When asking your horse to kiss, always be aware that horses are big animals, and to have a horse’s head anywhere near your face can be dangerous. Always be ready to back away in case he moves his head too suddenly. And, ...
The new year is here, and it seems like a natural time to take a look back at the highs and lows in the horse world. Really, we’ve had enough of the lows haven’t we? So I’ll just take a look at some bright spots, which include annual inductions into various halls of fame. Now the ...
A commonly asked question when people first decide to learn to ride is ‘should I ride English or western’. I’ve covered the differences between the two in The Difference Between Western and English Riding Styles. But how do you decide? Here are a few questions you can ask yoursel ...
Want to meet other like minded horse lovers and learn about horses? A club might be the way to go. You can start your own club if you know enough people who are interested, or you can participate in one of the many existing clubs. Here are a few examples of youth horse groups. ...
Horses are dumb, people are smart. (That's why people pay for clinics and horses don't.) As the western horse expert, you know how to break your training methods into simple steps that anyone can do until they actually try them. You'll point out how humane your methods are compar ...
The first rider to promote a forward seat position over jumps was Captain Federico Caprilli. Caprilli’s contemporaries rode with longer stirrups and leaned backward as the Horse Rose over the Fences. He proved that a horse could jump with greater ease when the rider sat forward, ...
When the weather is miserable, and you can’t get out to ride, the next best thing might be snuggling under a warm blanket and watching a horse movie. While you have to pay for most movies online, there are still quite a few that you can watch for free and if you look hard enough, ...
Back in 2011, my daughter and I attended an evening of the National Rodeo Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m not a big rodeo fan, but local rodeos are a small affair and the opportunities to see a big event are rare. I’m also not a fan of the roping competitions where scared calves ...
For week 21 we introduce the Cowboy Rodeo Bull. Use the Cowboy Rodeo Bull theme for your horse sim games and RPG's! The CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator vector format have also been included. The only stipulation we have to these graphics is that you do not sell the graphics for m ...
The way of life that is shown in rodeos across America today can be traced all the way back to the 1700’s and 1800’s when Spain had most of what is now western America in their holdings. Planting missions across the West that where led by sons of Spanish nobility, their main sec ...
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