Category: Featured Interviews

Fellow Equestrian Adventuresses share the tales of their own equine adventures. Whether it is horses changing their life and the way they see the world or whether it is them changing the life of horses with their courage and hard work. Read their stories, give them support and be inspired.

This article describes an unforgettable Horse Riding Trip in Mongolia done by a young woman traveling solo
Featured Interviews

An Unforgettable Horse Riding Trip in Mongolia

Eva Zu Bek is a professional traveler. She has built a social media following of over 1 million people strong by traveling to remote, unusual places and sharing the beauty of each of these places with the world. Her love of horses has guided some of these choices, including a solo horse riding trip in a natural park in Mongolia. This trip, which turned out to be the most transformational experience of her life, did not pan out as expected.

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A group of tourists and their guides enjoy a canter on their horse riding adventure in India
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Leopards, Camels and the Marwari Horse: Riding in India with Horse India

We managed to track down a true equestrian adventuress. Caroline Moorey, from the UK, speaks to us about what it’s like to ride horses in India. Learn about the incredible charity that helps bring snaffle bits to the horses in need. And find out how you can travel on a horse riding holiday in India. Caroline shares with us why the Marwari breed is so special (and why you have to travel to India to ride one)! Find out about some of the most unusual things she’s encountered from horseback. Because let’s face it, where else can you see camels, fortresses, palaces, cows, colorful sari’s and yes, even leopards. This is India!

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Featured Interviews, Inspirational / Motivational

Equine Industry: Interviews with Empowered Women

We interview empowered women working in the equine industry. We talk about their amazing accomplishments with horses in a male dominated country. We want to show women around the world the different types of jobs they can do with horses, because we need more women “holding the reins” and being in charge for a change! 

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Riding a polo horse at the Los Cocos Polo Fields in Argentina on a journey to promote Monty Roberts Natural Horsemanship methods..
Featured Interviews

Meet the Right Hand Woman of Natural Horsemanship Legend Monty Roberts

German-born horse trainer Denise Heinlein was one of the very few women and foreigners to have presented horses in Argentina’s prestigious La Rural show. She is the right hand (wo)man of famous horse whisperer Monty Roberts and when she’s not busy training natural horsemanship students at the Monty Roberts International Learning Center in California, she is traveling around the world sharing new methods of training horses and working on a documentary about her passion.

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preparing feed for the horses in a horse rescue on Gili T
Featured Interviews, Responsible Tourism / Welfare

Volunteering to Help the Horses on Gili T

Estair was only 16 years old when she headed off, without adult supervision, to volunteer with a horse rescue organisation on the Gili islands in Indonesia. Her parents, although initially concerned, decided to trust her and the organisation with this project. Estair tells us about this life changing experience helping horses on Gili T (short for: Gili Trawangan, the biggest of the three Gili islands). She allso shares why more teenagers should get involved in such projects.

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Akruti is doing a demonstration of horse dentistry to create awareness about equine dental care in India
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Meet the First Formally Trained Horse Dentist in India

Akruti Choksi is not only India’s first formally trained horse dentist, but she also happens to be a woman in the country’s very male-dominated world of horses. Instead of settling abroad, she chose to stay and help educate the local community about the importance of equine dentistry. Having worked as a horse dentist in India for a decade, she tells us how she has seen the industry and mindsets change over the years.

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Equestrian business owner Elizabeth Welborn on her horse "Mono", which continues to inspire her to create products for her luxury brand "Stick & Ball"
Featured Interviews

Mongolian Polo: The Exciting Life of Traveling Women Polo Players – Part 2

Equestrian Adventuresses’ regular contributor Charlotte met Elizabeth during a summer playing polo in Mongolia in 2015. They connected over their love of horses, travel and the sport of polo. In this interview, Elizabeth tells Charlotte how she used her passion for horses and beautiful fabrics to create a luxury and sustainable equestrian-inspired brand of clothes and accessories. She shares the excitement and challenges of being a single mother of highly athletic kids, being an active polo player and sourcing the incredible materials and designs for her equestrian business from all over the world.

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Two women polo players chasing the ball down the polo field in a polo tournament
Featured Interviews

The Exciting Life of Traveling Women Polo Players – Part 1

Rebecca Walters is one of the few successful women polo players in the world. Based in Britain, she’s constantly traveling and playing polo tournaments around the globe. Although traditionally considered a man’s world, the sport of polo is rapidly opening up, and becoming increasingly popular among women. In between tournaments and training her horses, Rebecca is involved with the Ladies Polo Foundation initiative to make polo more accessible to women in the UK.

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Trees and bushes are destroyed by the fire after a flashover inferno at Thornton-Mulgowie
Featured Interviews

Between Fires and Horses: Life of a Firefighter and Horse Trainer in Rural Australia

Twenty-three-year-old rural firefighter and horsemanship trainer Odessa has been spending the past few months fighting the fires ravaging Australia. Living in Queensland in an area that has been going through the worst drought on record, she struggles to keep up day to day operations while trying to be as prepared as possible in case fires spread to her area. Her time with horses helps her cope with the stress.

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Understanding horses builds a great bond and huge trust between horse and owner
Featured Interviews, Responsible Tourism / Welfare

The Equine Behavioral Science Institute – Understanding Horses and Making a Difference

As you know, our mission at Equestrian Adventuresses is “to empower women around the world to pursue their passion for adventure with horses.” This works in two ways: On one hand, we are delivering you, fellow adventuresses, inspiring stories of women who live their dream. On the other hand, we give those women a channel to spread their knowledge and information. This time, we are talking to Valentina who is the founder of a research institute for equine behavior. Her goal is to bridge the gap between scientific research and everyday horse management. By understanding horses and their language, she believes you can make a big difference. We are proud to present to you: Valentina Kupresan, founder of the “Equine Behavioral Science Institute.”

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