Judging Western Dressage

Last weekend I had my first venture into judging western dressage. I’ve gone on record as not being particularly happy about the term “western dressage.” To me dressage is dressage,…

Sloane Coles Wins 2006 Bates USA Equitation

…WIHS Equitation-Overall, and any other special equitation class that is approved by the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament Organizing Committee are used to determine a weekly ranking list for equitation riders….

Competitive Western Horse Events

Learn about Western activities such as horsemanship, Western pleasure, reining, cutting, roping, working cow horse, rodeo, Western riding, trail riding, gymkhana and team penning….

Arabian Western 2004 National Champions, 2005 Shows

…to www.arabianhorseworld.com. WESTERN DISCIPLINE CHAMPIONS AT THE 2004 U.S. ARABIAN & HALF-ARABIAN NATIONAL SHOW Horse, Rider, Owner Arabian Western Pleasure Champion: Exxpectation, Gordon Potts, Dennis and Linda Clark, Argyle, Texas…

Western Saddles Are (Slowly) Changing

…hurts me!” Sadly, some riders never recognize those words, and the poor horse might get whacked in the belly for his “bad behavior.” Western Innovations With any saddle, old or…

What is Working Equitation?

…Association of Working Equitation (wawe-official.com), Working Equitation USA (workingequitationusa.com) for rules and obstacles used in WEUSA events or pinoak.org for rules and obstacles used in the Working Equitation Championships at…

So Many Ways to Play

Western saddles?? and are worth considering for safety’s sake. Western saddles are typically used with one or more saddle blankets or pads; an endless variety are available. Bridle. Western bridles…

Chat Transcript: Judy Richter

…eyes up, have your heel under your hip and your elbow in front of your hip, heels down. JudyR: The demands are pretty much the same–classic equitation is classic equitation!…