If you work or train horses, you know how important it is for them to pay attention and concentrate on what you want of them. Having a 1,000-pound animal off on its own and not paying attention might be disastrous. How then do you get your horse to focus? Maintaining a horse’s concentration on their task will get them to pay attention to you. To achieve this, take the following actions: In...
Plaiting a horse’s tail and mane is a skill that can make your horse look more elegant and professional for competitions, shows, or special occasions. Plaiting involves braiding sections of hair along the tailbone and the crest of the neck, and securing them with thread, bands, or clips. Plaiting can also protect the horse’s hair from dirt, tangles, and damage. In this article, I will explain the steps to plait a horse’s...
To lunge a horse properly means that your horse moves around you in a controlled manner in a circle on the end of a special lunge line. During the lunge session you’re leading your horse in a circle around a small enclosure. Lunging (or longeing) is a very useful exercise and can help you and your horse to improve your horse’s balance and slow gates such as walk and trot. It is...
When it comes to your first ever horseback riding lesson there are 10 tips which could help you to start easily. If you decided to be a new equestrian and already found a riding instructor or teaching stable (riding school), be aware that it is extremely important to be prepared for your first horseback riding lesson in terms of clothes and behavior around horses. Prepare suitable clothes for a horseback riding lesson....
To ride a horse fast usually means you have to perform a full speed gallop (25-30 miles per hour or 40-48 km/h) which is very dangerous for beginners. Slower gate is called canter (if you riding English) and lope (if you riding Western) (10-17 miles per hour or 16-28 km/h). So the gallop (or run) is much faster than cantering (loping). So you need to determine what horse speed is fast and...
So what is the safest way to sit on a horse in the saddle? Below some tips and techniques that you can use so you can learn more balanced and effective way to ride your horse. Well, the first thing you want to ensure that you do when you first get on your horse is that you have proper posture so when you sitting on a horse you want to be sitting...