Dealing with a nervous or distracted horse is a common dilemma at clinics or on group rides. Restore your horse’s composure by learning this calming technique from Susan Harris.
If anyone knows how to calm a nervous horse or rider, it’s Susan
Harris. She teaches Centered Riding, a series of techniques that use body
awareness, centering, and imagery to improve a rider’s balance and communication
with the horse. Susan tells us how she handles nervous... | read
Seasoning for Timed-Event Horses
Preparing your horse for a competitive career takes time.
First you spend time at home teaching the basics, then the pattern. You add
speed incrementally, staying at the same velocity until that pace becomes your
horse’s comfort zone. Then you add a... | read
Put the Horse Before the Horse Cart Imagine your perfect horse hitched to a cart, trotting down a
country road. The lines are in your hands, the wind is in your hair. Your horse
moves forward—steady and confident between the shafts.
Help For New Horse Owners Let’s face it. the
excitement and exhilaration of a “horse of your own” can soon wear off when you
realize, “Wow, I don’t know what to do next.” Sadly, more often than not, an
accident of some sort precipitates this thought process. We naturally start... | read
