Tips to Keep Your Horse from Bucking
It’s a scene riders dread: A tense, strong horse ignores your cues, moves straight ahead then begins bucking and kicking out. Your horse’s body is tight and you are out…
Liberty Work with Luke Gingerich
Luke Gingerich gives some pointers for anyone interested in starting out in the appealing discipline of liberty work, which both horses and handlers can enjoy. Clinician Luke Gingerich shows student…
Introduction to Showing Sport Horses in Hand
Read the full article about showing in hand in Horse Illustrated’s June 2024 issue! Here is some great content we couldn’t fit in the print article. Tips to Polish Performance…
Unlock the Secret to Equine Behavior
Read the full article about equine behavior in Horse Illustrated’s July 2024 issue! Below is some great content we couldn’t fit in the print article, featuring insight from animal behaviorist…
Teach Your Horse to Self-Load in the Trailer
If you’ve owned or been around horses long enough, you’ll no doubt have witnessed the gamut of trailer-loading abilities. From the highly desired self-loader to the horse who simply refuses…
Introduction to Free Jumping – Horse Illustrated
A 4-year-old filly clears a jump during her mare performance test at the American Trakehner Association annual meeting. Photo by Allen MacMillan/MacMillan Photography A riderless sport horse negotiates a series…
How to help a nervous horse
Coping with a nervous horse can feel like trying to parent an amped-up toddler crossed with a moody teen. You love them dearly—you truly do!— but some days you wonder…
How play helps horses learn
Learning with your horse is a never-ending journey— except when it’s not. At some point, you might encounter difficulties that cause frustration for one or both of you. There could…
4 frequent horse coaching challenges
Correctly navigating challenges that come up when working together with your horse can produce development in your relationship. Too usually, nevertheless, these challenges turn into obstacles that neither associate is…
Share your experience with auxiliary reins
(Read more below, or go straight to the survey here: https://edinburgh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/equine-biomechanics-and-the-use-of-auxiliary-reins) Auxiliary reins are frequently used in horse training, but what drives equestrians to use them in the first place?…