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 …
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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 …
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 …