Marie

Ghana has not been on the horse travel map. Until now. Horse Riding XP Ghana is building West Africa’s first trail riding experience in the

By Marie, Founder of Horse Riding XP Ghana In Ghana, most people who work with horses every day are learning as they go. Not because they are not capable. Not because they do not care. But because there is no school you can go to. No structured curriculum. No standardised training system. What exists instead is a collection of opinions, habits, and informal knowledge passed from person to person — and when it comes to horses, opinion is not enough. Horses are governed by science. By biology....

By Marie, Founder of Horse Riding XP Ghana This is not the first time I have taken my horses on the road. Last year I packed up the whole team and took the horses to Nsawam for what was supposed to be a family trip. A chance to breathe, ride somewhere new, and just be with the horses outside of Accra for a while. What I found when I got there was fourteen other horses living in complete neglect. I could not ignore it. I never can. I started talking to the owner. We began working on a project...