ladyknightcasamawary asked:
I have decided to have a career in horses and go to a horse university,. I am 17 but have been rding for only three years.
Besides majorly increasing my personal fitness, what else can I do to make my horse riding skills increase and start thinking of competing, and having lseeons at least [...]
Many times I am asked “how can I get confident when horse riding?”
It is a little hard to answer the question satisfactorily when you have been brought around horses from babyhood. Confidence is a state of mind and being raised with horses it just was normal for me to be with these lovely animals.
Now, I [...]
Many people would like to learn how to ride a horse but are hesitant to take the first step. There really is no need to be afraid, every day somewhere in the world young people, middle aged people and even old people are taking the first step to becoming a horseman or woman.
If you would [...]
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The treeless saddle is a fairly new innovation and as such things generally go there are heated voices in praise of them and just as vociferous condemnations.
The tree of a saddle is the wooden former which carries the saddle and defines its shape.
The tree spreads the load of rider and saddle alng [...]
When you are out for a ride and you meet another horse, does yours refuse to move on? If so it could be she is looking for love or just a friend.
If you have a single horse then this can be a common problem. Horses do like to have a friend, they are social animals [...]
