Showing your horse in competitions and horse shows can be one of the most fun ways to enjoy being a horse owner. In this section, I collect tips for showing: how to safely trailer to show, perform at your very best, and win.
Many people unfamiliar with Western riding disciplines wonder why the horses carry their heads so low all of the time. Western horses do often carry their heads much lower compared to horses in English disciplines. There are several factors involved in this. 6 Reasons Western Pleasure Horses Have their Heads so Low Conformation A major …
Packing for your first horse is an exciting task and is worthy of its own checklist! Lucky for you, we have already prepared your horse show packing list and we can’t wait to share it with you. Build your own packing list from the lists provided here or jump straight to the free download. We’ve broken …
Briefly, while I was hustling to earn money during graduate school, I started buying bank award ribbons from a local horse show rosette manufacturer and selling them online. It was a fun little side-gig that was easy to manage from the tiny downtown apartment I lived in at the time, and I ended up with …
To help dressage riders study their dressage tests, I created this dressage arena PDF. This printable dressage arena is great for printing actual paper copies of a dressage arena layout so that you can study and memorize your dressage test by tracing a pen or finger around a tiny paper dressage arena printed from this …
How shows have a dress code- often official but usually unofficial. In this post, you’ll learn from a horse-show veteran what to wear as a spectator, advice for competitors and horse owners, plus some style tips that will make dressing for a horse show easier for everyone. Many horse owners enjoy exhibiting in horse shows …
Fake Tails- are they Really “a thing”? Horse shows have always been something of a beauty pageant for both horses and riders, but in the late 20th century it became increasingly common to improve the length and fullness of a horse’s tail by using what’s referred to as a “false tail” or “tail extension.” …
Quality horse jumps, poles, and standards can cost many thousands of dollars. For a casual rider or a beginning riding stable, the cost of purchasing a set of jumps can be prohibitive. In this post we will be talking about several ways to build attractive, unique, horse jumps without spending a small fortune! What This …
The diagram below provides an important tip for equitation classes that many beginners learn the hard way – by performing the pattern incorrectly in the show ring. As this diagram shows, to correctly execute a figure 8 in an equitation class at a horse show, it is important to not ride the pattern in …
Generally, horses shed their winter coats around the same time that temperatures start to warm and early spring plants begin growing. But horses might not always shed on time. In this article, we’ll talk about a few reasons that a horse’s coat might not be shedding on time or as quickly as other horses. …
Although you can easily spend thousands of dollars on authentic renaissance costume tack for you and your horse, it’s easy to make your own horse costume by upcycling tack you already have and making a few extra costume pieces using easy to find materials and basic sewing supplies. In this article, I’ll be walking you through …