Rail and Pattern Horse

Learning how to ride a horse isn’t as easy as the trainers make it look. For instance I use my hands and reins to control my horse and rate his speed way more than I should.  Now I know better and I’ve spent years learning how to ride a horse but, still when I get [...]

I hope you’re having a great summer. Summer seems to have finally arrived here in the northwest. It’s nice to spend more time outdoors with our horses. By this time you should have gotten two emails at least from me and have seen two Free Videos from Mark Shaffer. I got some feedback that one [...]

Ok maybe it’s just me and you haven’t fallen into this particular horseback riding trap…Or maybe you have and just don’t want to admit it. What’s the trap? Read on and find out… You love your horse and aren’t sure how to really get them finished for a particular riding discipline for example western pleasure. [...]