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On Trail: Tips
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Dinner, Bed and Breakfast with Your Horse
This season, you've promised yourself you'll make the leap. You're ready to camp with your horse -- well, for just one night. You'll camp beneath the stars before a day of riding. When you arrive at your destination-of-rest, you won't hear vehicle engines. You'll be alone with your riding... | read »

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Your Day Trail Riding Guide
You love your home trail rides, but are ready to branch out. You have your eye on that county or state park, or private facility near your barn for trail riding. You don't plan to spend the night, just go for a day trail ride. But it's still an adventure. To enjoy it to the max, plan ahead... | read »

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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Perfect Horse

Take Time When Teaching Your Horse to Wade
On our land, there are lots of creeks and ponds that I'd like to cross, but my new horse doesn't like to go through them. I try and try, but he won't. So I have to lead him across. Then I get back on him and try again when I'm riding and he still won't go. Finally, I have to give up. Any... | read »

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From Foaling to Trail Riding
Some believe the only way to truly know a horse is to train him oneself for trail riding. Others go further, insisting on training and raising their future trail horses from foal, weanling stage or even from the time of conception, starting out by breeding a favorite mare to a stallion of... | read »

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Winter Gear for Trail Riding
With winter knocking at the barn door, we asked seven intrepid horse trail riders how they bundle up to face the cold weather. Scattered across the country, horse trail riders face a wide variety of winter conditions, from moderate weather in central California to the deep freeze in upstate... | read »

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Train Your Gaited Trail Horse to be Surefooted on the Trail
There are two definitions to the word surefooted, each of which contributes to a superior riding horse. The first is confidence, not prone to errors in judgment or action. Owners of Icelandic Horses, Mountain Horses, Tennessee Walking Horses, Mangalarga Marchadors, Gaited Morgans, and Missouri... | read »

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Getting Older, Getting Better
Being a fairly easygoing horseman, overreaction isn't one of my personal traits. When given extraordinary news, I usually nod, pause for thought, and make some neutral comment acknowledging the message. However, when I received the unexpected news from the doctor that I needed a knee... | read »

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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider

7 Canons of Conditioning
Is your trail horse getting a little out of shape, with your busy schedule? Or, are you ready for adventure with a new equine trail partner? Conditioning your horse for trail work is an art, as well as a science. Here, we'll give you seven canons of conditioning, designed to help you... | read »

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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Perfect Horse

Search and Rescue Partnerships
You are moving down a trail at the walk. the scenery is drawing your attention away from the trail, but your mount is paying attention to everything around him. You feel it as he starts to tense up--his head turns, his ears are up, and he is exploring, sensing something that you weren't... | read »

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True Leadership
During the 1990s, Vanessa and I traveled extensively in the United States and Canada with our two gray Spanish Arabians, Gaspacho and Garbonzo; Gus and Beene for short. For the most part, we traveled the competitive-trail-riding circuit. The veterinarians who judged these events began... | read »

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Tennessee Walking Horse Breed
Evolution of the breed: In the mid-1800s, a new breed of horse began to emerge from the bountiful, bluegrass region of middle Tennessee. Bred by farmers to till the fields during the week, these horses were also expected to provide them a comfortable ride on weekends, and... | read
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