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Western Lesson: Showmanship Setup
Showmanship class requires you and your horse to work as a team. While leading your horse through the pattern is important, the inspection is a major factor in placing....
What to Know Before Your First Dressage Show
You’ve decided to go to a dressage show. Now it’s time to start preparing! Your first step is learning the test. There are also a few other things you...
YR Career Files: Professional Groom
When you think of what it means to groom your horse, you probably picture a hoof pick, some brushes and maybe a coat conditioner. When it comes to “grooming”...
Teach Your Horse to Stand Still For Mounting
Q: My horse walks off when I try to mount from the mounting block. How can I teach him to stand still?
A: Not standing still at the mounting block...
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124 Best Horse Names
There’s something magical about naming a horse. We start off as children with little plastic equines that we stable on our bookcases. We give...
Barn Dog Safety
If you’re like many horse owners, you probably have a special affection not only for animals in the equine family, but in the canine...
The Year of Laminitis
This year seemed much like the other 7 years I’d spent in Tennessee, until nearly all the horses I work with, including my own,...
From the Pages of Horse Illustrated
June 2018
Fit Rider: Better Eating on the Go
Your Horse Life: Braid-A-Thon
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8 Horses to Avoid
By Andrea Monsarrat Waldo
We’re all deeply attached to our horses; that emotional connection is a major reason why we own them. No one wants...
Ode to the Non-Horsey Parent
It’s a universally acknowledged truth that equine-obsessed children are jealous of kids born into horses: trainers’ children; children of famous riders; royalty. My parents...
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How Horses Help Warriors in Transition
This article was originally posted on September 10, 2015
Photos Courtesy of Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy
Every month, a group of military veterans travel from the Bay Pines Veterans'...
How Horses Are Helping Veterans
This article was originally posted on November 11, 2014
November 11 is Veterans Day in the United States, a day set aside to recognize those who have served in the...
Beezie Madden wins FEI World Cup qualifier at the 2018 National Horse Show
Thirty-five horse-and-rider pairs entered the Alltech Arena on Saturday evening to take a shot at winning the $250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Lexington. Eight different countries were represented,...
U.S. Driving Team Wins its First-Ever WEG Gold
The United States driving team made history on Sunday, the final day of the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018, winning its first-ever gold medal for the discipline.
The last...
U.S. Drivers Hold on to Top Spot after Marathon Phase at WEG
The first day of autumn was hot and sunny at the Tryon International Equestrian Center where the 19 combined driving teams took to the White Oak course for the...
U.S. Show Jumping Team Wins WEG Gold
In a competition where scores were calculated down to a thousandth of a point, a tie seems unlikely. But that’s exactly what happened today in the team jumping final...