Ah, Fall. The time of year that you can smell winter in the air. The horses are starting to replace their bleached summer coats with soft and shiny winter ones – yet they don’t look like yacks quite yet. The crisp mornings where you can see your breath as you bring in the horse-kites for…
It’s Getting Hot Out Here
The dog days of summer are here. But we’ve got lots of ways to keep you cool Do you ever get the feeling the you may never stop sweating? For some reason, I always get to the first part of August and think “yay! Only another month of sauna torture, and we’ll be in hoodies,…
Avoid the Hot Weather Blues
So, it’s hot. Not surprising, since it is summer after all, however, it doesn’t make it any easier to stomach watching the outside temperature reading in your car rise — skipping numbers even — as you drive to the barn. And I love air conditioning. Who doesn’t? I mean, sometimes I get mumble a little…
Shoo Fly
Reducing flies and our chemical dependency Ah, spring… the sun is shining, birds are chirping, the grass is getting green, and the skies are blue. You gaze at your horse, happily grazing in the field, when there’s suddenly a low murmur, growing in intensity until the full on buzz of insects fills your ears with…
Best Horse Trainers in the World
When we think about the best horse trainers in the world, a few names come to mind. Whether they train horses for Western riding, dressage, or racing, each rider discussed here has brought something of value to their field. Whatever style of training they practice, they do it because they love horses, and they love…
How Horseback Riding Can be Therapeutic
When many people think of the word “therapy” they immediately think of sessions with psychologists or post-injury appointments that may happen with a trainer. While these conclusions would not be wrong, they fail to encompass the wide range of enriching activities that provide physical and emotional support. You may or may not be surprised to…
Most Popular Horse Breeds
To the untrained eye, a horse is just a horse. However, to those out there who spend their days and nights thinking about, working with, and riding horses, we know that there most certainly is a difference between each type of equine. Read on for some of the more common horse breeds, as we’ve put…
Horseback Riding Health Benefits
Horseback riders aren’t crazy– there’s obviously a reason why we willingly seat ourselves upon a 1,000 pound pile of muscle with the ability to throw us over a wall with an unexpected turn, an occasional attitude, and an obsession with mints. You get to spend time with a magnificent animal and essentially become one with…
Recommended Exercises to Get Into Shape for Horseback Riding
Many people think that riding a horse is all the exercise a person needs. While it’s true that horseback riding is an exercise all on its own, there are ways a range of workouts and stretches you can do when you’re not sitting in your saddle in order to improve your ride. Do you find…
Horse Facial Markings and What They Mean
Sometimes you see a horse, and there’s just something about his face that really jumps out at you. Maybe it’s the splash of white in the middle of his forehead that kind of looks like heart, or the colored fur at the top of his head that makes him look like just his ears were…