CASE 1: Every time Suzanne Langan rode her horse, her trainer told her she had bad hands. Though she respected his input, she wasn’t exactly sure what she was doing wrong. After two years of his non-specific nitpicking, her...
Friends are everything. There are good friends, close friends, best friends, long-distance friends, new friends and old friends.And then there are barn friends.There’s something special that connects us as equestrians, and there’s also something hilarious. After a great ride,...
Hello and happy Friday, everyone! Here’s what you can talk about with your barn friends this weekend.I’m starting off on a not-so-happy note because I think this is important. GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns are all over Facebook and...
I have yet to personally come across a horse who is this timid when it comes to water, but I know that’s not the case for everyone. Last year, Thomas Catterall posted a video on YouTube of a young...
Sometimes if you spend enough time with someone, you start behaving like them. That’s exactly what Emu – an appropriately named emu – has done. A few years ago the emu found itself at the Alice Springs Mounted Police...
When it comes to riding a horse, using a bit is standard fare. But a bit is not the only way to send messages to your horse through the reins. Western riders have been using hackamores—a type of bitless...
New Vocations Program Director Anna Ford and other retired racehorse advocates, including Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day, prepare to break ground to celebrate the opening of the New Vocations facility.
New Vocations, the nation’s largest racehorse adoption program,...
Working gaits? Check! Rhythm and regularity? Check! 20-meter circles? Check! Whether you’re bringing along a green horse or just getting started in dressage, Training Level is your starting point.
Naturally you want to show at your best, so how can...
At Training Level, all trot work may be ridden posting or sitting at the rider’s discretion. So which should you choose? "When in doubt, post,” says U.S. Dressage Federation (USDF) gold medalist and leading sport horse breeder Ken Borden....
Recently I had the pleasure of talking horses with NBC Sports horse-racing reporter Donna Barton Brothers. You might have read about her this spring in Horse Illustrated or here on HorseChannel. On Friday, an essay she wrote about the...
