OK, just how smart are these horses!
Today I brought Zeloso into the arena and the two of us set up four large pylons on the centre line, each about 7 metres apart. Under saddle we used them to create …
The greater Toronto area might have broken a fifty year record for heat yesterday. Certainly the young man who came to the arena to deliver hundreds of bags of shavings was struggling with the high humidity and temperature.
When I …
“When a horse is three years old it has three legs. When it’s four, it has four legs. That’s when the training starts.” Sounds like a strange concept nowadays with Thoroughbreds racing at two and the Triple Crown awarded at …
Travel is very stressful on horses, especially long-haul ground trips or flights. There is ample evidence to suggest that cortisol (the stress hormone) levels increase with such travel. While there is very little research that has been conducted on the …
Body Condition: Your horse should be in good flesh going into the winter (at lease 5 or 6 on the Henneke Body Condition chart ñ see ìHealth Q&Aî in the Nov. 2012 issue). Increase forage (not concentrates) as necessary over …
In a hunter course, there are some shorter options to the jumps. Should I take them? No. Make use of the whole ring, as it is not a handy class so Iím not looking for efficient turns. I want to …
Australian Olympian Clayton Fredericks took up the role as technical advisor for Canadaís Eventing High Performance Program nearly a year ago. In this exclusive interview with Horse Sport, Fredericks shares his first impressions of Canadaís top eventing athletes and discusses …
Before you even think of taking your horse out on a cross-country course, he has to be listening to you and responding to ëwhoa.í Donít take him out if he doesnít listen and runs away with you. It all starts …
There are three different approaches to riding a bending line: the direct track, the natural track, and the outside track. Which track you choose really depends on a great number of variables. What type of class it is? What size …
Keeping it Fresh Trainers must be very careful not to overwork young horses. Breeders are producing much better horses than they were 20 years ago ñ more uphill, more willing, and more able to bring the neck up. But these …
Ashley McInnis Ashley, 32, has been a familiar face in the show ring since her very successful junior years. The Barrie, ON, native graduated from the University of Guelph and Osgoode Hall Law School, and is a partner at the …
The Basics of Fun Jane Casselman’s Touch N’ Go Farms in Campbellville, ON, has been the benchmark of grassroots facilities since its inception in 1975. Casselman, a former president of the OEF, has worked closely with the provincial association …
For all of her young life, Suzyís parents have provided riding lessons; however, now in her 18th year, she finds herself struggling to fund her equestrian career on her own. A young adult in her first year of university, she …
The recipient of Horse Sport’s 2011 Youth Scholarship, Esmee Ingham, 21, was born and raised in West Vancouver, and was plopped on a horse before she could walk. Pursuing dressage was not necessarily a conscious decision; she just never really …
Itís the kind of mystery no horse owner likes to encounter: a previously healthy horse out on pasture suddenly develops severe muscle weakness and distress, with no obvious cause. In Europe, this frequently fatal muscle disease has been named atypical …
