Navigating trail obstacles – Control the feet and you control the horse. ’ve found it to be true – the key to the horse’s mind is, in a sense, through his feet. I include some obstacle work in most riding lessons I teach. Riders reap the benefits of guiding their horses’ steps sideways, backward and forward for use in their other horse activities

Obstacle riding disciplines – Working Equitation, Mountain Trail, Show Trail, Ranch trail, Extreme Cowboy.  The appeal of riding over obstacles? A change and challenge from dressage circles or the western pleasure rail. Others are opting out of jumping for a less risky challenge.

The rest of this article I wrote for Canadian Horse Journals is available on their site https://www.horsejournals.com/riding-training/rider-development/psychology/when-things-go-wrong-show-ring

But he never does that at home!” When my horse responds to a cue “most of the time”, he hasn’t quite learned it. A busy horse show atmosphere is sensory overload for a green horse. By August, judges have sadly DQ’d a scorecard full of horses not “quite” ready for the ring. Summer school stinks

When things go wrong in the horse show ring, how to turn show ring mistakes into learning opportunities for horse and rider