USDA's Anti-Soring Rule Is Vacated in Part and Delayed Again Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables One of the ugliest practices in the horse world has a bland regulatory name attached to it, and in 2026 the effort to end it hit another wall. The practice is soring, the deliberate infliction of pain... Horse Welfare Industry News Legislation & Policy Read more
Wild Horses in 2026: Roundups Resume, Funding Holds, and the Adoption Bonus Ends Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables The American mustang occupies a strange place in our national imagination, a living symbol of the West that is also the subject of one of the most contentious land-management fights in the country. In... Industry News Legislation & Policy Wild Horses & Mustangs Read more
New World Screwworm Reaches the U.S.: A Biosecurity Wake-Up Call for Horse Owners Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables Some horse news is about rules and ribbons. This one is about a flesh-eating parasite that the United States eradicated decades ago and that has now crossed back over the border. In June 2026, federal... Biosecurity & Health Industry News Read more
An EHV-1 Outbreak Rode Home From a Show: Biosecurity Lessons for Every Barn Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables In late 2025, a single horse show set off an outbreak that rippled across several states and canceled events nationwide. The culprit was equine herpesvirus type 1, EHV-1, and in its most dangerous for... Biosecurity & Health Industry News Read more
US Equestrian Extends Its Microchip Deadline and Deepens Its Welfare Push Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables If you compete under US Equestrian rules, or expect to, a deadline you may have marked on your calendar just moved. In January 2026, US Equestrian, the national governing body for many equestrian spor... Horse Sport Horse Welfare Industry News Read more
The FEI Tightens the Rules: A Noseband Gauge, a Stricter Blood Rule, and Social License Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables International horse sport spent the last two years under a spotlight it did not enjoy, and its governing body has responded with a string of concrete rule changes. The FEI, which oversees Olympic eque... Horse Sport Horse Welfare Industry News Read more
Road to the Horse 2025 and 2026: Maynard's Repeat, Dowers' Third Title Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables Once a year, the natural horsemanship world gathers to watch a handful of horsemen do something quietly extraordinary: take a completely unstarted young horse and, over a few days in front of thousand... Industry News The Natural Horsemanship Movement The Vaquero & Western Tradition Read more
Where the Tradition Is Heading: Brannaman, Schiller, and Parelli in 2026 Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables The natural horsemanship movement is not a museum piece. It is a living tradition, and the horsemen who carry it forward keep shaping where it goes. Three of the most recognizable names in that world ... Industry News The Natural Horsemanship Movement The Vaquero & Western Tradition Read more
The Extreme Mustang Makeover Ends an Era, and a New Mustang Finals Begins Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables For nearly two decades, one competition did more than almost anything else to show the public what patient horsemanship can do with a wild horse. The Extreme Mustang Makeover took untouched mustangs, ... Industry News The Natural Horsemanship Movement Wild Horses & Mustangs Read more
Welfare Science Is Catching Up to the Old Horsemen Jul 9, 2026 News Ocean View Stables There is a quiet irony running through the horse world right now. As governing bodies, scientists, and a skeptical public push training toward evidence and welfare, much of what the research keeps con... Industry News The Natural Horsemanship Movement The Scientific Method in the Saddle Read more
Xenophon on Horsemanship: The Oldest Riding Manual We Still Read Jul 9, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Ocean View Stables Around 355 BC, an aging Athenian cavalry veteran wrote down what he knew about buying, keeping, and schooling a horse. Men had written about horses before him, and nearly all of it is dust. His surviv... History of Horsemanship The Old Masters & Classical Tradition Read more
How to Catch a Horse in the Pasture: The Catch as a Conversation Jul 8, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Ocean View Stables You come through the gate with a halter over your shoulder, and out in the far corner a head comes up. Ears swing your way. Weight shifts. Nothing has happened yet, and everything has. The horse is al... Groundwork The Leyden Method Read more
