Basic Schooling

• Keep Your Horse from Pulling on the Longe

  This California trainer's three-step system will help you teach your horse proper longeing etiquette. From the editors of Practical Horseman magazine.

• The Right Start for a Young Horse

  New Jersey trainer Doug Payne has a low-key system for getting youngsters going confidently and calmly. By Susan Powell Marcus for Practical Horseman magazine.

Beginning Rider

• Ease Mounting Pressures on Your Horse

  The way you mount up from ground to saddle at the start of a ride has important implications for your horse's body and mind. By Karen Smith for EQUUS magazine.

• Safety Rules for Kids Around Horses

  Make sure your child (and you!) follow these basic guidelines to enhance safety while riding and at the barn. From the editors of Horse & Rider magazine.

General Training

• Use Hill Work to Improve a Horse’s Self Carriage

  In the July 2009 issue of EQUUS, freelance author and endurance rider Bobbie Liebermann explores the benefits of hill work. Here California-based trainer Kat Swigart describes how working a horse over hills can be used to achieve a specific goal: to release the sacrolumbar joint.

• Fitness Tip of the Month for Riders: Improve Core Strength

  Strengthen your lower abdominals and core strength with these rider fitness exercises. By Heather Sansom for Dressage Today magazine.