Book Review: Arena Pocket Guides

…on English exercises follows the same format as the Western series. Beginning English Exercises Beginning English Exercises starts out by describing the gaits — the halt, the walk and the…

Put the Horse Before the Horse Cart

…gates are closed and secure. You’ll also need a staging spot inside your training area. This is a place where you’ll pile up all your training equipment and stop to…

The Klimke Approach to Dressage

training a very young horse, an eventer or a high-performance dressage horse, his training was always based on three principles: • Keep variety in the training. • Take small steps….

Equine Spook in Place Training

…it, and a tarp. This Is Not Sacking Out! While both sacking out and “spook in place” training involve working with distracting, possibly scary, objects, these two training techniques are…

Controlling Movement (Part III)

…the following desensitization exercises. Before moving onto these stage 2 exercises, be sure that your horse can confidently allow you to touch him all over his body with the stick…