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Riding on the Right Surface: Footing Considerations with Your Horse’s Health in Mind

In this excerpt, adapted from Your Complete Guide to Equine Arenas, equestrian journalist and horsewoman Abigail Boatwright explains

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The Horsemanship Lessons That Changed My Life

In this excerpt from his new book Horses, Humans, and Love, author Tim Hayes shares the early moments

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The Buckskin Mare: Ellie’s Story

In the tradition of Black Beauty, Ellie tells her adventurous journey from a rejected outlaw to a beloved family

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Healthy, Shiny…Bored

In this excerpt from her book No Bored Horses, zookeeper, animal trainer, and horsewoman Amanda Goble explains how

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Longitudinal and Latitudinal Relaxation Exercises

The excerpt from Relaxation Exercises for Horses – A Guide to Soft, Supple, and Light, by Guillaume Henry,

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Tai Chi Strikes Again

This is an excerpt from Horses in Translation, Essential Lessons in Horse Speak: Learn to “Listen” and “Talk”

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The Road in the Desert

In this excerpt from her book, An Excerpt from On the Hoof: Pacific to Atlantic—A 3,800-Mile Adventure, Jesse

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The Very Best Single Exercise for Improving Collection

In this excerpt from her new book Finding Your Superhorse, renowned trainer and clinician Lynn Palm shares her

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The Impact of Impaction

In this excerpt from his memoir of a traveling veterinarian Never Trust a Sneaky Pony, Dr. Madison Seamans

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What Makes a Good Rider?

In this excerpt from her book Yoga for Riders, horsewoman and yoga teacher Cathy Woods explains what she

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How to Develop Your “Feel”

In this excerpt from Essential Horse Speak, founder of Horse Speak® Sharon Wilsie explains how being able to

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Standing Is a Strain

In this excerpt from his new book The Horse in Positive Tension, Movement Analysist Specialist and Physical Therapist

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Getting Straightness Straight

In this excerpt from his book The Sport Horse Problem Solver, former international eventer Eric Smiley gives us

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3 Common Warm-Up Problems Solved

In this excerpt from her book Dressage for the Not-So-Perfect Horse, FEI 5* dressage judge Janet Foy provides

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Easing Into the Saddle

In this excerpt from her book Riders of a Certain Age, journalist and horsewoman Fran Severn talks about

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A Common (and Costly) Farrier Mistake

In this excerpt from Shoeing the Modern Horse by Steven Kraus, CJF, and Katie Navarra, the head of

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Patterns for the Weekend: The Garrocha Challenge

Try this challenge to improve your horse’s maneuverability and your timing!

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Quarantine

In this excerpt from the middle-grade novel Liberty Biscuit by Melanie Sue Bowles, 13-year-old Kip finally gets the

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Let’s Fix Your Too-Tight Reins

In this excerpt from his new book The Horse Is My Teacher, horseman Van Hargis explains how we

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Harmony Isn’t Perpetual

In this excerpt from master storyteller Mark Rashid’s new book For the Love of the Horse, he explores

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What Is “Feel,” Anyway? And How Can We Improve It?

In this excerpt from her new book Essential Horse Speak: Continuing the Conversation, Horse Speak founder Sharon Wilsie

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What Do You Do With the Unsupportive Horse Spouse?

In this excerpt from her book Riders of a Certain Age, journalist and horsewoman Fran Severn explores the

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The Gatecrasher

In this excerpt from his memoir of being a horse-show dad, Chad Oldfather shares a moment of elation

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