This Old Gray Mare group started in 2007 & now, over ten years later, is still out on the trails. Yes, things have changed & there’s different women riding on a regular basis for a variety of reasons. The ultimate goal of the founders, however, was to...
What’s so great about being older & still riding? Well, certainly one obvious thing is that I look around & see women my age that are plagued with aches, health problems & sadly unfit. A true benefit of riding is the amount of physical activity...
My first horse was Sher Magic, a National Show Horse – an arab/saddlebred mare. Sher was 19 when purchased for $200 from a gal who, I later learned, just wanted to get rid of her. “She’s a great school horse for a beginner rider…” I...
First of all, yes, there was a distinguished gray mare named Lady Suffolk. She was a true champion Standardbred, who raced under saddle and to sulky in the 1840s. In the early era of the “steppers,” that is, trotting horses, this gray mare gained fame as...