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Horse Riding and Training

Teach Your Horse to Back

As riders, most of our attention is usually focused on how well our horses go forward. In the show ring,…

22 years ago


Showing A-Circuit Hunters

If you find yourself longing to compete at national shows, here are four tips that the A-circuit riders and trainers…

22 years ago

Last Chance at Retraining

Bruce Lachiusa, who has an extensive background as an eventing competitor, a veteran trainer in several English and western disciplines,…

22 years ago

Teach Your Horse to Pivot

Think pivots are just fancy reining maneuvers too difficult for the likes of you? Think again. Picture yourself trail riding…

22 years ago

Grooming Tips From the Top

Every top show groom has his or her own bag of tricks out of which they pull some secret technique…

22 years ago

Perfect Your Haunches-In

Haunches-in (or travers) is the most advanced way to teach your horse inside bend. For a correct haunches-in, your horse…

22 years ago

Is Your Yearling a Longeline Candidate?

The yearling longeline class provides a showcase for up-and-coming English and western pleasure horses and an opportunity for the owners…

22 years ago

Training Your Horse Right the First Time

If you've been riding for awhile, chances are great that you've found yourself traveling down the wrong training path at…

23 years ago

Graduating Your Western Horse From Snaffle to Curb Bit

Prominent Quarter Horse trainer Dana Hokana has a philosophy of thoroughly educating the young horse in the snaffle bit before…

23 years ago

When Horses Act Dangerously

With Nicholas Evans' best-selling novel The Horse Whisperer and Robert Redford's movie adaptation, "rogue" horses like the fictitious Pilgrim got…

23 years ago