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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.

Why Do Western Horses Keep Their Heads Down?

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 …

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Horse Show Packing List: Printable Editable

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 …

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What to do With Award Ribbons: 5 Ways to Repurpose Rosettes

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 …

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Printable Dressage Arena PDF + 3 Test Study Tips

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 …

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Fake Horse Tails: Facts, Myths, Rules, and How To’s

  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.” …

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How to DIY Your Own Creative Show-Jumping Style Horse Jumps

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 …

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DIY Horse Costume: How to Make Basic Renaissance Tack

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 …

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