The English style is the best starting style for the novice rider. The saddle is smaller and lighter and provides for better contact and communication with your horse. The stirrups are shorter enabling the rider to rise an fall more easily with the gait of the horse. The seat is shaped to fit the rider [...]

There are a number of popular horse riding styles when it comes to riding horseback: these include the English, hunt seat, western, dressage, saddle seat and Peruvian. Each style calls for different skills–investigating what these are, from the beginning, will help you get a better sense of which one will suit your particular abilities. For [...]

If you plan on riding a horse, you may already be aware that there are different styles of doing so.  So how do you know which style is best for you?  What set of techniques should you learn and use? 
 
There are many different ways to ride a horse.  Eventually, you might decide to learn [...]

When starting to train a horse for the first time, it helps to have an understanding of how horses think and react in the wild.

Horses are naturally herd animals. One stallion generally is the head a herd of mares, but the “lead mare” determines the direction the herd goes.
Horses naturally fear other animals [...]

Just the other night I had the chance to try out, in my opinion, one of the best PC horse games on the market today. It’s called “Ride! Equestrian Simulation“. I’m pretty jaded when it comes to horse-themed entertainment experiences, but I have to admit that I had a really good time playing this one.
What [...]

One shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth because it would be incredibly rude to do so.
Understanding the origin of this common but quirky proverb helps to shed light on its meaning: as horses grow older their teeth begin to project slightly more forward each year. Their age can be estimated by checking how [...]

I had lots of comments about how much you enjoyed the last batch of sayings I last posted on my blog, so here are a few more, including a great poem
 
There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse — R.S. Surtees, Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour(1853)
 
No one can teach riding [...]

In addition to a cardiovascular workout, riding horses is just plain fun.
For Jennifer Simmons, 42, trainer and owner of Tri Color Equestrian in Eads, there is no doubt about horseback riding’s place in the sporting and fitness world.
“It’s you and the horse as a team,” Simmons says. “It isn’t like you’re riding a bike where [...]

Sensible people do not rush up to an unknown horse from behind. Horses can see behind them, are easily startled, and kicking out is their natural rear-guard defence mechanism. It is also a mistake, though, to approach from the front and reach out straight to the horse’s head. This, to the horse, is the action [...]

The five-day equestrian events of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games concluded yesterday at the Shatin Equestrian Venue with 11 sets of gold, silver and bronze medals being awarded.
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