Darley Newman

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Darley Newman is the host and producer of Equitrekking®, the first travel TV series to explore the globe on horseback. Equitrekking is broadcast on PBS, on CREATE, a nationwide Public Television lifestyle channel, and on various international networks. She is also the author of the Equitrekking: Travel Adventures on Horseback companion book, published by Chronicle Books. In the past, she has worked at 48 Hours, CBS, the WB, Talk Radio News Service and on various PBS documentaries and series.


Stories by Darley Newman

Homeplace Ranch

Homeplace is a working guest ranch in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 11/03/2009
Heading for the Hills

Riding along peaceful West Verde Creek on Comanche Bluff Trail

Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 09/25/2009
Sea of Sage

Go trail riding in Snow Canyon State Park in St. George, Utah, and you’ll be riding through Utah’s Dixie.

Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 08/25/2009
Below the Equator

I was glad to have on the wool poncho that Jorge let me borrow for the early morning ride.

Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 08/01/2009
Navajo Country on Horseback

I was in northeastern Arizona, exploring Canyon de Chelly on horseback with Navajo guide Lee Bigwater.

Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 06/01/2009
Gold Fever
In the Bradshaw Mountains outside of Phoenix, Arizona, I saddled up with my guide Milton Joseph and two other riders to search for gold with Windwalker Expedition.
Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 05/01/2009
Herding Belligerent Bison
They look prehistoric, with their gnarled, clumped fur hanging off in various places, like someone grabbed a random handful and pulled.
Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 04/01/2009
Ups & Downs of Ranching Dream
Who hasn't fantasized about riding off into the sunset on your own horse through beautiful Western terrain that is all yours for as far as the eye can see?
Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 03/01/2009
Ride Green
Don't consider yourself an environmentalist? If you're a trail rider, you're more eco-friendly than you realize.
Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 02/01/2009
Riding the Reef
Once I heard that this was his first ride since being out to pasture all winter, I wasn't exactly psyched to ride Sawdust.
Category Trail Rider Author Darley Newman Date 01/01/2009