De-spooking Your Horse
I have a 4 year old Belgian that I ride. He is pretty solid, but as a young horse he does spook occasionally. I have been trying you method of leading him up to a scary object a step at a time and it works very well (especially with the horse eating manure spreader!). My question is, if he spooks and wheels out away from me do I just continue on with what I'm doing as if nothing happened or should I stop and try to calm him down and back him up to a safe…
Added by Julie Goodnight on June 18, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment
The Running Horse
A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play
Issue June-July 2010
Horse Play
EIN: 05-0506340
Website: www.hptrc.org
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Added by Horse Play on June 11, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments
Hi Guys,
Regardless of which discipline you ride, it's very important to sit straight and square in the saddle. Can you tell if you're collapsing at your waist and sitting crookedly?
Ask a ground person to stand behind you.
1. Are your shoulders level (i.e. the same height)?
2. Is your seat in the center of the saddle so that each seatbone is the same distance from the middle of the saddle?
If your shoulders aren't level which means that one…
Added by Jane Savoie on June 11, 2010 at 9:30am — 3 Comments
Hi, My horse, Rufus (an 8-year-old large pony trained by my 14-year-old self with my old… |
Added by Julie Goodnight on June 4, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment
Hi Guys,
Lots of riders are confused about how to smoothly switch their long dressage whip from one hand to the other. Many of you tell me you feel awkward while doing this, and you're concerned about making your horse uncomfortable and disturbing the contact because you're twisting the bit in your his mouth.
Here's a step-by-step method to switch your dressage whip without disturbing the contact with your horse's mouth. I recommend practicing this technique at first…
Added by Jane Savoie on May 28, 2010 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
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Dear Julie,
I am currently schooling and riding in a D-ring snaffle bit. I want to start training for Western Pleasure. What kind of shank bit do you recommend for the transition?
Thanks,
Kim
Kim,
In most rule books, horses six years old and up are required to show Western in a curb bit. Horses five and under can be ridden two-handed in a snaffle. As the horse advances in his training and you are doing more advanced stuff, your horse will probably work…
Added by Julie Goodnight on May 21, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment
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The following blog was inspired by a rider who told me, "I have a
wonderful, talented thoroughbred. We can do Second and Third level work
at home, yet when we compete, we can barely get through a First Level
test. The missing link seems to be relaxation. My horse is off the
track, and we seem to feed off each other's tension. How does a
normally…
Added by Jane Savoie on May 14, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment
Hello
Just wondering if you could give me some advice. My horse, a six year old mustang had been trained for about ten months. He stops, turns fine, but I cannot get him to slow down. Of course then I get nervous…
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Added by Monica Whitmer on May 6, 2010 at 1:30am — 2 Comments
Dressage judges are seeing spots before their eyes - Appaloosa spots, that is - and Paints, Palominos and Quarter Horses too. This year has been a stellar one for the sport as the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) approved dressage as an event in United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and United States Dressage Federation (USDF). Now, AQHA registered…
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I was trail riding over the weekend, and my horse took a dislike to the horse behind him. I saw the symptoms (making faces) and tried to get his attention on me, but he would have none of it! That awful equine behind him clearly needed to be taught a lesson (he must have been several feet back). So my horse (an appaloosa) RAN backwards!…
Added by Julie Goodnight on April 30, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments
The Running Horse
A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play
Issue May - June 2010
Horse Play
EIN: 05-0506340
Website: www.hptrc.org
Email: horseplayri@msn.com
Message from Aidan – the…
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Last week, with visions of rowel spurs in my head, I went to my "local" tack shop--a 60 mile round trip, and discovered they did not have what I was looking for. There was ONE set of smooth rowel spurs, with the extra long neck, made of zinc of all things but only $10 US so I got them anyway for future experiments if needed. I also found this weird looking set of slip-on spurs, with the "spur" interface being a series of rounded metal curves. This set looked…
Added by Jackie Cochran on April 25, 2010 at 11:00am — 1 Comment
Hi Guys,
With show season right around the corner, I thought I should go over some tips to help you in the warm-up ring. So many riders are confused about how to warm-up their horses so they can have a productive schooling session. So here are 9 tips to help you with your warm-ups.
As a rider and trainer, your goal in the warm-up is to take the restrictions away from your dressage horse's body. So depending on the day, your warm-up could be as short as 10 minutes, or it…
Added by Jane Savoie on April 23, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments
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