Horse Training

Why the term “broke” just doesn’t work in the 21st century.

Mastering a maneuver like this takes time, patience, and a lot of practice. While you go from your fast lope directly to a walk in this drill, the end goal is to teach your horse how to listen for subtle slow-down cues so you can go from a fast lope to a slow one in the show pen and have your horse’s response become second nature.

Better yourself as a horseman both in and out of the saddle.

Learn your horse’s limits for when it’s time to stop working on something.

Challenge yourself! Have fun and test your knowledge of horses and horsemanship with Horse&Rider’s Trivia Challenge, featured in The Ride newsletter.

Learn the centering method Warwick Schiller uses to help a horse move beyond separation anxiety.

End head-shaking on the trail—and at home—with advice from clinician Steve Stevens.

Learn the mindful, watch-and-pause method Warwick Schiller uses when saddling a nervous horse—or any horse.

Challenge yourself! Have fun and test your knowledge of horses and horsemanship with Horse&Rider’s Trivia Challenge, featured in The Ride newsletter.

Do you still believe these false notions? Clinician and world champion trainer Sandy Collier debunks four common horsemanship myths.

Challenge yourself! Have fun and test your knowledge of horses and horsemanship with Horse&Rider’s Trivia Challenge, featured in The Ride newsletter.

The training methods of yesteryear often involved too much force. Today’s enlightened techniques are more humane and more effective.

A one-rein stop is a useful tool to have in an emergency. Warwick Schiller shows you how to achieve a better one-rein stop.

Is riding your horse like peddling a bike uphill? Use self-carriage to improve your horse.

Have a horse that is anxious in the roping box? Use these exercises to calm your nervous rope horse.

Challenge yourself! Have fun and test your knowledge of horse training with Horse&Rider’s Trivia Challenge, featured in The Ride newsletter.

Learn nine key ways to improve your horsemanship by avoiding the blunders that sabotage training and make your horse unhappy.

Learn the key horse-training insights gained from trainers’ ‘eureka moments.’

Master speed transitions for reining.

Learn proper curb-strap adjustment.