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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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30 Small Fitness Changes to Improve Your Riding
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Best Rider Fitness Tips
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Ride With Soft Hands
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Train Your Brain, Boost Your Riding
11 Tips for Finding ‘Mr. (or Ms.) Right’
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Get a Green Barn!
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Learning to Show
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Step-by-Step: Building the Ultimate Hitching Post
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Trivia Challenge: Confidence Maker or Breaker?
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Fear Factor
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Invisible Guidance
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Science Tells All
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