by Syd, age 12 So you’ve been riding for a while and you’ve watched all the major shows and competitions on television for years. You know which pro riders are your favorites and root for them every time they compete. Maybe you’ve even been to a few shows to watch. And finally you’ve decided you [...]

by Madelaina, age 12 While the title may seem quite simple, the sport of polo is everything but once you look in on it. Traditionally, polo is a game on horseback where two teams of four riders and their horses try to score a point against the other in a period of seven minutes, or [...]

by Tori, age 12 Cross-Country, in my opinion, is one of the hardest forms of riding. Horse and rider are faced with a challenging course filled with many different jumps. They have water jumpes, jumps with ditches in the middle, jumps that zig-zag, etc. Now let’s go through the three main things you need before [...]

by Syd, age 12 We loved him. We willed him to get better. And most of all we miss him. Who is he? He is Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner. He should have been the 2006 Triple Crown winner if it had not been for that fateful day of the Preakness. What was it [...]

by horsejo, age 11 To be in the Three Day Event is a real honor. It is a competition which takes a lot of skill. You see, to be in Three Day Eventing, you have to be good at three things — Dressage, Cross Country, and Show Jumping. All of them are very difficult, and [...]

by Julia | You’re at a horse show. You tried your best in your class, and did reasonably well for your first show. You place sixth in your class and are very pleased. That is, until, the first place rider walks by and begins talking to you about how well she did and how her horse deserved to be the best simply because he’s her

by Tori, age 12 The intense run, the high hurdles, the finish line. That is steeplechasing. In steeplechasing, horses and riders must race each other and jump hurdles. It is a fun, exciting, and very dangerous sport. It is dangerous because when the horses jump, sometimes they bump into another horse, or, someone else bumps [...]

by Tori, age 12 Almost everyone on horseback wants to be part of some sort of jumping. I am like that, my dream is to be named top rider in the world (I’ll have to try REALLY hard to make the top rank!) I love the tension, the feeling you get when you soar through [...]

by Rebecca Shyly, age 11 Horse shows are fun whether you are watching them or competing in them. But there are classes in shows that you don’t ride in. In fact, it happens to be my favorite class. I love to compete in showmanship! Showmanship is a class where you lead your horse. As you [...]

by Tori, age 12 Everyone is always excited about going to a horse show. It is fun, there are many people there to watch, and you might get to ride your favorite horse or pony! But have you thought about the fun? Have you thought about the passion? If you haven’t, you’re not ready for [...]