As some areas of the country endure a frigid cold snap and others get going with a winter show season, it's a great time to re-visit one of columnist Denny Emerson's Between Rounds forums for the print Chronicle. This article ran in 2010...

In 1950, when I first became involved with horses on a daily basis at the Stoneleigh Prospect Hill School in Greenfield, Mass., the frequently harsh conditions of the New England winter created automatic downtime for horses.