Itís important to know a horseís weight when formulating a diet or medication dosage for the animal. Keeping track of fluctuations in weight can also help managers to identify early changes in condition. Various formulas can be used to get …
Bill Ulmer is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most respected and diverse professionals. On a horse he broke himself, the Hannoverian/TB cross Touchdown, his career as an eventer took him from a North American Young Riders Championships team bronze medal …
When you are judging line classes, do you acknowledge the handlers or just focus on the horse? It really is all about viewing the horse, so I am focused on the animal, not the handler. If I am greeted by …
Itís the thought that counts With my students, I have observed a behaviour that reveals much about their attitude toward the walk. If I ask a student who is at the walk to show me a canter transition, the first …
With the call to line up, follow directions precisely. If you are asked to line up from a canter or trot, which happens often in equitation classes, you should proceed directly to the lineup from that gait. If you are …
Groundwork is a good confidence-builder for your horse and in turn it gives the rider more confidence than you might think. You can you see how your horse reacts to different situations from the ground and it helps you know …
Horse people are a breed apart. Bring together two of us anywhere in the world and lack of a common language is no barrier. Within a few minutes some sort of magic takes place and we are exchanging in-depth information …
