Riding Solo

…ramp or use two house doormats to improve your horse’s “purchase.”) Next, with your horse in a correctly fitted halter and a long lead, position him in back of the…

Book Review: Trick Training for Horses

…I recommend using just a halter and lead rope or reins (if you need a connection on both sides of the horse’s head) as this offers the gentlest connection and…

Horse-Selling Strategies in a Buyer’s Market

…or in front of potential buyers. His clean halter is fitted properly, and the workmanlike lead shank is correctly attached to the halter’s lower ring. The horse’s clean white coat…

Groundwork Leadership

…neck, shoulder, and belly and hugging his head. At this point, John put the halter on. Attaching the lariat to the halter, he again sent his colt forward, gently turned…

Controlling Movement (Part IV)

…to a forward pull on the halter. Instructions: Stand next to your horse head facing forward. Grasp the base of the rope halter with your hand, just above where the…

Ask Horse Journal: 09/01

…instruction. ———- Magnesium For Cresty Stallions I have a four-year-old Quarter Horse stallion competing in halter classes. I read your magnesium for laminitis article (January 2001), and I wondered if…