I saw this video over on Learning Horse’s blog and couldn’t resist sharing. I can just watch it over and over and over. This horse has quite a jump; the kind that useful in the jumper ring since he has absolutely no intention whatsoever of coming remotely close to touching that fence. However, it doesn’t [...]

One thing I’ve never been properly trained in is how to teach a headset for hunters and jumpers–that nice, round neck with head vertical to the ground that is so pretty (it’s not just pretty, though, it’s functional!). I know how to ask a horse for it who already knows how, but I’ve been at [...]

I discovered a new, and very cool horse blog today called the Transylvanian Horseman. The writer is from Britain, but moved to Romanian and started a riding centre and holiday riding/tourist business there. He recently posted about major issues arising for a large majority of Romanian’s population due to a government ban on animal-drawn transportation [...]

The biggest problem with the campaign to stop horse slaughter in the U.S. is the lack of a better solution for dealing with an over-population of horses and a declining economy. One of the headline articles in the New York Times online this morning was a general overview of the horse slaughter debate, “Death Across [...]

Thanks a bunch to Anne and her daughter Lily over at Smells Horsey for sharing this online horse jumping game from Jumporama. I think I get worse every time I play it. Anne fell off three times, but I’ve already lost count. I’ll keep at it though, and I bet you will too! Nov 5, [...]

I’ve always known that standing still on a horse is a lot more work than moving, but I became even more acutely aware of this fact as I was volunteering at Pegasus Farm Monday night. Monday kicked-off the start of the new year at Pegasus — and a new semester after horses, riders, volunteers, and [...]

*Click for a link to the episode online (free) and for more information and resources regarding therapeutic riding benefits, organizations, instructors and facilities.* On January 20, 2008, ABC will air a two-hour special of Extreme Makeover Home Edition in which a home and a therapeutic riding facility is rebuilt for the Luther family in Port [...]