Beginning Rider
Buying Your First Horse
Choosing the right horse is an important start to horse ownership. By Jayne Pedigo for EquiSearch.
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Learn How to Do the Emergency Dismount
Learn how to do the emergency dismount to stay out of harm’s way when bareback riding. By Stacy Westfall with Jennifer Forsberg-Meyer for Horse & Rider magazine. -
Ease Mounting Pressures on Your Horse
The way you mount up from ground to saddle at the start of a ride has important implications for your horse's body and mind. By Karen Smith for EQUUS magazine. -
Safety Rules for Kids Around Horses
Make sure your child (and you!) follow these basic guidelines to enhance safety while riding and at the barn. From the editors of Horse & Rider magazine. -
Maximizing Your Child's Fun with Horses
A childhood with horses is more than learning to ride and gaining responsibility--it's also fun! Here are some tips for adding a little horseplay to your child's life. By Jennifer Forsberg Meyer. -
Hone Your Sense of Timing
If your timing is off, your horse will not make a clear connection between a particular pressure or corridor of pressures and the response you expect from him. By Faith Meredith. -
Develop Model Hands
Ideal equitation varies among disciplines but good hand position is critical to effective communication between rider and horse. By Joanne Meszoly for EQUUS Magazine. -
Advice for Dressage Riders New to Showing
Details for riders who are new to showing in the dressage arena. By Jayne Ayers. -
Riding Lesson Breakthroughs
How an amateur dressage rider really learned the basics. By Meredith Rogers for EquiSearch. -
The Mustang Troop
It was a wild idea - letting Lexington inner-city kids work with wild mustangs at the Kentucky Horse Park. Written by Dale Leatherman for EquiSearch.
