Top 10 Most Dangerous Horse Riding Events Cross Country. The reason it’s more dangerous than Show Jumping is because the jumps are solid. Barrel Racing. Wild Horse Race. Horse Racing. Steeplechase. Suicide Race. Show Jumping. Pole Bending. What is horse Read more…
Don’t be afraid of pairing your child with a horse in its late teens and, as long as the horse or pony is fit and healthy, even older. Know that all horses and ponies can become un-trained. They are not Read more…
As winter begins to set in and us humans gear up to stay healthy this cold and flu season, horse owners may wonder if their horses can become infected too. While we can’t pass our colds onto horses, they are Read more…
As a result, although vaccines are available, it can be difficult to keep them fully up to date with the most current strain. This means the vaccines may fail to provide full immunity. This has led to cases where vaccinated Read more…
Some examples of non-weight-bearing exercises include: Horseback Riding. Rowing. Is horse riding good for bone density? Riding quiet horses in a ThinLine pad is successful at stimulating bone growth. If you do have osteoporosis know that horseback riding can be Read more…
The canter is a three-beat gait, and you’ll want to let your hips follow the rocking of your horse’s back. During the canter, the horse’s inside hip and outside hip move up and down in quick succession. The horse’s hind Read more…
Essentially a track system is a paddock configuration that instead of an oblong or square paddock that can just encourage horses to stand in one spot and eat, places an inner fence, usually electric, in the centre of the paddock Read more…
Gaited horses are horse breeds that have selective breeding for natural gaited tendencies, that is, the ability to perform one of the smooth-to-ride, intermediate speed, four-beat horse gaits, collectively referred to as ambling gaits. In most “gaited” breeds, an ambling Read more…
Developing your collected trot Instead, teach him to shorten his steps, but stay quick in the rhythm. As with a lot of training it’s all about transitions. Start by riding from trot to walk and then from trot to a Read more…
Market Navigation My trades: Lists all active trades for horses you are selling, including those you are selling via private trade to specific players. This is also where you can cancel trades to take your horses off the market. How Read more…