Horse Riding in General

I have owned my horse for 9 years and as he is now getting very close to 20 I thought I'd give myself a new challenge. so I searched through the websites, viewed loads of horses and finally settled on a 15.2hh 3yr old appaloosa. She had only just been broken and had only been ridden in walk and a small amount of trot on a circle. Went throught all the usual stages had her vetted etc and finally got her home. I had forgotten how spooky young horses could be from being around my old boy for so long, I was beginning to worry what I had let myself in for!!! After a few days she had settled and I began to ride her. Having a youngster is really frustrating some days ...

Are you guilty of endangering your own and your horse?s life by behaving ignorantly when riding on the road? Do you break the law when taking your horse onto the Public Highway? Are you or your children unknowingly putting yourselves at risk and possibly breaking the rules of the Highway Code? As road users sharing the increasingly busy highway with vehicles, you must obey the rules of the road. Consistency of moments and a reliable system of signals and actions keep all road users playing by the same rules. If rules are broken or a user disregards them, then confusion, misunderstandings and accidents will inevitably occur. At present horse riders need ...

Around the tender age of 10, I suddenly grew bored with the formal side of Pony Club riding. It all became white shirt and tie and tack and turnout inspections. Competitiveness soared, with mothers spending ridiculous amounts of money on souped-up ponies so their daughters could beat those of their arch rivals – mothers in other branches of the pony club. All this meant that your average rider (myself included) could no longer compete on a level playing field. So I simply stopped competing. At around the same time, a friend of our family took over management of our branch’s polo team. She persuaded me to come along, so I did. I had never ...