The American Trakehner Association Announces 2009 Futurity Awards
…has recently been expanded to include the opportunity to nominate horses to compete as 4?? to 5 year olds in the Eventing Division in which horses compete at Novice Level…
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USPC Announces 2010 Brookfield Conservation Award Winners
…Novice course usable again. The true test of Staudinger’s work came during the Longview Horse Trials, where all of the horses successfully navigated the culvert and were able ride through…
Glossary of Equine Terms
…as a lesson mount; also called lesson horse. Good school horses make wonderful first mounts, but they are rarely for sale. schooling show — a “practice” show for novice riders and…
Nature Meets Nurture: Management Schemes Designed for Equines
…(especially when paired with a novice rider/handler), while warmblood/cold-blood breeds tend to calm down as they are worked,” she continues. “This is probably why a lot of riders report that…
Equine Expressions: Understanding Your Horse’s Body Language
…the novice horse person can be difficult. Certainly ear position only tells a small portion of the story. ?Very often, measures of body language are looked at in various research…
Finding the Right Horse For You
…you buy a green youngster or an experienced “schoolmaster” type also depends on you. If you are a novice rider, you will get a lot more enjoyment from a horse…
A Horseback Holiday in Ireland
…be told, Marshall, to whom I just wish I’d been introduced later in the trip). And every novice rider in our group had always been mounted on a quiet, dependable,…
Horse Boarding Options
…in bulk. For the novice horse owner, self-care can be a lonely option, especially if you are, as I was, the lone boarder. Having other, experienced people around can be…
In Her Own Words: Endurance Passion Born
…know two novices couldn’t do it. Luckily we had good horses and some good coaching! We came home from California, so absolutely “bit” that within one year all of our…
The Slaughter Debate: Solving the Puzzle
…be done to reduce the need for slaughter, but that the option will still be needed for a small percentage of horses. “With better education of novice buyers, education of…