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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider
Annual Horse Trailer Inspection
If you're like most warm-season riders, your horse trailer has been
sitting empty for months. Just like your horse, your horse trailer needs some
pre-season conditioning. Inspect your horse trailer inside and out. Look for rust,
weak spots, and burned-out light bulbs. Hook up your rig, and... | read »
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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider
Never Get Lost
Someone is supposed to have asked Daniel Boone whether he'd
ever been lost. The reply: "No, I ain't ever been lost; but I've been awful
confused, sometimes for days at a time." Being "confused," even for days at a
time, was probably not particularly intimidating to one of the greatest... | read »
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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider
On Trail Cooking Tips
Does the thought of washing dishes after a campfire cookout dampen your
getaway plans? Take along a stack of burnable paper plates, rather than
Styrofoam or plastic. You'll find paper plates without plastic coating at
environmentally friendly grocery stores and in the organic section of... | read »
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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider
Horse Rescue and On Trail Evacuation
It was a warm, sunny
California afternoon. Christina and Pat were horseback riding a narrow, rugged backcountry horse
trail in the mountains surrounded by steep ravines, and a thick forest of
redwood and bay trees. Suddenly, a retaining wall at the trail's edge gave way,
and Pat's horse,... | read »
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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider
Trail Riding for Kids
Is your child ready
to accompany you on the trail? Start by outfitting your child in an American
Society of Testing Materials-approved, Safety Equipment Institute-certified
riding helmet and smooth-soled riding boots.
To be safe on the
trail, your child will need to observe how fast... | read »
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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider
Keep Your Horse Drinking on the Trail
Horses can easily get dehydrated on the trail if they aren't accustomed to drinking from the same bucket from home.
Whatever drinking bucket your horse is accustomed to at home, he'll use willingly on the trail.
Teach him to drink from the same water bucket whether he's at home, on the road, or... | read »
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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider
Photograph Riders and Their Horses on the Trail
Does your
trail-riding album feature lots of equine hind ends instead of well-composed
front-angle shots? To get the best on-trail photos of your riding partners and
their horses, grab your camera, and follow these tips.
Get a map. Get a map of the area where you
plan to ride, then... | read »
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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider
Kids and Horse Trail Riding
I'm an experienced
trail rider; but I learned how to ride as an adult. I have a 10-year-old
daughter, and we just bought her first horse. She wants to go trail riding.
Although she's comfortable in the arena, I'm scared at the thought of her out on
the trail -- even if I go along. Could... | read »
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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Perfect Horse
On the Trail Lameness
You're out on the trail and your horse suddenly starts limping. What do you
do?
1. Slow to a walk.
2. Find a place where it's safe to dismount and do so.
3. Check the horse's hooves, front feet first. You're most likely to find
a problem in the horse's feet. He may have a stone or... | read »
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On Trail: Tips
from the pages of Trail Rider
The Devil is in the Details
If you've been
reading my column, you know that Vanessa and I, at this writing, are planning a
three-week trip with our horses. We'll travel from our farm in the Finger Lakes
region of New
York, west to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming.
It wasn't until
sometime in early June that we... | read »
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