Best Trail Horse – Skills List
Cisco All of our horses can do some version of what I’ve listed below without a doubt. The goal here is to give some concentrated effort to sharpening these skills and then move on to getting even...
View ArticleBest Horse – Week 1 – Groundwork
Double Nickel Alot of people I know don’t do groundwork with their horse. They don’t see the use for it first of all and secondly it may seem like a waste of time. For me, seeing what is going on...
View ArticleBest Horse-Week 2: Transitions in Speed
Wide Open Spaces I’m really anxious to work on transitions. insta gram login guide It’s just plain exasperating on the trail when you have to either trot to keep up or keep slowing your horse down. I...
View ArticleBest Horse-Week 3: Travel in a Straight Line
Boy is it frustrating when you are trying to ride across a wide open space and you have to constantly readjust your horses direction.forgot yahoo account password Sometimes it can be like trying to...
View ArticleBest Horse-Week 4: Stops on Whoa!
When a horse is taught correctly even a little tiny girl like this one can ride, guide and stop a horse. Fail to use a method to teach a horse to stop and it might take a freight train to stop a...
View ArticleBest Horse-Week 5: Backs up with Energy
Wow, here it is Week 5 and I’m having trouble keeping up already! I’m blaming it on the heat because in the cool spells we’ve had I’ve been diligent. When the temps reach the mid 90’s and 100’s this...
View ArticleBest Horse-Week 6: Stands Still While I’m…
Soakin’ Goin’ On Taking pictures, talking to friends, letting others pass on the trail, getting a drink of water while riding, well, you get the picture; my horse doesn’t always want to stand still...
View ArticleBest Horse-Week 7: Tolerates Other Horses & Rides Alone
Nickel isn’t always nice when other horses pass by on the trail. He’ll dance around but his really bad habit is laying his ears back. The basis for this behavior with this horse is fear of other...
View ArticleBest Horse-Week 8: Sitting the Lope, Loping Circles
odin for pcLoping our horses is not something we trail riders do very often. For me, certainly not often enough! It seems that in order for a horse to be good at loping we have to spend time doing it....
View ArticleBest Horse-Week 9: Collection at Walk, Trot, and Lope
download google play services One thing I’ve learned is that gaining collection does not happen over night and it’s real easy to lose! One must stay mindful. That’s the hard part. I find it...
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