in this issue...

Welcome to Issue 01. Inside, you'll find a feature on one rider's year in the judge's booth (carpal tunnel and all), a colic guide you'll hope never to need but be glad to have, and an honest reckoning with lesson barns... the good, the bad, and the ones we'd quietly warn a friend about. There are free ways to get your horse fix when the budget won't budge, a tip of the cap to the volunteers who keep local showing alive, a few budget-friendly summer finds, and the full Southeast schooling show calendar so you can finally map your season in one place. No aspirational price tags. No one-discipline-only club. Just the sport the way you actually ride it.

Made for the amateur. Built around the horse.