A blog about training trail horses.
Posted in Trail Horse Training, Trail Horses on Oct 7th, 2009
Confetti came to us last year as a high strung Arabian mare that loved to be groomed and grazed but hated to be saddled and rode. She tried every trick in the book to keep from having to work. Some of her favorite tricks were to step aside quickly as you lifted the saddle on [...]
Posted in Trail Horses on Oct 7th, 2009
Poor little Confetti came to us a year ago. She’s not but 14.1 hands, but what a firecracker she was at the time. Her previous owners had thrown her out in the pasture and just completely ignored her. A TWH trainer was going to take her to the sale, so we bought her. What a beauty [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Oct 7th, 2009
I have been training trail horses going on 17 years now and have always been rather surprised at the ability these animals have shown. Training can be such a rewarding experience for both trainer and student (the horse). I used to be just an instructor and trained only my own personal trail horses and those [...]