It's difficult to know what to do with a foal or young horse. 

In this post you will learn: 

• How to put a halter on the first time
• What to do once you get the halter on
• basic prep work when working to gain respect and trust from a young horse

http://www.clinichorsemanship.com/young-horse-exercises-pt1-cc2/…

It’s graduation season, and change is everywhere. Do you remember the first time you graduated to jumping your horse? Hopefully the first jump you faced was a small crossrail and was done intentionally, but some riders have other stories.

Whether you knew it or not, your graduation to jumping was a big step in your riding. Providing your first jump was performed on purpose and…

Attending a summer horse camp can be a life-changing experience for your child. But just like a riding instructor and stable  must be the right fit for your child for lessons to be enjoyable, a summer horse camp also needs to be the right one for your child if it is to be a positive experience. So how do you determine if a summer horse camp is the right one? We’ve come up with some points you’ll want to consider.…

Have you ever watched a good drill team in action? When watching a drill team perform an energetic, entrancing drill the fact that the horse and rider pairs are individuals falls away until you start to see the team as a single unit. Mounted drill teams are fun and a great opportunity to socialize with friends, but they have many other benefits, too. If you’ve been considering joining a drill team, here are some of the benefits that you’ll gain through the experience. You just might want to…

In May of 1943, the first ever Royal Windsor Horse Show was held, beginning an annual tradition still in effect today. Founded by Geoffrey Cross and Count Robert Orssich, the first Royal Windsor Horse Show was part of the “Wings for Victory” effort to raise money to purchase war bombers for use…

The Running Horse

A Newsletter from Horse Play

May - June 2014

Horse Play

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Message from Aidan – the Alpha Mare

Spring! Grass! Warm weather? Shedding like crazy but I do enjoy the grooming time. Maybe a trail ride…

Down here in central southern North Carolina we are now paying the price of our plentiful winter rains.  The gnats are truly horrible.  Debbie has ALL of her 30 plus horses in face masks and she asked me 1) if gnats are poisonous since she has swallowed so many of them this year,  2) if gnats are good for anything, and 3) if there is any other critter that eats them.  I could not give her an answer, I guess I better start researching gnats someday.  Debbie even tried the spot…

As the weather continues to get warmer, you may be itching to get your horse out on the trails again. But if your horse has been out of work over the winter or if it’s been a while since you’ve been on the trails, you might be in for an interesting ride. Brush up on these important skills before hitting the trails to help make the trail ride more enjoyable for both you and your horse.…

This is for you, Mom, for all that you do for your horse-loving daughter. This is to say thank you for how you never told your daughter she’d “grow out of it” when she came to you at six years old with wide eyes and dreams of a pony of her own. Thank you for always slowing the car down when you passed horse farms so that she could press herself up against the window to catch a glimpse of the glossy-bodied equines and the brilliant white fencing and that beautiful, entrancing…