Horses are a great way to get off the beaten path and experience our natural world, especially in mountainous areas, where the terrain is sometimes best suited to horses. Exploring the mountains is sometimes challenging, but the rewards- the fresh air, beautiful surroundings and the fact that you get to…
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The Vermont Summer Festival is back with six week of horse events in East Dorset, only about an hour from the Mountain Top Inn and two hours and twenty minutes from the Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm. On my visit to Vermont to film for Equitrekking Vermont, part of Equitrekking's first…
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by Equitrekking host Darley Newman Julie and I arrived to Castle Leslie in the rain, not a huge surprise for Ireland. Our GPS had taken us on a roundabout route so we didn’t enter the estate through the main gate, but through the entrance beside the equestrian center. We parked the car outside…
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by Equitrekking host Darley Newman As I watched Napoleon, a beautiful white Andalusian, prancing around, agitated at having to stand for a moment, I felt sure that this was not the horse that I would be riding for my dressage lesson. It was. Vivi Garcia, who has been studying dressage…
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by Equitrekking host Darley Newman Güzelyurt is a village in Cappadocia in Central Turkey, which has not been totally discovered by tourists or the modern world, allowing travelers who do make it here to see Turks living a traditional lifestyle. Traveling through the village on horseback, I felt more in touch…
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Ravensdale Lodge in Ireland, hosts of the popular Medieval Village Trek, will host a series of Jump Cross and Le Trec dates throughout July and August at their popular North Louth equestrian center, which holds regular registered and unaffiliated shows as well as a one-day event for Eventing Ireland. This is…
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by Equitrekking host Darley Newman On Friday night, Equitrekking was honored with a third Daytime Emmy nomination at the 37th Annual Daytime Creative Arts and Entertainment Emmy Awards gala in the California Ballroom of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. All dressed up for the black tie affair, Executive Producer…
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by Equitrekking host Darley Newman The last time I visited Clonshire, we were filming a pilot episode for Equitrekking. I was really excited to head back on my recent trip to Ireland and see how it had changed. Julie Snyder, Equitrekking Travel’s preferred travel agent, visited Clonshire with me en route to the Ring…
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Julie and I arrived for the Galway County Clare Riding Adventure at An Sibin in time to get in a brisk walk. This is my second visit to An Sibin and I was excited to see that the neighbors still have their collection of gnomes and other decorative artifacts just down the…
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by Melissa Sowers, a Maui resident and equestrian A beautiful afternoon, horses, and an up and coming sunset on Maui couldn't make for a better end of the day! On Maui's West side, two miles above the town of Napili, Ironwood Ranch is a beautiful trail ride facility located less…
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by: Darley Newman After our recent Ireland trip, where Equitrekking Travel's preferred agent Julie Snyder and I were able to ride once again at every destination we feature and more, we've added a few new Irish equestrian vacations to EquitrekkingTravel.com. We are excited to introduce an equestrian's paradise at Castle…
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By: Equitrekking host Darley Newman I had the pleasure of talking Irish castles and equestrian vacations with Glenn the Geek on the new Tack & Habit Radio Show, which has just been released! If you're reading this blog, you know that I was recently in Ireland for a third visit…
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It’s about a three-hour ride over varied terrain through Banff National Park to reach Mystic Camp. I’m riding Tumbleweed, a mountain-tough quarter horse whose trot is surprisingly smooth, for my Equitrekking Travel Pack Trip info Banff National Park. Barry, our guide, is riding his mule named Sharon Stone. He says…
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by: Equitrekking host Darley Newman Monica, our local Costa Rica horseback riding vacation guide, and her brother Sebastian and I rode at the base of the very active Arenal volcano. We rode through rolling farmland dotted with cattle, which would feel the heat if Arenal were to have a…
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Heading to Alaska this summer on a cruise? Consider adding horseback riding into the mix on one of EquitrekkingTravel.com's Alaska Horse Riding Vacations of the Kenai Peninsula. Alaska native Bree Bardarson leads small groups of travelers into the wilds of the Chugach Mountains into country that's so pristine and off…
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by: Equitrekking host Darley Newman Who would have thought about beach riding in Alaska! I rode with Bree Bardarson of Bardy’s Trail Rides. Bree was born and raised in Alaska and took me through the beautiful natural areas surrounding the town of Seward on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, as well as…
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“Go fast,” is the advice that Asa, an Icelandic farmer, gave me as we took off with fifty horses, running parallel to a giant glacier in the distance alongside the Ring Road, the main highway in Iceland. During the summer when it is light for most of each day, these…
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Riding in Ravensdale Forest in the lesser visited Cooley Peninsula in Northeastern Ireland is like entering an enchanted forest. Ireland’s greatest epic poem, the Táin Bó Cúailnge, has its roots here, an area rich in history and legend. Niall Connolly, a fourth generation resident who owns Ravensdale Lodge Equestrian &…
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It might seem crazy, riding horses twenty miles into the mountains of Southwestern Alberta with a film crew and all their high definition equipment. Perhaps it’s a little nuts, but we were told that the loop around Sheep River Gorge in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies is spectacular, so we really wanted…
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by: Darley Newman Riding into the crater of a volcano on Maui has to top my list as one of the most amazing places in the world to explore on horseback. (you can do this ride as part of EquitrekkingTravel.com's Maui Equestrian Vacation Self Drive) At Haleakala National Park, I…
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