What The Galway Downs Three-Day Event Reminded Me About Training
…mature for his age but mentally immature. He’s like a teenage boy, full of testosterone and challenged to concentrate, but everything is easy for him. As the first warmblood stallion…
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Get Fit, Ride Better
…psychology tells you that fatigue sabotages effort,” says Sharpe. “Strong, fit riders don’t tire as easily, and the discipline of working out makes you tougher mentally, too.” You’ll find yourself…
Get Your Sluggish Horse Moving
…novice rider or perhaps even by a rider with poor body control, making them sore. Poor riding could also make them mentally sour, forcing them to sort of retreat inward,…
3 Trail-Training Exercises
…him soft and supple on both sides. Then do trot-to-walk transitions to prepare him mentally for the lesson. Step 2. Trot/whoa. Trot down the fence, posting as you go. Hold…
Horse Show Mental Preparation
…the horse show ring. Here are 10 more tips to add to your pre-ride routine to help you mentally prepare: 1. Think of your mental energy as liquid in a…
How to Catch a Runaway Horse
…Identify dangerous areas and mentally fence them out of bounds. Plan to approach the horse from either the left or right, not head on Approach the horse, but stop before…
Tools of the Training Trade: Lesson Plans
…on both physical and mental planes. Each and every day the trainer must decide where the horse is both physically and mentally. Then he or she can decide what today’s…
NARHA Qualifies 48 Premier Accredited Centers in 2008
…for Handicapped”, Tampa, FL Accredited: 4/1/1991, Renewed Accreditation: 7/2/2008 Georgia Jacobs’ Ladder Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc., Hahira, GA Accredited: 4/17/2003, Renewed Accreditation: 8/2/2008 Horse Time, Inc., Covington, GA Accredited: 5/5/2003,…
Horse & Rider 2003 Articles Index
…N. American Riding for the Handicapped Assoc. phone card, March, pg. 24 N. American Riding for the Handicapped Assoc president, High Points, May, pg. 38 Ntl. governing body for eques….
Therapeutic Riding Links
…Leesburg, Va., this therapeutic riding foundation holds classes at Morvern Equestrian Center and organizes many events throughout the year. North American Riding for the Handicapped Association All you need to…