Learn To Ride

Identify your problem, then use these strategies to get back on your way toward your goals.

The competition takes place July 26-29 at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA. Seven different disciplines will be contested.

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

America's Horse Daily has answers as to why your horse won't stand still for you to mount.

What to focus on during your first month?s worth of rides on your horse.

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

Kristie Allison's scheme to combine sledding and riding does not work out exactly as planned.

World champion trainer Sandy Collier shares horse training secrets in her book, "Reining Essentials: How to Excel in Western?s Hottest Sport," adapted for Horse&Rider magazine.

How easy is it to pick up the correct lead? Much easier if you think like a horse.

Teach your horse to control his spooky behavior by working him on an obstacle course with Linda Tellington-Jones's help.

Pointers on changing your methods if your horse is difficult to catch.

AQHA Professional Horseman Bennie Sargent shows you how to achieve power steering. From the AQHA's America's Horse Daily.

Improve the bond of trust between you and your horse for enhanced trail riding performance using TTouch with Linda Tellington-Jones.

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.

Get a handle on your riding related fears, with this 10-step self-help program from a sports psychologist.

The late Bill Van Norman wrote a series of articles in America?s Horse about the time-honored vaquero training methods. Those vaqueros had to be pretty resourceful, as Bill tells us about here.

There has been a trend in judging to credit a rider who?s on a really good horse but is not truly functional. The rider is perched on the horse like a statue and is not effective in what she is doing to control the horse?s performance. In American Quarter Horse Journal, Lynn Palm tells how to become a functional rider.

July 12, 2011--Problems linked to a rider not trusting a horse show up in a number of ways. From America's Horse Daily.