Sponsored by Danica Yates ~ Developing Connected Communication and Enhancing Free Movement
In past articles, we have looked at axioms of Classical Dressage. Here is a very important one, ‘ride back to front.’ All too often, we see dressage horses who are pulled together with the hand. These horses may appear ‘round’ …
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Sponsored by Danica Yates ~ Developing Connected Communication and Enhancing Free Movement
What happens when you ride your horse and give with the inside rein? Next time you ride, try it out. At any gait, establish contact and softness and then reach your inside hand forward towards his ears to release pressure. …
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Sponsored by Danica Yates ~ Developing Connected Communication and Enhancing Free Movement
The significance of taking walk breaks can often be overlooked in the process of training sporthorses. Each of the three gaits is important and should be developed evenly. Developing a relaxed, forward free walk can help improve the other …
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On Behalf of the Oregon Western Dressage Association:
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Western States Cowboy Dressage Weekend When: February 16, 2013 @ 9:00 AM – February 17, 2013 @ 4:00 PM Where: Jackson County Fairgrounds, Central Point, Oregon Just when you thought your weekend in February couldn’t get any better, we …
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by Jeffrey Rolo (reprinted with permission)
Every year horse owners experience serious injuries or even tragic deaths while riding their cherished equine companions. One of the more significant causes of rider injury is a rider being tossed from a rearing horse… or worse, caught underneath a horse that reared so fiercely that it flipped over …
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By Shari Maguire
If you haven’t read “Making a Pleasure Horse – Part 1 & 2”, than I suggest you do so now; the exercises mentioned in those articles should be applied to all horse training before you begin any schooling program. The bending/flexing, flexing approach of this training program quiets, relaxes and …
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by Shari Maguire
Now that you have developed the comfortable cadence and rhythm from the day to day repetitive exercises of bending around your inside leg, flexing the head and neck, suppling the five body parts we talked about earlier, the head, poll, neck, withers and shoulders, it’s time to move on to the trot.
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by Shari Maguire
The training sessions are easier and more successful if you start with a horse that has the conformation suitable for this particular discipline.
Ideally, the Western or English pleasure horse should be long across the topline of the neck and short on the bottom line. This makes it easier and more natural for the horse to carry its neck in the right spot. Not too high or too low, just about level from the poll to the withers, the nose no more than 3-5 inches in front of the vertical not behind the vertical or “behind the bit”.
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By Jeffrey Rolo (Reprinted with permission)
Selecting the right horse trainer to emulate can be a daunting task for newcomers to the world of horse training. As with nearly any occupation or hobby, there are many authorities within the field willing to offer advice, some good, some not so good. Before spending an investment in …
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Several websites are available about etiquette when out on the trail. Here’s just a few…
Connecticut Horse Council – Trail Etiquette – Let’s make sure you and your horse are trail savvy. You should be a skilled enough rider to manage your horse at different speeds, be able to negotiate a … www.cthorsecouncil.org/trailettiquette.html …
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By Theresa Denham Juniper Meadow Ranch, LLC www.junipermeadow.com Spring is here, we are thinking about trail riding and enjoying the summer days with horses. Many newcomers into the industry do not know where to start. The first thing to identify is if you are ready for a horse.
As a stable owner, …
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So it’s coming up on the one year anniversary of when I bought my first horse, Taylor Made Suede, and the one year anniversary of my ‘getting back into the horse world’ has just past, and it got me to thinking about how this website got started and everything that has happened in the past …
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Have questions regarding gaited horses, bitting, and riding issues. Theresa Denham of Juniper Meadows has offered to answer your questions. Just “leave a reply” and she answer your questions.
Theresa has over 25 years of experience teaching, has been certified by the American Riding Instructors association , and has teaching methods which have helped hundreds …
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Author: Mari Milian
For many centuries horseback riding has been much popular for many reasons. Soon, horse riding became a chief mode of travel. First, horses were mainly used for fighting and hunting purposes as the speed of the horse gave people good advantage. With the arrival of carriages, people are …
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