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Explore Kananaskis Country

Destination: Moose Mountain Horseback Adventures, Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada. Best time to go: June to September. Overview: This five-day pack trip took a group of intrepid riders into | MORE

Fireproof Your Horse Barn

A barn fire is every horse owner’s worst nightmare. Your stalled horse is particularly vulnerable, because barns are packed full of combustibles. Here are 12 lifesaving fire-safety tips. | MORE

Water-Crossing: How to Prevent Dizziness

“Don’t look at the water!” That was my father-in-law’s advice to my wife, Emily, as our horses picked across the rocky bottomed swift stream. The horse, Elmer, had | MORE

Trail-Ride into Old West History

Lincoln County, New Mexico, is a land embedded in history. Billy the Kid, Kit Carson, Black Jack Pershing, the Buffalo Soldiers, and the Apache all rode here. The | MORE

Control a Spook

A fine spring morning finds you and your horse trotting along a familiar trail. You’re feeling at one with your horse and the world around you, when suddenly | MORE

Horse Lameness Check

Lameness can be definitively diagnosed only by your veterinarian, but the detective work of the diagnosis is best performed as a team. A prognosis for a full and | MORE

Westfall Horsemanship: Trail-Safety Tips

Brush up on your trail-safety savvy! Here, world champion reining competitor and top clinician Stacy Westfall offers her top trail riding tips. Plus, she shows you an exercise | MORE

Ask Julie Goodnight: Your New Trail Horse

Q: How can I increase trust with my new horse on a new trail? I look forward to riding my new horse on the trail but our relationship | MORE

Canter the California Coast

The sound of the waves crashing against the rocks competed with the pounding of our horse’s hooves on the wet sand as Ricochet Ridge Ranch owner Lari Shea | MORE

Trail Riding in Great National Parks

Haleakala National Park Haleakala National Park on the island of Maui is one of the most diverse national parks for riding. It’s also on my list of top | MORE

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