Take the Hazard Out of Foal Handling
…leading. Hands On The very first stage in gentling your foal is getting him accustomed to being touched and handled. “Handling is an essential part of getting to the haltering…
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Book Review: Trick Training for Horses
…the left rein and halt your horse. Stand at your horse’s left side facing forward. Hold the halter with your left hand, while your right hand rests on your horse’s…
Driving with Miniature Horses
…whip’s role is so important that the human handler of a driving horse is often called a “whip.” GETTING STARTED There are many steps to teaching your horse to drive,…
USEF Names U.S. Driving Team for 2010 WEG
…Long/65/Southern Pines, N.C. Mike McLennan/65/Brenham, Texas Cindy O’Reilly/47/Cameron, N.C. David Saunders/57/Morriston, Fla. Gary Stover/61/Southern Pines, N.C. Casey Zubek/53/Manhattan, Ill. > Read Nancy Jaffer’s coverage: U.S. Four-In-Hand Driving Team Prepares for…
Scott and Shadow: Building a Driving Team
…enabled them to compete at Bromont’s FEI driving competition in May 2002; they finished second. Selected as members of the U.S. squad for the 2004 World Singles Driving Championship in…
Weber and Astegiano Dominate at Saumur CAI-A4
…he is a nine-time USEF Four-in-Hand National Champion and two-time FEI Four-in-Hand Driving World Championship Silver medalist with his impressive performance in France. Driving a team he co-owns with Jane…
15 Riding Tips from George Morris
…early lesson that he can’t get his head higher than my hand. … I’m keeping my hand up and driving him forward with my inside leg, very much on the…
The Quickest Way to Catch onto Roping
…rope over your head, with the coils in your left hand and your right hand holding onto the bottom of the loop. Williams advises learning to rope while standing fairly…
Draw Reins: A Good Teaching Tool Only IF …
…the same manner as your essential aids—your legs and hands—to produce a horse who moves willingly and trustingly from your legs into your hands. In the past, your horse may…
Dressage Fleck Whips
…a whip that doesn’t have a handle. One time-tested solution to the balance problem, with or without a handle, is to slip a rubber rein stop onto your whip from…