Training Yearlings
…on leading, change directions a lot, stop, back and turn your yearling toward and away from you. Have set expectations, but also keep training sessions short and positive. Your yearling…
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Judging Horse Age from Teeth
…as a broodmare than a 20-year-old; a four-year-old with lumpy ankles may have a shorter athletic life than a 10-year-old with similar enlargements; a two-year-old often requires different handling than…
Horse & Rider Mail Call Online: A Good Dog’s Soul
…you for nine years, that’s nine fantastic years to him, for no one could have loved him more. I have an aged Labrador, Teddy, who has been having hip and…
2006 USEA Year-End Award Winners
…the second year in a row. This 10-year-old Thoroughbred mare, sired by Shar, started the year off winning the Rocking Horse Winter Horse Trials. She went on to place eighth…
Rest In Peace–Horse Burials in the Park
…the Year. After standing at stud in King Abdullah’s stables in Saudi Arabia for several years, the 25-year-old stallion returned home to Lexington and the horse park in October 2008….
Getting Started in Yearling Longe Line
Question: I’m interested in competing in yearling longe line, but I don’t know much about it. I’ve heard that showing a yearling in longe line can create problems later in…
Making 3-Star Horses on the 3-Year Plan
…get on a horse, I make sure that every time he’s ridden, he’s ridden correctly, and I monitor his responses carefully. I start a number of unbroken two-year-olds each year…
Scott Stewart and Catch Me Win $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular
…an inexperienced five-year-old from Europe and was pleased with his mount’s performance in his first night class. The horse had a light schedule last year as Payne went through chemotherapy…
Riders Ready for 2013 Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Dressage National Championships
…the FEI Five-Year-Old Preliminary Test. They will return to the arena on Saturday for the Championship Class and display their talents in the FEI Five-Year-Old Final Test. Last year’s Four-Year-Old…
USEF Announces the 2012 Equestrian of the Year Nominees
…than 15 years. Her desire to see others succeed and her passion for sharing knowledge has earned her consistent recognition year after year as the leading Arabian Hunter Pleasure Trainer…