There are some guidelines that all riders need to follow with their instructors to keep the latter happy, whether the riders are seasoned competitor or raw recreational rider: Maintain punctuality on lessons Never forget that for your instructor, it is a job from which he or she makes a living. Time is money for him [...]

In one of my previous articles, I had talked about how to use benign antagonism (doing the opposite) to stiffen a horse’s soft side and make his stiffer side more pliable and “soft”. Almost all horses will have a weaker rear leg on their soft sides. This is not to be interpreted to mean that [...]

Like for so many other sports, the ultimate event for horse riders is the Olympic Games. Equestrian Sports have been part of the Olympics practically since the beginning. Horses have been associated with the Olympics for about 3,000 years now. Equine events were included in the Olympic Games very soon after the inception, with the [...]

The kind of passion some human beings exhibit for horses, you would think they were horses in their previous births. As a child, it was my invariable practice to ask for a horse on my birthdays and in lieu of Easter eggs. I never missed an opportunity to ask Santa Claus for a horse. I [...]

No training system that is inflexible can really work well with all trainees. Take horses for example, though we could really illustrate our case with any animal species. Not all horses are possessed of the same personality and character traits. Not all horses can be taught the same way, and not all will respond the [...]