Training your horse to work a gate teaches skills that will spill over into other other dimensions of his training. As a horse show judge, I assess and score riders working gates in several riding disciplines.
In “doing” for our horses, Ii a little is good, more is better…right? Expert share top ways horse people can overdo it. Our horses might be better off when we consider they might need less meddling, maintenance, and medications.
Prepare for that first horse show and navigate the horse show warm up ring like a winner. While horse riding’s not technically a team sport, looking out for one another in the warm up ring benefits everyone!
The horse show warm up ring- a sea of horses and riders, each rider in their own head -and under pressure. Time pressure, peer pressure and pressure to succeed in the horse show ring. While riding’s not technically a team sport, looking out for one another benefits everyone!
The results of this study were not what I was expecting!Gave me a little lift– my exercise class ball-balancing experience was a bit humbling. Yikes – I should be able to balance better – I’m a rider! Turns out, researchers found, despite what many equestrians think, good “exercise-ball balance” isn’t what makes a good rider.