Horse Training

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.’

Learn proper curb-strap adjustment.

Master speed transitions for reining.

“LADIES’ HORSE.” “PREFERS MALE RIDERS.”“HATES MEN WITH A PASSION!” These descriptions, all taken from real Internet ads or Web sites, are but a handful of the ways we humans describe a phenomenon that might be called gender bias in horses.

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

What to look for in a performance horse prospect.

Counter-canter drill to help with balance and cadence.

Correct a horse that likes to charge in a rundown.

Walk through a ranch riding pattern with Horse&Rider OnDemand expert Bud Lyon.

Correct your horse’s lead-change anticipation in the Western riding pattern with these expert techniques.