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Young Rider

Get Ready for Your New Horse

1. Boarding Barns Before you arrange to bring your new horse home, you must decide where he’s going to live.…

8 years ago


Western Lesson: Shooting Stars

Cowboy mounted shooting is a fast-action timed event in which riders gallop around a pattern and shoot blanks (cartridges filled…

8 years ago

Partial Clips

Illustrations by Tami Zigo It’s that time of year when horses and ponies start growing hair—lots of hair. If you…

8 years ago

Cutest Cookies Ever!

  Is your barn hosting a Halloween party this year? What will you bring? Forget boring chips and dip—bring these…

8 years ago

Ride a Rocky

Have you ever spotted a chocolate brown horse with a beautiful flaxen mane and tail on your horsey adventures? If…

8 years ago

One-of-a-Kind Cowboy Hats

Photos courtesy Megan Bielefeld Megan Bielefeld is a 17-year-old rider from Kansas who started her own business a year ago…

8 years ago

Clipping Stencils

It’s almost that time of year again: The days are getting chillier and shorter. Pretty soon, the sun will be…

8 years ago

Q&A with Greer Grammer, star of Emma’s Chance

Emma’s Chance tells the story of a young woman who, after a poor life choice, ends up sentenced to community…

8 years ago

Dressage Cowboy Style

Are you a western rider who thought dressage was just for beautifully braided horses and riders in black jackets and…

9 years ago

Stay Balanced at the Lope

Q: I’m learning how to ride, and I’m having trouble staying balanced at the lope. My trainer tells me balance…

9 years ago