For Parents

Deborah Eve Rubin has created a delightful collection of puzzles, quizzes and trivia that will fascinate parents as well as children.

On her 16th birthday, Kristie Allison chose a horse over a '67 Mustang--and her life was forever changed.

Ranch kids get well acquainted with hard work, traditions?-and a whole lot of freedom and fun. Courtesy AQHA's America's Horse Daily

Fun shows and playdays make for some of the best times you?ll ever have horseback. Here are some of the games the AQHA feels you?ll want to adopt for your next horsey get-together.

The "A Pony Comes to School" program teaches elementary school children about safety, fun horse facts and the agricultural community.

Read the latest from Lukas, the "World's Smartest Horse," and his owner, Karen Murdock.

Joell Dunlap's Square Peg Foundation helps ?square pegs,? the people and horses who don?t fit neatly into a one-size-fits-all society. She has found that working together, horse and rider teams help one another in critical, life affirming ways.

Writing for America's Horse Daily, equine events coordinator Nancy Easton tells how to prevent accidents at shows.

Kids who love animals and science can start preparing for animal health careers as early as eight years old via an online veterinary science curriculum.

Here is a nod to the instrumental individuals who teach newcomers the ins and outs of horses. The things we learn from our mentors are never forgotten but passed on to new generations. From America's Horse Daily.

What's the perfect family sport for horse-crazy parents and their four young children? As the Yost family of Pocatello, Idaho, found out, endurance riding is a great way to spend time together doing what they love.

Unveiling of a new Breyer model horse, fun youth activities and first-time rides on an American Quarter Horse are just a few of the QuarterFest activities scheduled for kids.

The Varsity Equestrian National Championship (April 15-17, 2010) in Waco, Texas, showcases the country's best collegiate riders. Still in high school? Here's now you can become a member of a college riding team.

The Reining Horse Sports Foundation (RHSF) is committed to providing leadership and scholarship opportunities to its youth members. At this time, RHSF is offering $10,500 in academic and need-based scholarships for seven youth members.

First published in 1971, everything about The Sweet Running Filly rings true, right down to the very skillful country voice that the narration and dialogue are written in. And despite the rollicking, quick story, despite the excellent voice and the witty

With the support of the Youth World Show Assistance Fund, AQHYA members are able to see their dreams become a reality.In the past four years, with the assistance of this program, 240 have received financial support enabling them to travel, attend and compete in the Built Ford Tough Youth World Championship Show.

Saddle Up SAFELY brochures from the University of Kentucky promote safe practices for those who ride or work around horses through a broad-based, multi-media educational campaign developed in partnership with community, state, and national organizations.

To interest young riders in dressage, think outside the box.

Each individual in the herd is either subordinate to or dominant over every other individual in the herd. Since this is the only way that horses know to act, it is also how they relate to their human herd members. We need to think of the horse and its rid