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how to train a horse for trail riding Frequently Asked Questions

How To Desensitize A Green Horse For Trail Riding?

Trail riding: it’s not just for endurance or western pleasure riders. Trail riding is a great compliment to horses and riders of all disciplines for a few reasons. Firstly, it allows a horse to become more familiar with unfamiliar situations. If a horse goes to new places on trail rides, he won’t be so bound … Read more

When Can I Start Training My Young Horse?

Training a young horse is such a rewarding experience, especially the first time around. But the question of when to start training a young horse typically centers around the moment that the rider first hops on the horse’s newly saddled back. Inspirational horse movies and the long-standing tradition of “breaking” horses seem to indicate that … Read more

feeding garlic to horses Frequently Asked Questions

The Pros And Cons Of Feeding Garlic To Horses

Garlic has a great deal of medicinal value, and it has been used for thousands of years in traditional and folk medicines. What is it used for? How can it help? Is it safe? In this article, we answer these questions and more and give good advice on how and why you should use garlic … Read more

grain mites in horse feed Frequently Asked Questions

How To Get Rid Of Grain Mites In Horse Feed?

Grain mites are problematic for a wide variety of grain products including people food such as wheat germ, flour and other finely ground grains. They may also infest products such as powdered milk and other dry, processed, finely ground foodstuffs. They are also a big problem in horse feed. In this article, we will describe … Read more

How Can You Tell If Hay Is Moldy?

Horses are very sensitive to moldy hay, and even though some scholarly information will tell you that a certain amount of mold is safe to feed, you are better safe than sorry. When you examine hay, if you can see or smell mold or feel dampness, you should not feed that hay to your horse. … Read more

correct hand position for horse riding Frequently Asked Questions

How Your Hands And Legs Work Together In Horseback Riding?

Horseback riding is a lot of coordination, when you think about it. Independently, our hands and legs do a lot of work to keep our horses balanced, straight, and moving at the correct pace–and even tempo! To effectively use our hands and legs independently, we must be able to utilize them together in harmony. While … Read more

What To Do With Your Legs When Horseback Riding?

The rider’s legs in horseback riding are perhaps our greatest tools for directing horses well. Working in tandem with our seat and hands, our legs influence not only the pace, tempo, and gait of our horses, but also their direction. Today we will explore the role of our legs in horseback riding, i.e. what to … Read more

Questions To Consider Before Asking Your Parents For A Horse

How To Convince Your Parents To Get A Horse?

We’ve all been there. You have been having riding lessons since you were tiny, you regularly ride out with the local riding school or instructor, or maybe you are lucky enough to borrow a friend’s horse. You know everything there is to know about horses, you know you are responsible enough to own one – … Read more

best horse breeds for heavy riders Frequently Asked Questions

What Are The Best Horse Breeds For Heavy Riders?

If you are a larger person, you may want a horse that is more of a weight bearer than someone who is tiny and petite. It is kinder on the horse to not have to carry more weight than its frame can comfortably take, and luckily there is no shortage of the best horse breeds … Read more

How Do You Feed An Orphaned Foal?

There are many reasons why a foal may become orphaned. A mare may have problems during pregnancy or during the delivery and be unable to care for her foal. Of course, sometimes a mare may die while foaling, she may survive just fine but reject the foal. For whatever reason, from time-to-time a horse breeder … Read more