You can’t predict the future, but you can be prepared to bring your horse back to attention. Learn to refocus your horse after a distraction.
Whether you’re doing chores around the barn, saddling up to ride, or getting dressed up for a fun night out, boots are part of your daily life—and your family’s.
You don’t have to have an entire trail course setup to practice trail at home. In fact, there’s a lot you can do with just four poles set up as a box. While in competition you often see a 6-foot box used to turn in, but there are several ways you can approach this obstacle at home to improve your steering, cadence, and confidence riding over poles.
Think the flag is only for working cow horses? Think again! This tool can help reining horses with rollbacks and give any horse a needed change of focus.
Create a supportive vibe that feels good and makes you smile, and you’ll become a more confident, effective rider.
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.’
Build a better relationship with your horse in just 30 minutes with simple and effective ground control lessons.
A hard keeper picks at his feed and may become too thin. Learn potential causes, plus what you can do to prompt your finicky horse to eat.
Guide your horse through sticky rail-class traffic jams with these tips from APHA Professional Horseman Mike Hachtel.
Southeast Arizona offers trail riders rugged beauty and a taste of the Old West.
At what point should you scale back your senior horse’s activities—or retire him outright? Key advice that answers the question, ‘Is my horse too old?’
It’s well known that horses offer therapeutic benefits. New research is showing how they can help people with dementia and their caregivers.
Is your problem a horse that lopes too fast? Learn why he does it and how you can slow down a fast lope.