Dramas in the saddle: Encountering a crazy, chaotic world
The remarkable story of Filipe Leite’s two-year 10,000-mile journey on horseback from Canada to Brazil.
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Author: CuChullaine O’Reilly
Bears, bogs and bone-chilling cold: A horseback adventure in Siberia
New Zealander Ian Robinson faced challenges at every turn as he journeyed through a vast and remote wilderness.
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Queen of the Cossacks: The woman who rode across Siberia twice
Spotlight on the largely forgotten exploits of Alexandra Kudasheva.
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Long Rider: “Dreams do come true”
What an adventure: 16,000 kilometres in the saddle from Canada to Brazil.
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Sidesaddles and suffragettes – the fight to ride and vote
The sidesaddle once represented social, political, and equestrian domination.
Read moreLithuania’s riding renaissance
An equestrian culture suppressed under Soviet rule is blossoming once again.
Read moreHow American drugs corrupted England’s Sport of Kings
The first illegal substances in horse racing crossed the Atlantic more than a century ago.
Read moreSavin’ All My Love for You – a story of horse carnage in the US
Early 20th century North America was the scene of widescale, unprecendented horse slaughter.
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Horror smash in Tanzania claims life of Long Rider
Harrowing details emerge of bus smash that killed English Long Rider Christine Henchie.
Read moreHow the west was really won: Ireland’s forgotten cowboys
The cowboy’s origins lie in the Emerald Isles, not the US west.
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