The economy has probably affected your budget, taking a big bite out of that little nest egg you’d saved for the horse show season. So how do you look like a winner when you’re counting your pennies? You’ll find...
Think you need an extreme dressage makeover to improve your test scores? While there are no shortcuts to correct training, there are some very simple things any rider, with any horse, can do to ride a test to full...
Develop a correct, classical seat and aids—longe lessons are great for this.
Take a lesson with a judge (even if it’s not your regular instructor) to practice tests and glean some show pointers.
School in a regulation-size dressage...
The economy is taking its toll on the horse world. Soaring feed costs, rising boarding fees and the uncertainty of the job market could force you to contemplate selling your beloved horse.
Leasing your horse is an alternative, where...
Perhaps you want to try cross-country jumping or would like to enter an eventing show. Many areas of the country are far from schooling courses, making it difficult to test your horse's jumping skills in the great wide open....
Students who are members of the American Quarter Horse Association should mark January 2 on their calendars. That’s the date that American Quarter Horse Foundation Scholarship Program applications are due!Since 1976, the American Quarter Horse Foundation has awarded more...
The inaugural Express Eventing competition in Cardiff, England, was designed to attract new fans to the sport of eventing. However, the crowd of 13,000 spectators inside Millennium Stadium on Nov. 30, 2008, was struck silent as British Olympian Mary...
No doubt you’ve seen photos or artwork depicting a troika, which is a traditional Russian sleigh pulled by a trio of horses. The center horse of the troika moves at a fast, extended trot. The two outside horses, called...
Three basic types of cross-country obstacles—ditches, banks and water—must be carefully and systematically introduced to even the boldest cross-country horse. If you give your horse a good start over these jumps, there’s no reason to ever have a problem....
Saddle seat equitation riders can now ride with a new reason in mind: raising funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the rider’s selected charity."It’s a shared-commitment program that encourages riders to show an American Saddlebred, Arabian (including...
