Working the two-point position is great conditioning for riders. It helps stretch your heels down and helps strengthen your leg muscles.
No matter what discipline you ride, a horse that leans on your hands is not properly engaging his hind end, which will impact your dressage marks and more.
In this article Randy Roy, a senior international judge, course designer and author, gives his advice on a range of problems or issues seen at shows.
Diarrhea may be the main symptom of many potentially dangerous conditions such as infections, parasite overloads, and toxins.
The future of Canadian horse shows depends on attracting new stewards, judges, and Technical Delegates to officiate at events.
Beginning next year, Horse Sport will be running profiles featuring rescue horses and/or OTTBs who have gone on to have successful debuts or second careers in hunter/jumper, eventing, or dressage competition with their new owners. If you have such a special partner, or know of one, contact us at editor@horsesport.com with the details and you may see your lucky rehomed horse profiled in 2017!
The so-called “invisible aids” are the Holy Grail of dressage, and a quiet hand may be the hardest to achieve. Keep reading for some tips and tricks.
The first step in resolving conflict behaviours such as bucking, baulking, rearing, bolting, or leaning on the bit, according to equine cognition expert Dr. Andrew McLean, is to understand the cause, which is often confusion caused by inconsistent aids.
Show steward Jan Stephens answers your questions about horse show rules.
A 2013 University of South Carolina study suggests that 42 per cent of female collegiate equestrians are at risk for disordered eating.