Mary's Daily Dish

Welcome to the more personal side of our websites, where I will aspire to (but not making any promises) bring you daily news of our travels, equine experiences, friendships and insights into our world. I love my job, which brings me around the world covering some of the top equine events, riders and horses. But it is behind the scenes, and daily life of how we can bring it all together that many of our readers have told us they enjoy. So here we go! Feel free to contact me to say hello or make a comment - mary@horsesdaily.com
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How lucky am I to be living in Kentucky and just 2 hours from Lexington home of the Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital. My driving pony Dusty foundered this spring.  While he was treated superbly at the place where he was boarding I wanted to...

The new 6.1 Million Dollar Equestrian Center in Southern Michigan offers the first USDF dressage show, September 8-9, 2012

When Melissa Ashcraft, who travelled the world for five years with the “World Famous Lipizzaner...

We were covering a Dressage Show this weekend at the beautiful Silverwood Dressage in Camp Lake Wisconsin, just a short drive from the home of my late Mother–in-Law Esther Hathaway. We lost Esther in August 2011 at the age of 91. She joined my...

View our image gallery! HorsesDaily Media welcomes Diana Caparulo our newest correspondent and content manager. We introduced her to the Eventing big time during her visit to Kentucky this spring, and threw a camera in her hands giving her...

We passed along an invitation for the media preview to Dressagedaily intern Madison Lawson, and asked her to share a journal entry and some photo of her experience. Madison also asked the creator of Cavalia, Normand Latourelle if they would...

I recall years ago when Lendon Gray was competing Idocus where her training barn was then based out of Bedford, New York, that she would come to Florida in March and bring a fresh barn full of horses winning most every class she competed in....

On our trip to Temecula and San Diego, JJ and I stayed a few nights with our buddy Keith Manfred . (Remember him for Equine, Pet and Human mushroom supplements, www.yoursano.com).  We found  that he and my longtime friend Doctor...

Lecture for the Emerging Dressage Athlete’s 2011 Robert Dover Horsemanship Clinic, Wellington Florida

When I was asked by Lendon Gray to be a speaker at the EDAP “Mega Clinic” held following the Christmas holiday, I...

With the busy Dressage 2012 year about to launch, have we got a fun treat for our readers, and a perfect Christmas gift for anyone remotely associated with Dressage. When you start reading The Dressage Chronicles you will find yourself faced...

It is small business Saturday, and like most small business owners I am working. I need to get a few more web pages done before I can allow myself the luxury of playing with my ponies, husband, and grandsons who are here for a visit. (they are...

We are off to Florida with our own dog and pony show, and can’t wait to get back to our winter home in charming De Leon Springs, located in between Daytona Beach and Ocala. It is the perfect refuge in the wintertime where we will be getting a...

The 2011 Hermitage Classic HDT, held September 23-25 at the legendary Hermitage Farm in Goshen, Kentucky has clearly established Kentucky as a center for the world ranked equestrian sport of Combined Driving. With its international caliber...

Our busy lives keep us on the road, which often means we miss being a part of the community we live in, especially on the weekends. If there was ever a time to be in Columbia, Kentucky it was on Sunday, October 2, 2011, when Adair County...

We just had the time of our lives at The Hermitage Classic Driving Trials, near Louisville, KY at the historic Hermitage Farm. Once a breeding facility for top thoroughbred racehorses, owners Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown have purchased the...

I have always told my writers when reporting on shows not to make it about the weather, but how can we avoid the weather dominating the news this summer? It always seems Labor Day weekend brings in the fall weather in spite of the fact we had...

After 33 years of photographing everybody else in equestrian sport, photographer Janeene Jennings captured some shots of my Shetland ponies and me! We lucked out this weekend having her there when doing a Combined Driving Schooling show at the...

Next year, I want to stay longer: so many opportunities, such little time. While everyone apologized for the weather, we didn’t mind; wearing jackets, scarves and hats is more comfortable than trying to escape the 96 degree weather we came home...

Yesterday we sat huddled in the stands as the cold wet weather sent Californians who came to cheer on the USA shopping for fleece, hats and scarves. An Aachen veteran, I made sure to pack my woolen hat, extra jackets and scarves before leaving...

Check out this week's newletter and DressageDaily's newest horsemarket listing this week. To be sure you get our newletter delivered to you in box (one weekly - we won't stalk you!) be sure to sign our mailing list. Lots of news complied here...

Today’s DressageDaily is in memory of my Mom Renie who passed away three years ago; in many way it seems like yesterday, in many ways she is still here. I remember our last hug, in the airport of Grand Cayman as we flew home going our separate...

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