The Thinking Rider

Senior Editor Jennifer Forsberg Meyer offers insights and resources to improve your riding life and help you enjoy your horse more—around the barn, in the practice arena, at the horse show, or down the trail.

Horse-training-humane-methods-better-blogJan120
‘Were We Really That Stupid?’
Horse-de-stress-your-holiday-with-horses-blogDec119
Feeling Harried? De-Stress With Horses
Horse-winter-riding-tips-fun-safety-blogNov219
6 Best-Ever Tips for Winter-Riding Fun
Horse-fear-in-the-saddle-can-be-a-good-thing-blogNov119
Your Fear Is a Good Thing. Wait, What?
Horse-what-horse-ownership-teaches-us-blogSep219
What Horse Ownership Has Taught Me
Horse-when-your-ride-goes-wrong-blogSep119
5 Tips for When Your Ride Goes Wrong
Horse-leg-yield-improves-your-horse-blogaug219
Your Fix-It Super Tool: The Leg-Yield
Horse-problem-horse-corrections-blogjuly119
Problem Horse? 3 Solid Solutions for Riders
Horse-become-best-rider-you-can-be-blogjune219
4 Deceptively Simple Ways to Become the Best Rider You Can Be
Horse-buddies-compare-notes-have-fun-blogjune119
I’m Not Alone! (How My Horse Life Compares to Others’)
Horse-summertime-fun-for-kids-horses-blogmay219
Summertime Fun for Kids and Horses
Horse-rider-driver-blogmay119
Hey, Moms: Do Good Riders Make Good Drivers?
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