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Fall and Winter mean cold and wet weather. There is a lot of confusion and different advice out there about blanketing horses so we’ve written this ultimate guide! Each season creates their own horse keeping challenges. Fall and Winter mean the days are getting shorter, the temperatures are getting colder and rain, snow and sleet…
We can often get bored training the same exercises, going in the same circles as we ride. This single pole challenge is a new and fun ground pole exercise you can try with your horses today! What is the Single Pole Challenge? This ground pole challenge looks deceptively easy – simply walk the horse down…
So you just got a new horse, or need a fun new barn name, this list of 200+ of the best horse names will have the solution for you! Some think that renaming a horse is bad luck, but I love a barn where the horses’ names have themes. Egyptian gods, rodeo theme, Hispanic names,…
A visual exam is something every horse owner should do daily, or as often as possible, to ensure their horse is happy and healthy. There’s a saying that the best fertilizer for a garden is the farmer’s footprints. Simply by being in the garden will a farmer know what he garden needs. Simply by visually…
In the last post, we talked about how to use your hands and aids when riding. In this post, we discuss multiple exercises to fine-tune your hands and practice making them effective communicators. Whether you’re learning yourself or an instructor, these exercises help riders become more aware of their hands and the role they play…