Six Key Horse-Hunting Questions

When you’re hunting for a new equine trail partner, look for an experienced horse with a mellow, kind, forgiving attitude. For trail riding, also look for a horse that’s been…

Conserve Clean Farm Water

trail, destroying more of the vegetation that soaks up water and filters out nutrients. 12. Stay on marked trails and do not cut new trails, switchbacks, or corners. Never go…

How to Pony with Confidence

…skills, see Goodnight’s Guide to Great Trail Riding with bonus DVD, available from www.EquineNetworkStore.com. Julie Goodnight (www.juliegoodnight.com) lives in central Colorado, home to miles of scenic trails. She trains horses and…

Spring-Footing Tips

…cleared and groomed for the season. To find trail enthusiasts in your area who can recommend safe trails, visit www.horseand-muletrails.com. Also, type your town name and “trail ride club” into…

Does Your Horse Have Cow Sense?

…today,” she said, “especially in reining horses and Quarter Horses. Someone might purchase a horse with cutting training as their trail horse.” Many trail horses come with a world of…

Horse Containment While Camping

…books are In Trace of TR; The Best of All Seasons; The Complete Trail Horse; and 101 Trail Riding Tips. For information on Aadland’s horses, books, and clinics, visit http://my.montana.net/draa….

Every Minute Counts

…for the day.  Long Trail Ride: Cover more ground than you do on shorter rides, and include natural obstacles.  What to do: Just extend out that trail ride. Take a…

Riding in the Wilds of Wyoming

…of a gravel road that was once the main wagon trail into the Big Horn Basin. Bound on the south, east and west by the forbidding Wind River Mountains, the…

Riding in the Grand Canyon

…And although approximately 3,600 people make the guided 20-mile round-trip ride on the Bright Angel Trail and back up on the South Kaibab Trail each year, groups are only 10…