Saddle Fitting a Young Horse
…to help you fit a saddle, you can opt for finding a long-distance fitter to ship your saddle to. If you choose to a long distance saddle fitter, I recommend…
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Horsing Around–Therapy That Is Fun
…Budden, founder and director of Happy Trails Riding Center in West Linn, Ore. ?Whether they have physical, cognitive, sensory or emotional disabilities, participants benefit from riding or working with horses….
Competitive Trail Riding Associations
…trail riding, and ride ‘n’ tie in Ontario, Canada. Southern Eastern Distance Riding Association The Southern Eastern Distance Riding Association (SEDRA) Trail Riding Alberta Conference The Trail Riding Alberta Conference…
Test-Ride that Saddle!
…impressions of the saddle’s fit and performance. Saddle Fit Affects Rider Balance There are many riders who don’t know what “riding in balance” feels like. They’ve never experienced the freedom…
Balance Golf and Riding on Vacation
…as a child. She now watches from the rail as her daughters take riding lessons, but she fantasizes about a vacation riding horses all day through a beautiful countryside. If…
Share the Benefits of Horseback Riding
…Association (CHA) certified riding instructors. Positive Character Traits Riding helps to develop positive character traits, because along with the actual riding comes the care of the animal. Learning about horse…
English Riding is Good Training for Western
…Exercise in Balance English riding offers the benefit of traditions rooted in old European schools devoted to the discipline of riding, such as the famed Spanish Riding School of Vienna,…
Dressage Today Letters to the Editor
…of wearing a maximum-safety riding helmet regardless of the rider’s perception of “trust” in the animal. As was stated over and over in this issue, riding accidents affecting the head…
Centered Riding Revisited: The Four Basics and Grounding
…Centered Riding apply to all riding disciplines and all levels of accomplishment–and, Swift has observed, to life outside the riding ring, as well. ©Practical Horseman. All Rights Reserved. All of…
A Buyer’s Guide To Trail Saddles
…time you spend in a saddle, the more critical good fit becomes. Minor imperfections in fit that may have little or no consequence during an hourof arena riding can cause…