BLM CAPTURES & CULLS WILD HORSE POPULATION In a controversial move, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently came under fire for using helicopters to round up wild horses on federally protected land in Colorado, which is just a portion of public rangeland that spans 10 states across the American West. Citing an excess of […]

This is what I listened to over the summer and why I think you should give them a shot!

Real questions from real ammys about the messy, complicated, occasionally wonderful experience of being a horse person.

Real answers to the horsemanship questions you’ve been sitting on.

Somewhere between a full-time job, a real budget, and a horse with opinions, she figured out how to make it work. We’re not saying it’s easy. We’re not saying it’s logical. We’re saying she does it anyway, and she was kind enough to tell us how. Age 37 Annual Income $60,000 Lease or Own? Neither […]

For years, the show office at most venues has been cast with a dark shadow by exhibitors. It’s whispered about at in-gates and barn aisles, with many making the conscious decision to avoid it entirely. Here at Modern Amateur we have heard the whispers and we want to change that mindset! Our goal is to […]

The stars have consulted your ride times and have some thoughts. photograph by Jess Ogden ARIES (March 21 – April 19) September is going to make you feel invincible, which means you’re going to sign up for something you haven’t fully thought through. Say yes anyway. The thing you’re slightly underprepared for is usually the […]

The stars have consulted your ride times and have some thoughts. ARIES (March 21 – April 19) Mars enters your arena this month with strong forward energy, which your horse will interpret as a reason to spook at the letter C. You have done the thing. You have survived the thing. The ribbon is not […]