Showing horses takes a lot of energy and fluids, and a big ice chest full of food and drinks from home keeps us going while we’re on the run. Nobody has time the day before the show to cook up…
Horse Training
Happy horse tails: Inexpensive tail bag
Sometimes you just need to play. Horses, especially the well-schooled veterans, get sick and tired of the drill. Turning these ground poles into a serpentine backthrough caught my gelding’s attention, and made him a lot brighter for the rest of…
Deadly impact: Skull – 1, Helmet – 0
(Originally published July 2009.) The Thoroughbred gelding had been jumping the green and white, two-foot flower jump for days. This was just another routine schooling. As the horse cantered the line, his rider balanced over the balls of her feet…
Deadly impact: Skull – 1, Helmet – 0
(Originally published July 2009.) The Thoroughbred gelding had been jumping the green and white, two-foot flower jump for days. This was just another routine schooling. As the horse cantered the line, his rider balanced over the balls of her feet…