Navigating the Trail
…GPS can calculate your horse’s average speed, a number you can use to deduce the distance you will cover in the time you plan to ride. “Horses average between 2…
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Q&A With Dressage Rider Jackie Paxton
…have a trainer, but a lot of people help me out. Q: Tell me about your new horse-and second ride at this show-Le Roc. A: He’s a 7-year-old Holsteiner. I…
Postcard: USHJA Annual Meeting
…lines, there was vehement opposition to a proposal calling for microchipping horses competing in USEF shows. FEI horses have to be microchipped, but objections to making it mandatory across the…
2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival Schedule Highlights and Prize List
…website, www.equestriansport.com under the “Horse Show” tab and “Prize List” link. The 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival is the world’s largest and longest-running horse show, combining hunter, jumper, and…
Dressage Test Books Beat The Elements
…several levels and be happy you purchased a full range of tests. In addition to learning the tests, the laminated books are especially useful at shows for last-minute checks and…
McLain Ward wins Hickstead Grand Prix at the Royal Horse Show
…display of horsemanship, America’s McLain Ward (Brewster, NY) and Rothchild blazed a path to victory tonight in the Ricoh Coliseum, taking top honours in the $100,000 Hickstead FEI World CupTM…
How Our Parents Shape Our Lives with Horses
…the debt we owe them. My wife, Heather, and I had very different types of parents when it came to horses. I came from a family of horse enthusiasts—my sister,…
Video: Teaching a Horse to Stop
Dr. Clint Depew of the Louisiana State University shows the process of teaching a horse how to stop. For more videos like this from the Cooperative Extension Service, go to…
The Biology of the Horse
…American Museum of Natural History. See how a horse hears, smells, sees, runs, eats, etc. This exhibit shows you everything you’d want to know about how a horse functions. http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/horse/interactives/biology/…
High-Tech Horseback
I remember the first time I got lost on the trail, way in the backcountry of a state park. My horse was green, my riding buddy was clueless as to…