A blog about training trail horses.
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses, Trail Horse Training, Trail Horses on Nov 29th, 2009
Boogie came to us a couple of weeks ago because Boogie lost his beat. Boot Scootin Boogie is a competitive trail horse that has competed in NATRC trail rides that can be grueling and very demanding. (www.natrc.org for more information) Boogie and his rider both came in with a score 0f 99 out of 100 [...]
Posted in Tack and Equipment, Trail Horses on Oct 20th, 2009
I have done a lot of searching on saddles and saddle fitting. I have been trying to purchase the right saddle for my new horse, mainly because I decided to take up hunt seat to improve my riding abilities. There is a lot of information to go thru and can be confusing. But I am [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses on Oct 7th, 2009
What a sweet face and what a beautiful head. We got this 3 year old TWH in about three weeks ago. He is one of our finest. A beautiful red roan that has a personality to match his looks. What a fine ride he is too. Took him out on the trail today and he [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses, Trail Horses on Oct 7th, 2009
Talk about beautiful. And what a nice ride! Jazzy, now called Jazz, (because Jazz music is relaxing to me) came to me to become a super duper trail horse and she is it, baby! I have ridden almost every day since she came to me. The owners have not been able to afford the time, [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses, Trail Horse Training on Oct 7th, 2009
This is actually going to be an extremely good carriage horse. Woodrow has won my heart. I have been training him to drive for a few weeks and if you have read
Learning to pull
my previous blogs about him, you will know that he started out a little nervous about people in general. Since he has [...]
Posted in Tack and Equipment on Oct 7th, 2009
I have been riding for around 23 years now and I have been training for nearly 18 years. I have taken lessons and continue to do so, but one thing I was never formally taught about was saddle fitting. I have ridden saddle seat on Saddlebreds and TWH, I have ridden western in western saddles [...]
Posted in Equine Dentistry on Oct 7th, 2009
Wish I had some good pics to put here, but alas, I don’t. However, I want to stress to you how vitally important it is to take care of your horses mouth. Out of the several horses I have trained this summer, three have had ‘behaviour’ issues that were directly related to their mouths.
One very [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses, Trail Horse Training on Oct 7th, 2009
Midnight came to me to learn to pull a carriage. What a treat to teach this horse, she is compliant and very smart. She has never been under harness with an actual cart before as far as I can tell. She was a little wary of the poles the first time I attached them. But [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Oct 7th, 2009
Own a gaited horse and can’t quite get the beat? Try counting with the hoofbeats to get the rhythm. You can always take a metronome out with you and once you get the beat, memorize your horse’s speed.
It is much easier to learn this by first getting used to the walk. Sounds elementary, I know, [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses on Oct 7th, 2009
This is my second blog about Woodrow. Woodrow has been undergoing the schooling to be a carriage horse. He has been driven in long reins but never in harness and carriage. Woodrow is a bit afraid of things coming up behind him suddenly or of being touched on the behind. He jumps whenever this happens. [...]