Horses and people go well together. We love the chance to ride a horse and experience this ultimate thrill. Below you’ll find a big assortment of stories all about riding horses around the world.
Maryland: A visit to Ocean City, Maryland and taking a ferry to Assateague Island, famous for its sandy beaches and wild ponies.
Kathleen Broadhurst writes about equitrekking, horseback riding vacations, and her PBS TV show Equitrekking.
Dead Goat Polo: Sophie Ibbotson goes to the village of Ashu in Kyrgyzstan to watch a game of Kok Boru, Dead Goat Polo, the national sport of Kyrgyzstan.
Louisa Preston takes a trail ride at the Fandango Ranch in Surprise Valley, California, and meets wild mustangs in the high desert.
Mary Brigham learns how to train horses with Tom Chambers, the horse listener and equestrian, and herd cattle at the Tanque Verde Ranch in Arizona.
Texas: Larry Parnass takes a tour of horse ranches in Horse Country, Denton County, North Texas.
Max Hartshorne visits the Triple J Ranch in Montana, which is calls a summer camp for grown-ups, framed by The Bob Marshall Wilderness
Equestrian adventures: Peter Heller writes about a journey by horseback through the mountains of Patagonia in Chile and Argentina.
Daniel Ramsey takes a horseback riding vacation on the west coast of Costa Rica and takes his first swim on horseback, this is a top-notch equestrian spot.