by Julia, age 14
I’ve been a Junior Blogger at GHC for almost a year now, and what a wonderful year it has been. Sadly, however, high school is only a matter of months away, and all the preparation it involves is taking away from my time to contribute like I used to. My writing simply [...]

As my fellow horseback riders know, our sport seems to have boundless ‘golden rules’. At least that is what my previous riding instructor called the little tidbits that polish and build the foundation for riding skills, and keeping things running smoothly around the stable. If you aren’t a horseback rider, only admiring horses from afar, [...]

by Allison, age 12
Fforest Uchaf Farm has long sat on a hill, watching the hustle and bustle of life in the valley below. But it is a serene resting place away from the world for abused horses and ponies who need a little love. Some of the most amazing residents are the pit ponies, little [...]

by Lauren, age 10
Do you know what it is like when you feel God gave you a second chance in life? Example: If you had a major or terrible accident and were really close to dying, but God decided that it wasn’t time for you to go.
A horse is a sensitive, beautiful creature that wanders [...]

by SB, age 13
No one could have guessed that a cultural icon would be born right in the middle of the Great Depression, a time when there wasn’t much joy and hope in the world. Seabiscuit was born on May 23, 1933, as the grandson of the great Man o’ War. Though he had great [...]

by SB, age 13
There comes a time in every girl’s life where they have to make the jump from fantasy to reality: fantasies of that coal black stallion that races only for you; of being a princess on a snowy white horse; of a dream farm already planned out with the horses’ names and breeds [...]

Photo by: R’eyes
by Allison, age 12
Through the eyes of a horse, all horse girls are heroes. In the eyes of a horse, you see your reflection and it changes who you are. Through the eyes of a horse, you learn all your horse wants is love. In the eyes of a horse, you see it [...]

by Julia, age 14
The rusty trailer screeched and clanked as it made it’s way down the back road in the dark hours of night. Fearful brown eyes peered out between the small openings in the trailer’s back door. The horses in the vehicle’s lower level fidgeted nervously from the sounds of the horses’ hooves [...]

by Halee, age 12
The Icelandic horse is an amazing breed who has not gotten much attention among Thoroughbreds, Arabians, and Warmbloods. The horse I learned much of my riding experience on, Vifill, is an Icelandic horse, and a good example of one with a score of 8.14 out of 10. Take your time to read [...]

Author: Terri Farley
Title: Phantom Stallion (series)
Category: Books
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by SB, age 13
Another Farley has done it again. Rather than there being a black Arabian attached to a young boy in New York, however, there is a pearly white Mustang stallion bonded with his girl in the deserts of Nevada. Terri Farley may not be related [...]