spin To Win Rodeo Magazine and a two-year stint at the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Bob has developed a handful of relationships in the industry. He travels to many of the major rodeos from his home outside of Colorado Springs, Colo., and when he’s not writing for the magazine or at a rodeo, he’s caring for yearling cattle turned out on pasture near his home or helping on the family ranch.Drop him a line at rodeoblog@myhorse.com. |
Latest Entry: 11/18/2009 |
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Author: Emily Esterson |
Blog Description: Emily Esterson neighed in her sleep when she was two years old, her mother reports. In college and through her twenties she worked as a groom at eventing and dressage facilities, and got her first horse at age 30. Her first professional writing job was for the newsletter, The Trail Less Traveled. She's evented through preliminary and shown second level dressage, with hopes to move up to FEI levels sometime in the next two decades. She owns a ragtag band of three horses, two goats, two dogs and three cats, a husband and a few acres in central New Mexico. Emily makes her living writing about horses and business for national magazines. Her book, The Adult Longeing Guide, is due out in February. |
Latest Entry: 11/10/2009 |
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Author: Bonnie Davis |
Blog Description: An avid trail rider and horsecamper for over 40 years, Bonnie Davis has presented workshops, lectures and presentations on maintaining, preserving and developing trails, horsecamps and trail riding. Her trail and horsecamping columns, articles and stories have appeared in local, national and worldwide publications. She maintains that “recreational trail riders are the backbone of the horse industry yet we are the most overlooked within the industry itself!” Along with Bonnie’s trail riding and camping, she maintains a nation wide presentation schedule, is Consulting Editor for “Trail Rider” magazine, owner of Two Horse Enterprises, (www.twohorseenterprises.com) dedicated to trail riding and horsecamping, and website www.weedfreefeed.com for locating certified weed free feeds when on public lands. |
Latest Entry: 11/18/2009 |
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Author: Maureen Gallatin |
Blog Description: It's been said that, "Maureen Gallatin is like a life coach through the grid of horsemanship." She is a writer, speaker, and consultant, and she teaches frequently on the topic of developing confidence. She’s known for her brand of practical wisdom and insights with an inspirational bent. (In fact, it's been quipped that when she's old and in the nursing home, she'll be using stick horses to teach people about life and relationships.) Maureen was the editor for Perfect Horse magazine for 10 years, and is the founder of Inspired By Horses (www.inspiredbyhorses.com). |
Latest Entry: 11/18/2009 |
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Author: John Strassburger |
Blog Description: John Strassburger, the Horse Journal's Performance Editor, has spent four decades riding horses across
the countryside and in numerous competitive disciplines. He's a
graduate A Pony Clubber and currently competing in eventing through the
intermediate level, but he's also foxhunted for nearly 40 years,
ridden in steeplechase races for 10 years, has logged nearly 500 miles in
endurance riding, and competed in dressage, equitation, hunter and
jumper classes. As editor of The Chronicle of the Horse for 20
years, he covered six Olympics and thousands competitions, including
hunter/jumper, combined driving, dressage and eventing. With his
wife, Heather Bailey, he now operates Phoenix Farm, a breeding and
training facility in California
(www.phoenixsporthorses.com).
You
can correspond with John by emailing him through Horse Journal at hjeditor@twcny.rr.com or by
visiting Horse Journal at www.horse-journal.com. |
Latest Entry: 11/18/2009 |
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Author: Cindy Foley |
Blog Description:
Cindy Foley is the Editor-in-Chief of Horse Journal, which
focuses on real-life horse-product field trials with buying advice and
recommendations. A lifelong skeptic, she’s also prudent about both money and
horses. She’s an experienced horsewoman, writer and editor. She competed
successfully in the hunter/jumper divisions for many years and, after college,
moved to Kentucky where she became involved in the Thoroughbred racing industry,
including as assistant manager at a major rehabilitation and training clinic.
When she and her farrier husband moved to Virginia’s Hunt Country, she worked
for The Chronicle of the Horse. After that, she became editor of Horse Journal
(www.horse-journal.com). She’s an avid dressage rider and enjoys dog agility
competitions with her Papillons. You can write to her at hjeditor@twcny.rr.com. |
Latest Entry: 11/18/2009 |
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