Highway to Horse Show

I RECENTLY HEARD a startling statistic while driving—less than one-third of eligible people under age 21 have their driver’s license.

I quickly went through denial, anger, confusion, and landed on considering the impact of such a stat.

A lack of young, licensed drivers is going to make our industry even more di cult. We have so much coming down the pipeline stacked against us collectively. So many issues to face in the next few decades are not limited to lack of horsemanship. It’s about designing an industry model in which people are willing to do the labor that horses require. There’s the issue of land conservation and suburban sprawl. A troubling lack of inclusivity And a lack of public education that threatens horse ownership entirely.