by Rebecca Shyly | Every year my stables has a mini horse show so the riders can get some show experience without the stress of the busy, high pressure show circuit. We get to sign up for any school horse we want to ride, if we don’t have our own horse. Well, I was late signing up, and the only horse available for a class I wanted to take was a new pony, Roxy. I had never ridden her and from seeing her in the arena, wasn’t sure I even wanted to…

by Julia | As some of you may know, the barn I started to ride at is probably the worst barn in North America. So when the instructors saw I pointed my toes out, they never commented on it, causing me to feel that there was nothing wrong with it…

by Madelaina | Horse riders; there are many types out there, but what type gives you a rider that is a breeze to teach and shows the best potential? This is a guide to horse riders…

by Syd | Have you ever been riding on a moderate temperature day and in the middle of your ride had to take off your jacket because you got too hot? Do your legs wobble and feel weak after a ride because you haven’t ridden in a while? Do you tire easily on long rides? Do you get angry when people sneer at equestrians and say, “Riding a horse is so easy — the horse does all the work!” If you answered yes to any of these questions then you know that riding is a lot of work…

by Halee | Today I was looking through some old entries in my old riding log, which was sadly lost under mountains of stuff in my closet for quite a while. Well, I was looking through it and visited the all-important lesson not to be ignorant, and remembered how much I have grown since then…

by Sarah | An estimated 30 million Americans ride horses every year, and many are hospitalized because of horseback riding injuries. Some of these injuries could have been prevented by wearing an equestrian helmet…

by Madelaina | Have you ever wondered about how fantastic it would be to be a top horse rider? Maybe you want to be famous for winning blues or leading the winner’s march. Those wishes are common among horse girls…

As my fellow horseback riders know, our sport seems to have boundless ‘golden rules’. At least that is what my previous riding instructor called the little tidbits that polish and build the foundation for riding skills, and keeping things running smoothly around the stable. If you aren’t a horseback rider, only admiring horses from afar, [...]

by Stargazer | Do you know what the Pony Club definition of a saddle is? According to Pony Club, a saddle is a tool used to teach the proper riding position so that you can ride bareback…

by tash, age 12
We all have setbacks and scares, whether it’s a fall, a bite or just being too nervous to ride the new 17hh horse. People take these losses in their own way. Some fall a level below what they were, some start riding a different horse, some don’t ride for a week, and [...]