“At the foot of the Rockies, the operators of a dude ranch retreat are blending cowboy culture and group therapy.”
Horses
Posted inEditor's Pick
Ride the Good Witches
“She threw herself into bonding with a breed of horse that seems touched by Viking spirit.”
Posted inReading List
Return to the Saddle Club: A Reading List on Horse Girls
Celebrating the girls with an equine obsession.
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This edition highlights stories by Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, David Gauvey Herbert, Kit Chellel, Ashley Stimpson, and Nate Rogers.
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Saving the Horses of Our Imagination
“Creamer wasn’t just coming up against locals’ attachment to their horses, but a pernicious human tendency to confuse profound affection for animals with wisdom about what’s best for them.”
Posted inFeature, Nonfiction, Sports
Galloping Into the Abyss
Andres Beckett dreamed of flying over the crest, down into the long dark track of the Suicide Race.
Posted inBooks
This Month In Books: ‘What Creates That Need To Leap?’
This month’s books newsletter has one foot out the door.
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘Buried in the Cowboy Way, with His Tail to the Wind’
“There was no chance I was going to ask him to make another winter, but as long as he was hobbling to his golf course and chortling to me each morning, it seemed too early to end his life.”
Posted inNonfiction
I Entered the World’s Longest, Loneliest Horse Race on a Whim, and I Won
Somehow, implausibly, against all the odds, I became the youngest person and first woman ever to win the Mongol Derby. What made me so sure I was ready, when I was totally unprepared?
Posted inCulture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Busting Broncos and the Patriarchy
After nearly a century of being denied the opportunity, women are riding bucking broncos in American rodeo once again, and regaining the respect they deserve.