Rail and Pattern Horse

This is a good basic video on getting your horse into the correct lead. It also shows the first stages of getting a lead change on your horse. Here are two URLs to find this video at You Tube railandpatternhorse Find it under the  Training List and also at its original home site at : [...]

This is a fun and inspirational video. Horses are such amazing animals. You don’t even have to ride to have fun and achieve your goals with a horse.  It’s worth your time to watch this. Horses can teach us as much as we teach them. Dixie National Free-Style Reining: Diane Ward Mustang Exhibition You can [...]

I’ve owned, bred, raised, worked with and been involved with quarter horses for over 10 years now and before that paint horses and before that a mixture of no particular breeds. I had my daughters involved in 4H and open shows when they were growing up. I got into breed shows when I owned paint [...]

Yesterday I spent the day with a friend whose mare has just foaled a pretty filly for him by HH Redrock. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. The barn where the mare and foal reside is located in the unlikely middle of a busy suburban area south of Seattle. The owner [...]

Take a look at the following link to find out about how AQHA is adding Dressage to the AQHA shows: http://www.aqha.com/news/2010PressReleases/01252010dressage.html AQHA Welcomes Dressage as an Official Class American Quarter Horse Journal The American Quarter Horse Journal, January 25, 2010 – Dressage is now an official AQHA class – one in which you can earn [...]

You might be asking what hill is that? Well my hill is the over 50 age bracket hill ( I just can’t bring myself to admit to more than that) and how is warming up horses different for me than you 30 somethings out there…here goes… My horses and I have had the winter off [...]

In his book Horses Don’t Lie Chris Irwin has this to say about how we affect our horses behaviors. “In other sports, if you’re not having your best day, it doesn’t bother your equipment. Your golf clubs don’t care if you slice and your surfboard doesn’t care if you fall off. Horses, however, care intensely. [...]