Condition Your Trail Horse
…that you must invest significant time to get your horse in peak shape. “The first year of conditioning, your horse has more heart than legs,” cautions Shea. “Your job is…
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Inside Look: 2011 Road to the Horse
…Horse Champion. This year’s clinicians are Clinton Anderson, Chris Cox and Pat Parelli. These competitors will select a horse out of the remuda, a group of 10 horses, and begin…
Cure the Cinchy Set Back
…panicking, maybe even falling down. When a horse sets back, there are likely two issues: the horse’s reaction to being cinched up and the pulling-back problem if the horse is…
Recognize the Signs of Equine Neurological Disorders
…a hand toward your horse’s eye to trigger the menace reflex; your horse should blink and perhaps jerk away. Along your horse’s neck and back on each side of his…
How to Catch a Runaway Horse
…the horse you want to catch. We’re used to thinking of horses as coming directly toward us, but that’s unlikely, especially in the case of a horse who doesn’t want…
Feeding for weight gain
…flies. Horses can expend huge amounts of energy stomping, shaking and running away from pests like horseflies. If biting flies are a problem in your area, protecting your horse with…
Groundwork with Your Dressage Horse
Sometimes dressage riders think it is enough to teach their horses the movements, but they don’t take into account that a young horse needs more than just movements to excel…
Create Proper Alignment in Your Horse
…diagnose which part of your horse is out of alignment. Straighten your horse using Lyons cues to control your horse’s nose, shoulder and hip. Put your horse on a straight…
Seven Things to Teach Your Trail Horse
…horse’s world turn upside down while ambling down the trail. 6.Teach your horse to: Maintain his independence from other horses. If your horse is friendly with his herdmates, that’s fine….
7 Things to Teach Your Trail Horse
…your horse overreacts. “I see this happen a lot. A horse in the group becomes animated and starts bossing other horses around, and someone’s horse explodes as a result,” says…