Horse Riding and Training
Last Chance at Retraining
Bruce Lachiusa, who has an extensive background as an eventing competitor, a veteran trainer in several English and western disciplines,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Reining: Fun, Fast and Challenging
"I don't just do it for the money," chuckles Mike Flarida, a top National Reining Horse Association competitor. Flarida says that…
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Show-Ring Turnout
You ride into the arena and look around you, taking in all the beautiful western pleasure horses groomed and saddled…