In the ultimate test of trust Canadian trainer David Cowley rides his horse 918 feet above the valley floor on the Glacier Skywalk for the first and possibly only time this will ever happen. “What I’m hoping for out of this experience is that people who are learning about it for the first time can realize the potential of a relationship that can be built between horse and rider,” Cowley narrates in the video.

Last year’s race at Aintree claimed the lives of four horses, but the famous Grand National course at Liverpool saw all horses return safely this year…

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America's McLain Ward salutes the crowd after claiming victory at the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final 2017 with the mare HH Azur in Omaha (USA) last Sunday. (Liz Gregg/FEI).

Two Canadians will line up in a field 40-strong for the 2017 Mongol Derby, featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s longest and toughest horse race – across 1000km of Mongolian steppe. Last year the race was jointly won by Heidi Teldstad, a lawyer from Langley.

I remember the first time it happened. I was just a kid, maybe eight or nine years old. I had fallen in love with the horse at the barn where I took lessons, and now he was for sale. His name was Sonny, a small chestnut of unknown breeding.

Getting in shape is hard, it takes discipline and dedication. I’ll often say there are “no excuses” but the truth is, getting fit is easier said than done. Some riders who do their best to get in shape for riding horses struggle with the lifestyle change. I want to share the success story of a rider who has been four years in the making.