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Secure Your Lines
On the trail, it's safer if your horse will
stand still for mounting. (For how to teach your horse this lesson, see Julie
Goodnight's "Mount Up!" Natural
Horsemanship, The Trail Rider,
March '09.) As part of that lesson, you'll longe your horse to make him work if
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Ground-Tying Test
After
you teach your horse to ground-tie (see below), test his patience and his
newfound "statue" skills. Ask him to pick up each foot while he's standing in a
ground-tie command. Pick up his left front foot, hold it for a count of 10, then
put it down in the same spot. Then do the same... | read »
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Conformation Evaluation: Little Mack
Just as it's hard to be objective about your own child, it's
always hard to evaluate the conformation of your own trail horse. But it's an
interesting and useful exercise.
Little Mack, the subject of "One
Good Trail Horse" has done it all--led pack strings, packed heavy
loads, worked... | read »
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Color Patterns in Paint Horses
Each Paint Horse has a particular combination of white and any color of the
equine spectrum: black, bay, brown, chestnut, dun, grulla, sorrel,
palomino,
buckskin, gray, or roan. Markings can be any shape
or size,
and located
virtually anywhere on the Paint's body.
Although Paints... | read »
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Triangle C Ranch, Wyoming
Calendar-like photography surrounds Triangle C Ranch
(800/661-4928; www.trianglec.com ). Within view are the Pinnacles and Absaroka
Ranges; the pristine Wind River flows through the ranch. The comfortable log
lodge is welcoming in both its decor and majestic mountain views. Enjoy this
bonus... | read »
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Breed Showcase: Appaloosa Pattern Terms
One of the best
parts of the Appaloosa horse is that no two look the same. It's not just the
spots -- Appaloosa coat patterns come in all colors, with markings of all shapes
and sizes. Even Appaloosas without spots still have telling characteristics.
Here are the common Appaloosa markings... | read »
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Winter Trails: Keep Your Feet Warm!
Trail riding during cold
weather involves one universal problem--keeping your feet warm. Feet turn icy
quickly as you head down a snow-covered trail, because in stirrups your feet are
completely surrounded by cold air.
More important, the blood circulation required to keep your feet warm... | read »
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Alone in the Wilderness
Chilled thoroughly from a daylong ride in a cold rain that
penetrated icily through every weak spot in my apparel, I found myself wondering
why my right hand, but not my left, had grown numb with cold.
The answer jarred my lulled senses
into the realization that I was on the verge of... | read »
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Go Gaited! Tennessee Walking Horse FAQs
Thinking about buying a Tennessee Walking Horse for
trail riding? Plain-shod Tennessee
Walking Horses are sound, sane, and naturally smooth-gaited. This is the
ultimate trail horse--both a comfortable mount and a willing, loving companion.
But there are several key things you should know... | read »
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Postcard from Idaho: St. Joe River Country
St. Joe River country in the Idaho
Panhandle National Forests offers a myriad of trail-riding delights, from
pristine streams to high mountain ridges, from old-growth forests to historic
logging sites. Spacious horse camps and a backcountry lodge complete this great
riding getaway. Enjoy... | read »
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