Mounting a Colt for the First Time
If you’ve been following along with this series, you’ve already learned how to saddle up your colt and longe him; how to “stirrup-drive” him with the saddle on; and how…
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Q&A on Rearing, Mounting and Bridling
Question: My horse is great on trail rides, until we come to something that frightens him. Then, if I try to get him to go past it, he balks, then…
Correct Way = Safe Way
…dangling, which could get caught on something and cause the horse to spook. | © John Zambrano Mounting When mounting, you are in a vulnerable position. If your horse walks…
In the Saddle
…wheel. This is not about coming up with new-fangled ways of mounting. Rather, mounting in partnership is simply about slowing things down enough to consider the horse. I can’t tell…
The First Rides on a New Horse
…to a portable mounting block situated in a ring. Stand on the mounting block and lean over to touch the saddle and pat your horse on the neck, back and…
A Step Up
…them despite the overwhelming weight of statistical evidence. We always should be wary of tradition and habit when they bolster our egos. Take the idea of a mounting block. How…
Editorial Hits A Nerve
…I had some pre-conceived ideas and using a mounting block was one of them. I mentally scoffed when I saw someone not mounting form the ground. I could understand if one was…
Riding after Joint Replacement
…Use caution when mounting and dismounting to protect your new joints. • Ride with a longer stirrup to help relieve pressure on your artificial joints. Encouraging Words Are you a…
Tips to Keep Riding Midlife and Beyond
…a mounting ‘assist,’” advises Bonnie Davis, whose Two Horse Enterprises (twohorseenterprises.com) offers products and educational materials for trail riders of all ages. “Rocks, stumps, trailer fenders, mounting blocks, a rise…
“Riding Aside” Is On the Rise
…and Warmbloods in America. However, wide older saddles are sometimes found, and saddles made today are of course intended for today’s horses. Basics About Sidesaddle Position Mounting might be the…