Keeping Kids Safe Around Horses

…and make barn rules clear to your kids. Set up rewards and consequences for following or breaking rules in the barn. Offer your kids riding lessons from a respected instructor….

Kids and Horses

…is brought to non-horse involved kids, too. “It’s like a YouTube community, only just for high school kids,” explains Michael Dixon, NHSRA’s executive director/CEO. “It’s a way for us to…

Are The Kids All Right’

kids love their horses. But, let’s be honest, horsie kids will love anything that has four legs and a tail and belongs to them. It doesn’t have to move a…

Why Horses Are Great For Kids

…doctor. “This is just what you do before you call the veterinarian.” That degree of composure under pressure is common among Pony Club kids. Margaret’s mother, Ruth Harvie, says the…

Ponies and Kids

Lendon Gray has been standing (riding’) a soapbox over several decades as an advocate of ponies in dressage, not just ponies for kids but also for smaller adults.? While progress…

Ranch Raised Kids and Horses

…started his first horse when he was eight. The next year, as the kids were halter-breaking nine yearling colts, an extended rainy period set in. Jim says he hardly weighed…