Having owned horses for more years than I like to admit to (just in case I give my age away), and enjoyed a lot of different activities and disciplines the one thing that I come back to time after...
Category: Riding
Like a lot of riders, I live with a long-term back injury that, while wasn’t solely caused by a fall, was certainly exacerbated by one. An injury that sadly wouldn’t have been so bad if I’d...
Is Horse Riding Really That Dangerous? And What Can You Do To Reduce The Risk?
When I was much younger (in fact I was still in high school) I injured myself skiing, but what really made me laugh was the yard owner’s reaction when I told her I wouldn’t be able to come to...
The 14 Most Popular Western Riding Disciplines Explained (with videos)
Evolving from working cattle ranches where horses needed to be fast and nimble as well as intelligent and capable of thinking (and even working) on their own. Due to the long hours spent in the...
Life gets hectic, and even the most horse-crazy equestrians take time off. Between ages 6-24, I took lessons pretty consistently. But once I landed a corporate job after college, discovered...
Whether or not you should use spurs has always been a contentious issue with everybody having strong opinions on whether they’re a good or bad idea and even if they’re cruel or not. The problem...
