Shows and Events Hi everybody! It’s been a while since I've made an article, so I thought I’d give you all an update on how Beau’s doing. On my last article I had just started showing him again and with the exception of kicking out occasionally, he was doing great. We were planned to start jumping in about a month after that.

We started jumping again and things were going great. He had to remember where all of his feet go, but eventually it all came back to him. If anything, he was jumping better and he was much more relaxed than before he tore his suspensory.

Horse Training One of the best ways to improve your riding is to take lessons. I've been riding for a long time, but still take lessons to improve my skills. I've been more motivated to take lessons lately because I've decided to focus on dressage rather than trail riding. About a year ago, I had the opportunity to take a lesson with Becky Hart. Beck Hart is a long-distance rider whose many accomplishments include winning the FEI World Distance Championships three times in a row, and being awarded the Hertz/USET Equestrian of the Year, and the Chronicle of the Horse – Overall Horseman of the Year. She is also a Level III

Horse Fiction It was the day after Andrew's funeral that she had decided she was going to ride Aquillo for the first time since he died. She sat there on her bed with her arms around her knees, deep in thought, when she felt a chill from the open window. She stood and sauntered to her dresser in search of something to wear over her thin tank top. As she reached past an old t-shirt, her fingers touched something unfamiliar and strange. So in her curiosity, she pulled it out.

General We’re often told we should wear a helmet when we ride. However, there are lots of good reasons not to. Here are the top ten of my many reasons why I won't wear a helmet.

After spending $60 on a wash, cut and blow dry, countless dollars on flat irons, curing irons and styling products, not to mention the hour spent every morning making your hair look perfect why would you want your hair to be ruined wearing a helmet?

Shows and Events This article was inspired by my own fantastic event horse, Bronze, who – like most eventers – is eating a lot of high-energy food, and doing a lot of work. Basically, Bronze is a machine, and his main operating function is to bear down on a course of big, solid jumps like a freight train and jump clear inside the time.

When it comes to the dressage function, however, it seems we've found a glitch. Bronze, like many eventing machines, seems to have broken that convenient switch from ‘Cross Country mode’ to ‘Dressage mode’ that we all wishfully believe that our eventers have.

General Do you want a horse? If you're lucky, your parents will want you to have one too. However, there's a good chance they may feel quite opposite. Horses are big, expensive, require time and sweat labor to care for and for some people, scary. So the process of convincing your parents to buy you a horse may take some effort. Here are some hints to help.

Prove You Can Contribute To or Understand the Expense of Horse Ownership. Horses are expensive. Even if you get a free horse, feed, farrier work, dental work, tack, board and all the other things that go into horse ownership costs money.

Horse Fiction The smell of meatloaf and apple crisp seeped out of the open windows and mixed to fill her nose with its sweet aroma, making her stomach growl. Jane twirled a tiny purple flower between her fingertips, watching its petals spin like a dancer’s skirt. She picked the petals from it and tossed it to the ground as she stood. The cool air washed over her as she opened the screen door and stepped inside the house for dinner.

General My daughter turned sixteen years old today; which is a milestone for most people. Besides looking at baby photos and childhood trinkets with her, I took time to reflect on the young woman my daughter had become and the choices she would face in the future.

As I looked at her I could see the athlete she was, and determined woman she would soon be. I started thinking about some of the girls we knew in our town who were already pregnant, pierced in several places, hair every color under the sun, drop outs, drug addicts and on the fast track to no-where, seeking surface identities because they had no inner

General I recently noticed this magnificent article pop up on Ponybox asking whether or not I wear makeup to the barn. I don’t see that it’s any of the article’s business, but I’m going to answer the question anyway. I do not, and in this article, I’m going to address exactly why.

First off, it’s probably because I'm not much of a make-up person to begin with. If you see me out at the mall on a Saturday afternoon, I’m not that pretty little supermodel, done up to a tee, fluttering my eyelashes at all the boys.

Horse Fiction To go back in time and stop the semi from hitting his truck, to go back in time and stall him just a few seconds and save his life by just facing her father, to go back in time and take back every horrible thing she ever said to him, to spend just another second with him, Jane would die for it. She let her mind slip away. She thought about every second of her life she would spend without Andrew by her side. Every second of her life she would spend with this hole in her heart that no one could replace. The place Andrew belonged. Jane would never feel the safety of his arms around her, the gentleness of his voice in her ear, the sight of his heart-warming, comforting smile, the last thing she saw of him.

General A secure seat, confidence riding over ground poles and jumping small cross rails are the first steps to learning how to ride over taller and wider jumps. When I was taking lessons over jumps, a lot of time was spent ensuring that my position and technique over these small obstacles was solid before I attempted anything higher.

So, once you have the basics down pat, you'll likely be riding over a small 'gymnastic line' of cross rails, that will teach you how to gauge the strides between

General I’ll admit it, I’m a little vain. I like nice clothes, to have my hair done, and I wear makeup. I even wear makeup to the barn, even though I don’t wear my ‘going to town clothes', and my hair is usually tucked under a ball cap. I only wear a bit of makeup, enough to prevent my eyes from looking too rabbity. And I like to dress neatly—it may sound strange, but I think it’s respectful to the horse and to those around you to dress neatly. Now we've all seen those girls. The ones that arrive at the barn with their hair perfectly arranged, thick makeup and clothing that clearly hasn't been near a horse yet. If by chance they do get near a horse, they look much

Product Reviews Many horse sim players often run into the conflict of whether they prefer realistic gameplay, or a more whimsical experience. Oftentimes, a sim game doesn’t cater to both of these styles in one game. Howrse effectively blends both genres into one smooth, beautifully designed sim.

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