Square Up Your Horse

…is stock horse halter. Dating back to early last century, these classes originated as a showcase for breeding animals. Setting the horse up with all feet square showed off his…

How to Use Self-Carriage to Improve Your Horse

…of the horse is not sufficient. It is impossible to make general statements regarding how far or low a horse should be able to stretch because all horses differ in…

Trail Riding Regions: Where to Ride Guide

…Trail-Riding Destinations Lazy Horse Ranch, Pearce, (520) 221-0722; anne@lazyhorseranch.com Riding Vacations Arizona Horseback Experience, Tucson; (520) 455-5696; www.horsebackexperience.com Casa de Caballo; Hereford; (520) 803-6692 Hilltop Hideaway Riding Paradise, Chiricahua Mountains;…

Breaking the Strangles Cycle

horses. Stress, such as long transports, heavy exercise, change in location, introduction to new horses, and other factors, can temporarily weaken a horse’s immune response, making it especially important to…

The Paint Horse

…shutout resulted in the formation of two organizations, the American Paint Quarter Horse Association and the American Stock Horse Association. Both registered Paint Horses with Quarter Horse ancestry. In 1965,…

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…