Channel Archives: Learn

One of the challenges of fear is how it can leave you frozen and literally stop your ride. Your horse wonders where you went and either takes over or takes...

Good base, bad base, good base, bad base, good base, bad base, good base. It takes time to learn how to ride, and it often requires decent teaching. I learned...

We're taking you around the world for a glimpse at some of the planet's rarest breeds of horse in our new video series, Unusual Horses. Watch and learn! Hailing from...

Learning a new skill? Here are the three stages you'll go through on the way to mastery. 1. The “Thinking” Stage When you are first attempting to learn a skill,...

Those who follow Denny Emerson’s Tamarack Hill Farm Facebook page may have caught his comments earlier this year, on the “innies” and “outies” of the horse world: “In the great...

Going to horse shows with your friends can be a fantastic, fun experience. Who will get more attention from the trainers? You get to root for each other, be silly...

This ancient, semi-feral breed gets its name from the region in which it hails along France's Southern coast. It is here among the wetlands of the River Rhone delta the...

FACT: You can’t ride if you can’t get on. If you can’t get on, maybe going for a ride isn’t the best idea anyway. Riders tend to worry about the ride...

There are thousands of clinics every weekend, everywhere, in all breeds and disciplines. What can you expect to gain from one of these? Well, the first thing I would ask, is...

You've probably seen this archaic image of equine locomotion floating about the internet at some point or another: [caption id="attachment_1396" align="alignnone" width="500"] via Tumblr[/caption] What you might not know is...

Even for college riders, the world of collegiate riding can be extremely confusing. With several governing bodies and the rules of individual institutions, many teams operate differently. Basically, there are...

There are many reasons your warm up may not go to specifications. You fall off, your tack breaks, a hundred mistakes seem to pile up into defeat and it's too...

Nervous horses are hard to ride horses. Hard to ride in that they are too reactive. They may not stand quietly to be mounted. They may not walk calmly. They...

Spring has come early for most of us this year and now is the best time to get your schooling jumps and footing prepared for some serious fun. Think of...

We're taking you around the world for a glimpse at some of the planet's rarest breeds of horse in our new video series, Unusual Horses. Watch and learn! The actual...

While I’m sort of used to it, one of the articles that I posted not so long ago generated a whole lot of controversy. It was about Colic Myths. And one...

“What are the three things you must have in order to become a good rider?” 1. A good seat. 2. A good seat. 3. A good seat. This was the...

If you have kids or have ever worked as a babysitter, then you’re probably familiar with the pre-bedtime ritual. Books need to be read cover to cover, plus you have to...

I’ve got a confession to make: I’ve been holding out on you. There is one simple exercise that I uncovered a while ago and haven’t shared here. And it’s a...

As historically British as afternoon tea, the Exmoor pony is one of nature’s great delights. Though many roam semi-feral and free, this breed is adaptable to most environments and trainable...