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Horse Riding and Training

Teaching your off-track Standardbred to canter

The biggest misconception about Standardbreds is that they don’t canter or gallop; in reality, only a few of them don’t.…

11 years ago


The Ribbon Quilt Crafter

The horse show is over, your horse is put away and the trailer is unhitched. Now you’re left with an…

11 years ago

Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association to hold championship competition this week

Edited Press Release The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) Classic Equine Eastern U.S. Championship returns to the Miller Coliseum Equine…

11 years ago

Balanced Trail Riding

Happy is the horse that carries a well-balanced rider with a secure seat and soft hands. Your goal should be…

11 years ago

2014 World Equestrian Games test events begin with endurance race

First-place finishers HE Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum (left) riding Nikos, and HE Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum and…

11 years ago

Featured Video: 100 Miles

This week's video runs about seven minutes, which is longer than our usual featured videos. But if you think that's…

11 years ago

Horsemanship How-to: Stop the Bolting Horse

A horse that bolts is scary indeed because it’s like being aboard a runaway train. Though your first impulse is…

11 years ago

Horsemanship How-to: Use Spurs Properly

All riding horses are taught to respond to pressure from the rider’s leg, whether it’s pressure telling the horse to…

11 years ago

A Bit of Academia

“I think we have to be open to innovations in bit design and materials,” says Hilary M. Clayton, BVMS, Ph.D.,…

11 years ago

Half-Halt How-To

The half-halt is probably one of the most misunderstood, misused, skipped over and hardest to learn skills in riding. That…

11 years ago