With the beautiful fall weather setting in around the country, I bet a lot of riders are thinking about getting out of the ring and onto the trail. There is no better place to view fall foliage than from the back of a horse. I'm sure the experienced...
Spring is the perfect season to go camping on horseback. In most places, it’s not unbearably hot and dusty yet, but the temperature has warmed up enough to dry out muddy trails. Flowers and trees are budding and forests are full of beautiful greenery...
My horse is herd bound. She doesn’t like to lead, and when I ride with others on the trail, she just wants to follow. I have been following other horses on trails for years. Most riders also recommend riding in a group since it is a potentially dangerous...
If you are having issues with your horse on the trail or with obstacles, have you ever thought of getting off? That’s right, I’m asking the big question some trainers do not dare suggest. The concept of staying on and working your horse through issues...
I didn’t get into horseback riding until I was 53. It’s been over five years now and what a journey it has been. I remember the many skeptical relatives and friends when I said I was planning on getting a horse. There were warnings, laughs, headshakes...
Taking a young horse from the arena to the trail for the very first time is exciting. There is a lot of anxiety involved. Will my horse love the lack of boundaries so much that he will just take off and run? Will he stay on the trail when I ask him to...
Those who ride trails seem to have their favorite. Mine is called “Dry Creek” and is a five minute ride from my house. It is almost close enough to leave the trailer at home and just walk the horse to, but we would have to go through town and cross lots...
I spent a few days in Los Angeles recently on business, and I had some free time on my hands. After some of the more usual things people do in the City of Angels, such as strolling down the walk of fame on Hollywood Boulevard and overlooking the city...
I adopted a paint / quarter horse from a Rescue when he was two and a half years old. He was cute as a button and in-your-pocket as a horse can be. I let him be for a while, and then got him some training until he was ride-able, but not to the point ...
I became a newbie horse owner at age 53 by adopting Emma, a tall Canadian sport horse from a rescue operation and took two years of riding lessons on her before riding her on my own. After a couple of months puttering around in the fields behind my house...
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