Trail Tips & Safety

Learn when it’s time to turn around on the trail and how to remain your horse’s “herd leader” in challenging situations.

Keep yourself and your horse safe when you cross paths with wildlife on the trail.

Learn how to avoid four hot-weather trail hazards, and what to do should a heat-related emergency arise.

Clinician Steve Stevens offers six checkpoints to test before you embark on any trail ride.

Here’s how to take charge and build a better, more responsive trail partner for safety and control.

Get your mount in shape for trail rides this spring and summer.

Practice the one-rein stop this way to maximize its effectiveness—and your safety.

Is your horse a stumblebum? Here’s what you need to know to address dangerous stumbling.

Learn how to avoid seven problematic situations on trail rides--and how to get out of them as safely as possible if they do catch you by surprise.

Veterinarian Barb Crabbe lists what to do when your horse is wounded on the trail. From Horse & Rider magazine.