* The Blog! *

Blogs in the 'Riding Advice' Channel

A Horse Rider

Published by GHC • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Riding Advice, by Madelaina

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…



How to Get in Shape for Riding

Published by GHC • May 16th, 2008 • Category: Riding Advice, by Syd

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…



Riding Logs: Keepsakes for Life

Published by GHC • May 7th, 2008 • Category: Junior Blogger Archives, Riding Advice

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…



The Importance of Equestrian Helmets

Published by GHC • Apr 2nd, 2008 • Category: Guest Bloggers, Riding Advice

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…



Life of a Champion

Published by GHC • Feb 29th, 2008 • Category: Riding Advice, by Madelaina

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…



Ten Commandments of Riding: One

Published by GHC • Feb 27th, 2008 • Category: Junior Blogger Archives, Riding Advice

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, [...]



Bareback Riding

Published by GHC • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Riding Advice, by Stargazer

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…



Setbacks

Published by GHC • Jan 27th, 2008 • Category: Guest Bloggers, Horse Advice, Riding Advice

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 [...]



The Wonder of Riding a Horse

Published by GHC • Jan 2nd, 2008 • Category: Junior Blogger Archives, Riding Advice

by horsejo, age 11
All girls at Girls Horse Club love horses. They love their eyes, they love their bodies, but most of all these girls love the horse’s sweet heart. No matter what size a horse it, the heart is always the same: sweet and caring.
Some people here aren’t as lucky as others. Some of [...]



Flying Without Wings

Published by GHC • Dec 11th, 2007 • Category: Riding Advice, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 12
We’ve all heard the common saying horses fly without wings. To other people, they would just go ‘you must be joking yourself — people these days, reading too many fairy tales’ if you told them that. But for people in the horse society, you wouldn’t ever get an answer that is so [...]