Save the date — Saturday, June 1, 2013 – to participate in a local hike, cycling event, horseback ride, trail maintenance project, paddle trip, health fair, geocaching activity, photo safari, birdwatching expedition, and more. Whatever you like to do outdoors, there is bound to be an event that will match your interests. If you don’t find …
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Hey, fellow equestrians! Would you like to meet people to ride with? Or find out about new trails to ride? Then come join Oregon Equestrian Trails!!
We have fun group trail rides and campouts, we have interesting speakers on horse and trail riding topics at our monthly meetings, and we work closely …
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My two friends and I rode out on the west side of Smith Rock Trail, It was on a sunny Saturday and people were hiking and climbing everywhere. By Monkey Face someone was walking on a tight rope between two rocks, It made us dizzy just looking up at him, we were saying how thank …
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There are many times when we are out riding in Paradise (aka Central Oregon) when we come upon a location that is breathtakingly beautiful. Such is the case when I accidentally stumbled upon Gobbler’s Knob overlooking Glaze Meadow at the Black Butte Ranch. There is a spectacular view of the Three Sisters. It is a …
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By Lydia K Kelly
While people are becoming more aware of the need for head safety, somehow the equestrian world has missed the boat. Cyclists are wearing helmets, worrying about the potential impact should they fall or be hit by a car. And yet, riders on living, thinking animals seem to forget the risks.
Horseback …
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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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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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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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Want to go on a trail ride but don’t have a buddy to go with you? Don’t have a trailer to get your horse there? Have an extra space in your trailer? Planning a trail ride and looking for others to join you? If any of these apply to you, post a reply – perhaps …
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By Lydia K Kelly
For many beginning riders, just sitting on a horse and staying on seems enough. But as you progress, it becomes more important to have a correct, balanced seat as you ride.
A balanced seat not only allows the rider to stay on the horse, it also allows the horse to travel …
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