As you tuck your pelvis under and place more weight on your pelvic floor, you will be contracting the pelvic muscles, which in turn increases their strength and tone. A toned pelvic floor will also improve your bladder control. How can I make my stance stronger? Proper Standing Position You Read more…
When you look at the back of your horse’s foot, both heels should be basically the same height on all feet. In some horses, one heel may be displaced higher than the other one, and this is called sheared heels. How do you treat sheared heels in horses? The most Read more…
A bit consists of two basic components, the bit mouthpiece that goes inside the horse’s mouth, and the bit rings of a snaffle bit or shanks of a curb bit, to which the bridle and reins attach. What holds a bit in a bridle? bridle, headgear by which a horse Read more…
John Dunbar’s horse is an AQHA gelding named Justin Plain Bars. Is the horse from Dances With Wolves still alive? “Buck” (Cisco), one of the horses ridden in the movie, lived at 1880 TOWN until he passed away in 2008 at the age of 33. There is a memorial for Read more…
When the young horse starts under saddle, execute all transitions in small sequential steps like going up and down a ladder. For example, a horse making an upward and downward transition through all three gaits would transition from walk to trot, from trot to trot, from canter to trot, and Read more…
A draw is made at random by Weatherbys (think of them as the governors of British racing) on the day declarations are made. It is done to decide which stall a horse comes out of (a horse drawn 1 will come out of stall 1, and so on). What happens Read more…
An average untrained horse can jump as high as 2 to 3 feet (0.6 to 0.9 m). Still, you can train your animal to jump much higher, depending on its fitness, breed, age, and obstacle type. Your riding skills have a significant influence on jump height, as well. Can a Read more…
A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals’ physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which may include contests and other riding purposes. What is Read more…