Heidi Nyland
Ground Manners to Prepare Your Horse for the Vet
Prepare your trail horse for the veterinarian with these lessons in ground manners from noted clinician Julie Goodnight. | MORE
Trail Tips: Mount a Horse from Right Side, What to Pack on a Trail Ride
Learn from these trail tips how to mount your horse from the right side, where to stash your lead rope while trail riding and what to pack while trail riding. | MORE
Trail Tips: Adjust the Curb Strap on Your Bridle and Wear Leather Chaps
Learn how to adjust the curb strap on your bridle and why you should choose leather chaps for trail riding. | MORE
Riding Gear
We couldn't fit every saddle and pad category into a single issue of Horse&Rider magazine, so here are two more classes of saddles and three categories of saddle pads to add to your list to consider. | MORE
Trailer Load the Right Way
Safely load and unload your horse from the trailer with this seven-step technique from top trainer and clinician Julie Goodnight. | MORE
Trailer-Load the Right Way
As an avid trail rider, you’re accustomed to loading and unloading your horse most every weekend. You travel to find and frequent the most scenic trails and add | MORE
Stop the Jig with Julie Goodnight
Is your horse “jiggy” and tense on the trail? Does he trot anxiously in place, refusing to move forward slowly and calmly? If so, you’re likely tense and | MORE
Be Prepared on the Road!
"Be prepared!” That’s the Boy Scout motto. An excellent motto for life, but it’s also an outstanding motto for trail riders, especially when you go on the road | MORE
A Touch of Healing with the TTouch Method
You love to get away from it all. Trekking into the backcountry on a good horse is one of the most satisfying ways to spend time with like-minded | MORE
Stop with Your Seat
In the November/December 2010 issue of The Trail Rider, Julie Goodnight explains how to use emergency stopping techniques. While it’s important to know how to stop in an | MORE









