Horse & Rider Magazine 2009 Articles Index

…32 “Turnout Blankets,” Horse Gear, Jan., pg. 66 “Good Weather for Blanketing,” YHYL, Feb., pg. 19 “Barrel Racing Saddles,” Horse Gear, Feb., pg. 72 “Work Headstalls,Horse Gear, Mar., pg….

Winter Care and Feeding

…can contribute to skin irritation and infections. Horse with blanket It is equally important that blankets fit the horse. Many horses develop rubs or sores on the point of their…

Put the Horse Before the Horse Cart

…the horse moves around you on a long rope. By staying behind the horse’s withers, you push the horse forward, using the horse’s driving instinct-the same instinct that will eventually…

Develop Your Dressage Horse’s Topline

…puzzle, there are rider pieces, horse conformation pieces, horse-reaction pieces, interpretation-of-aids pieces, temperament pieces and your horse’s heart or his willingness-to-please pieces. All of these physical, mental and emotional puzzle…

Master the “Slow Down” Cue

horse to stop, but then also gives her horse a signal to keep going, the horse learns to disregard the stop signal. John says there are many ways that happens….