How-To

Health and how-to advice every horse owner can use. Here are horsekeeping tips, horse-handling guides, and hauling hints, plus rider-fitness routines and riding-confidence boosters.

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Confidence
Horse Shopping
Problem Solved
Rider Fitness
Stable Management
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Increasing Difficulty for Trotover Poles
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Putting Together a Reining Pattern
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Trotting Vs. Loping Out of a Turn
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Introduction to Ranch Trail: Adding Lopeover logs
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Testing Your Horse’s Connection to Cow
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Overcoming Losing Streaks
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Finding the Position
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The Number 1 Thing You Should Do Before Buying a Horse
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Sale Barn 101
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At-Home Show Prep
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Chipping a Trail Pole
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Using Gates to Get Responsiveness
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