This is very cool news!

I did a column a few weeks back "Not so happy trails" explaining how the city and county hadn't made good on plans to include equestrian trails in the northwest part of town as development exploded out there a few years ago.

Now the only real riding to be had in town is along the Kern River corridor. But even there, trails are being squeezed out or allowed to fall into disrepair.

Equestrians in town thanked me for my column and asked what else they could do.

Get organized! I said. There are a lot of them out there, but they're into their own thing, Lone Rangers as it were.  They need to band together and become a squeaky wheel in government and demand a seat at the table.

I suggested a blog to one lady and lo and behold she took my advice and started one.

It's a really good blog too, very informative. Now she just needs to get the word out to more equestrians.

So if you know a horse person in town, send them to THIS SITE.