Equitas Co-Founder, Irish Event/Dressage rider, HSI Level 2 Coach. Her passion is to empower women & encourage more riders into the sport. She is also Mum to her two daughters, Paige & Bree.
“Maybe we should put the purple hat on earlier in life.”
At 65, Lorli Higgins is back in the saddle—literally and figuratively. A mother of three, grandmother of one, and a woman
There’s a strange kind of quiet that comes in the weeks before maternity leave. It’s not just the lull before something begins — it’s the tension of preparing to step away
In 2019, Khadijah Mellah became the first British Muslim woman to win a horse race in the UK while wearing a hijab. She was just 18 when she crossed the finish line first
For the first time in its 1,000-year history, Japan’s Soma-Nomaoi festival has removed gender-based restrictions—and the impact was immediate.
Eight women rode in this year’s three-day event in Fukushima
In a sport where tradition has long meant male-only participation, one woman has just redrawn the lines...
The city of Jhelum recently hosted a first-of-its-kind event: a tent-pegging championship not only led by