In an era when nearly every purchase is only one click away, shopping for horse care products online often feels crowded and quite frankly, overwhelming. With e-commerce giants like Amazon helping to make our daily purchases convenient and care-free, the horse care world has been waiting patiently for its own one-stop-shop. Offering the best prices, a curated product assortment, and an elevated customer service experience, the wait is over with the arrival of Corro (corroshop.com).
Read MoreWe hope you enjoyed Part I of Where Are They Now? We created a two-part post to highlight all of the innovation that has entered and in some cases exited the horse world. The Tech Equestrian blog’s purpose is to provide equestrians a view on what’s new and what’s next when it comes to technology designed to help humans and horses. We reached out to the original contacts (for those that are still in business) and asked a series of questions to learn more about how they are weathering the ‘new normal’ and what they are most proud of as it pertains to their product/service along with a future forward question.
Read MoreOnline shopping is here to stay, giving customers ease and convenience which make it an everyday part of life, so why not transfer that to the horse world? Which is exactly what CEO and co-founder, Summer Gentry along with Michael Upchurch, COO and co-founder set out to do when they met 3 years ago to offer an app to help equestrians purchase their next horse and the services and products that goes along with horse ownership.
Read More2018 was a big year for horse tech! The Tech Equestrian launched a blog with the vision of providing equestrians a view on what’s new and what’s next when it comes to technology designed to help humans and horses and interviewed over 30 vendors from around the world. There was a sense of a digital transformation taking over a very traditional, adverse to change horse industry. So, with all that has happened in the world in the past 3 years, you might be wondering – where are they now? The Tech Equestrian reached out to the original contacts (for those that are still in business) and asked a series of questions to learn more about how they are weathering the ‘new normal’ and what they are most proud of as it pertains to their product/service along with a future forward question.
Read MoreThe advantage of growing up in a family of equestrians is that you are immersed in the horse world before you even know how to ride. Emma Fass, founder of Ringside Pro, aged 24, grew up in Newport News, Virginia and learned all about horses from her parents and siblings which resulted in riding and showing throughout her youth. “Both my Mom and my sister competed and for as long as I can remember horses have always been in our family,” said Emma. “I really enjoy the horse community and the amount of education and camaraderie it helps prepare you for the real world.” She learned the value of a strong work ethic from her trainers, Peg Seals and Laura Wright. “They are two of my personal heroes and have taught me that "the early bird gets the worm" by showing me first-hand.”
Read MoreAs much as we grieve when a loved one dies, we grieve as much when your horse dies, too. They become friends and companions; a source of comfort and a major part of our lives. They’re instinctive and they love us just as much as we love them.
It can be difficult to manage when a horse dies, even though we know that they can’t live forever. As you would with a loved friend or relative in life, you need to grieve their death and honor the moments that you had together. You want to be respectful in bidding farewell to your horse that you have loved for years, and you’ll want to do what you can to remember them, too. With this in mind, here are four ways to remember your true friend that has been part of your life for many years!
Read MorePatrick Husting is a man with a mission. After a successful technology career including selling a tech company, he started riding only four years ago, built a new house and barn and purchased some horses. He soon became frustrated with the horse care apps and applied what he learned in the tech world to help him manage and track his horses and ended up creating a popular app called The Equestrian App. His mission, after 2 years now in the market and over 25,000 global members is to provide an easy to use - ‘smart app’ to help people help horses.
Read MoreEvery horse rider knows how difficult it can be to get a good riding video without specialized equipment. More often than not, one would have to rely on the assistance of friends and family. But even then, you can still end up having extremely shaky footage — leaving you with no choice but to do retakes for hours on end. Thankfully, as cameras continue to advance with technology, auto-follow models that can just simply be mounted onto a fence, or any similar surface, are now widely available. The only thing left for equestrians to do is to mount the camera and wear a motion tracking device that will automatically transmit their location to the camera for it to track.
Read MoreHorse shows were greatly impacted this year due to the pandemic, however The Tech Equestrian managed to capture most of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) weekend show jumping events in the International arena.
We hope you enjoy these pictures as much as we enjoyed taking them. Congratulations to all of the competitors this year for your dedication to the sport and best of luck in the New Year!
It had all the makings of being a banner year – two thousand and twenty – the dawn of a new decade with the economy in hyper drive and so many exciting new horse tech advancements, horse shows and more until that all changed in the blink of an eye. We’ve had to learn to navigate the ‘new normal’ and if you were like me, you cherished your time riding and the therapy of being around horses even more so. And given the difficulties this year has given us; I structured the question to the advisory board around top takeaway from the year let’s read their responses.
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