Finding the Right Horse For You
Before buying your first horse or pony it is important to consider what type is right for you. The first consideration when buying a horse or pony is you. Your size, age and experience all come into play.
Webinar: Find Your Dream Job in the U.S. Horse Industry
January 10, 2012--This presentation will give a broad overview of the U.S. Horse Industry and the careers that support it. In addition, we will discuss how to choose a career that fits your talents and professional expectations.
How to Choose the Right Hay
A mature horse will eat the equivalent of 2 to 2 ? percent of its body weight a day. For optimum health, nutritionists recommend at least half of that amount to be roughage, such as hay. For a 1,000-pound horse, that means at least 20 pounds of roughage each day.
Find an AQHA Instructor
Ready to mount up and go? Not so fast. Before you choose an instructor you need to ask yourself some questions about your goals, your budget, the style of riding you want to do, and the amount of time you can devote to riding. When you've made those decisions, the American Quarter Horse Association can help you find the right instructor.
Buying the Right Horse
Horse-buying mistakes are costly and heartbreaking. Avoid them with these key tips from master horseman and clinician Clinton Anderson. From Horse & Rider magazine.
The Companion Horse
Can't keep your senior horse at home, but don't want to give him up? Find him a new home as companion horse.
The Right Horse, the Right Instructor
Your child's first exposure to horses should come via lessons with a competent instructor, who will make sure she is matched to the right lesson mount. After a year or more of instruction--and perhaps some horse-sharing--your child may be ready to take the next step, into horse ownership. Assuming you're ready as well, your child's instructor can help to make sure that first horse or pony is a safe and appropriate one.
