Comments on: Rider Insider: Equestrian Traditions

By: Kristine

Kristine — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:01:16 +0000

A fun tradition at my barn is on Halloween. All the boarders and some lesson students get themselves and their horse all dressed up in fun costumes. Then we go into the subdivision behind the barn to pass out candy to all the trick-or-treaters!

By: Philomena

Philomena — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:54:56 +0000

I would always give my horse a good rub down after a ride along with a treat and a kiss on the nose. These are my “everyday” traditions!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 14:46:36 +0000

ALWAYS brush and groom your horse before you ride, even if it’s just a 2 minute up the road and back kind of ride. It lets your horse know he’s loved, gives some time to do some last minute bonding, and you can learn a lot about how the horse is feeling in that time. It also lets any guest that’s there just to ride learn that it’s not just get on and go.

By: Michaela

Michaela — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:08:57 +0000

A tradition at my barn is reverse trick-or-treating on horseback! We all dress up and go through a neighborhood near the barn and hand out candy along with discounted lesson coupons. It’s a fun way to celebrate Halloween!

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:54:07 +0000

I haven’t been able to do a lot with my horse as he was injured for a long time but now he is better and we are starting all new kinds of traditions! When it gets warm, our tradition is a long ride, a nice trail ride and a full out spa day! But my overall favorite tradition that I get to do every day is giving my horse a peppermint after we ride!

By: Ashtyn

Ashtyn — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:45:01 +0000

One vary important horsey tradition that I have is during the holidays my horse owner friends and I have a holiday parade ,we dress our horses up in different decorations depending in the holiday and we ride our horses around in front of our family’s and other friends .the horses seem to really enjoy this and it is a lot of fun .Every year I start to get excited and I start planning our costume even my horse starts picking up on my excitement

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 16:38:26 +0000

I saw this and couldn’t help myself – – – Growing up in Santa Barbara, my Pony Club held an annual “Santa Lucia” performance, which consisted of each of us kids riding horses in the dark with fake candles to this ridiculous Swedish song… choreographed, obviously…! I sure hope that there is more history to the story of Santa Lucia, but my memories consist of the panic that preceded the performance, the anxiety of riding a horse in the dark whilst trying to keep it from kicking another in “thread the needle,” and being jealous of the girl that got to wear the flashlight crown on her head. It was a blast and one of my favorite memories – I honestly wish that it still happened to this day, complete with silent auction and refreshments to follow. Actually, we’re all about 20-35 years old now, and plan on having a reunion this year… less horses, more peppermint schnapps.

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:29:29 +0000

One tradition my barn has is we preform as a drill team every September with just the kids. When we get back to the barn, we have a bonfire and we kids run around in the arena. It is so great to be with my barn family every September!

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:11:05 +0000

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:09:39 +0000