I don’t know about you guys, but I tend to get a little sad when the snow starts to fly and the trails are too icy to venture out. If you live in one of those nice warm places like North Carolina where you can ride out most of the winter, well.. I’m trying to…
Even if you have no interest in fox hunting, I recommend you find out if there is a hunter pace in your area. A hunter pace is, for all intents and purposes, an awesome trail ride that is open to everyone. You don’t have to be a member of a hunt club, you can ride…
Greetings, predators! Yes, you with your forward facing eyes with your binocular vision and your sharp canine teeth and all of that. Even though these days most of us go shopping at the grocery store rather than chasing down prey, we are still predators. To state the obvious, horses… are not. They are 1,000 pound…
Yes, in fact, I do worry. You could call me a worrywart, stressmonkey, doomsdayer, worst case scenario thinker, and pessimist. I am rather like Aunt Josephine in the movie Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events: Having a horse is probably not a good idea for me, because there are an infinite number of…
My last blog post talked about introducing trail riding to a non-trail riding horse. This week I’m going to talk a little about making your trail horse even better! One thing that is really beneficial for any trail horse is to be exposed to new things in a safe way. To that end, earlier this…
Autumn in New England is perhaps the best time to trail ride. The days are cooler, the foliage is amazing, and our horses are usually in good fitness. It’s also the time of year when hunters take to the woods, and surely they enjoy it as much as we do. We need to share the…
Last week Monica wrote about riding different horses on the trail. This week I wanted to talk a little about riding non-trail horses on the trail. In my experience, a lot of people buy horses for a particular job like dressage, eventing, barrel racing, jumping, reining, skijoring, mounted shooting, or any number of other jobs. After…
I have ridden quite a few different horses in my life. It’s not because I am a professional rider or even a competitive amateur. Quite the opposite. For most of my life I have depended on the kindness of friends (and even strangers) who let me ride their horses. I’ve also moved around a lot…
My horse, Prophet, used to hate to go on trail rides. Asking him to lead the group was the equivalent of asking me to lift a car over my head or sing in key. It just was. not. happening. I’m talking full-on tantrum – spook like it’s his job and he’s looking for a promotion,…
Is your horse barefoot? Have two shoes? Four shoes? What is the best shoeing strategy for trail riding? I recently had the opportunity to spend a day with my farrier, Jen Poulin, and interview her about farriery (yes, that is a word) for the trail horse. She gave me a lot of great information which…
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