A blog about training trail horses.
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Jan 11th, 2010
I have finally decided to post on this blog about my own experience with my personal horse, Harmony’s Eclipse. It is just a continuation of what my mother posted before, but detailing what I’ve learned in this experience and what I’ve done.
Eclipse was born here, on our farm, on April 17, 2001. She was a [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Jan 11th, 2010
This post is dedicated to my daughter who has become a wonderful rider in the last year. She has been riding her entire life, whether she remembers it or not. That is, I was riding while pregnant with her, maybe that is how she developed such a love of the sport. She is now [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Jan 6th, 2010
Let me introduce you to Red Confetti. She is a beautiful 12 year old Arabian mare, unregistered. Confetti came to us a year and a half ago from a man who was going to take her to the auction. We all know what happens to those horses. Not all, but most end up being abused, [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Dec 28th, 2009
Well I am finally going to hold my first two day clinic in Louisburg, NC for a client of mine. Never thought I would progress this far when I started teaching and training again. You see, I have been training horses for quite sometime and teaching riding lessons since 1994. I did quit for a [...]
Posted in Ex-race horses, Trail Horse Training on Dec 27th, 2009
I had written a little about Sir Alex on December 6, 2009 when I first acquired him. Since then he was shipped to my house at midnight two weeks ago. I fell in love with this horse the minute I saw him on the trailer. I knew he was special when I watched the video of him [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training, Trail Horses on Dec 21st, 2009
Picked up a few pounds since Thanksgiving? Expecting and dreading picking up a few more over Christmas and New Years? Tired of sucking it in every time you zip up? Yeah, me too! Forget about walking 20 minutes a day, getting on the treadmill or killing yourself with aerobic exercises. Ride a horse!
Riding lessons are [...]
Posted in Ex-race horses on Dec 7th, 2009
I have in the past posted about Sera, our thoroughbred mare we adopted a few months ago. She came from Leighton Farms in Maryland, a race horse rescue farm. A wonderful lady had adopted her from there, then found she did not have the resources to keep her since she was moving away. So we [...]
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 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 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, [...]