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  1. Horse Boarding/Livery/Agistment Queries
    Hello everyone! I was wondering how long everyone's commute is to their boarding barn? I'm currently looking at boarding facilities around my area and was interested to see what other's commutes are like as most of the barns around me are 30-40 minutes from my place. Thanks!
  2. General English Riding Queries
    Hello all! I hope you guys are having a great day/night! I am needing help understanding why my lower leg is so weak. To start, I have been riding since about 2020, with break between 2022 and 2024. I ride specifically western, and was mostly self taught, meaning I never learned a lot of...
  3. Member Journals
    I have been thinking of starting a journal for a while. I finally decided I might try it. Because it will be nice to look back, months or years later, and think ''oh wow! I was so incompetent before, I am glad I improved!''. Because there is always place for impovement, no matter what you do...
  4. Jumping queries, competing & jumping in training
    Hello!! Today I tried jumping with my OTTB mix, RC after some time in a while. Until now i still faced common problems in jumping , I have tried establishing the correct position however it will just return to how it was when im unaware of it. Everytime i jump and before the jump , My toes...
  5. General English Riding Queries
    Hello! So, I've always ridden western and never had any issues with steering. After a two-year break, I decided to get back into riding but this time try my hand in English. I pretty much have to start from the ground up again, and I just can't for the life of me steer my horse or keep on the...
  6. Trail Riding
    Hello everyone, I would love to know what areas everyone loves to go trail riding in the United States. I only ever did local trail riding but would love to travel and do some trail riding around the states. Thank You!
  7. General Riding queries
    when would be the best time to strt havking out? i want to hack out my horse preferably before summer so we have the whole summer for adventures , basically what milestones would we have to reach to be able to hack ? if that makes any sense to anyone 😂 (i am quite inexperienced with horses , i...
  8. Riding and Barn Wear
    Hello everyone, I would love suggestions for socks to wear for riding. I need something that has more cushioning along the heels as I tend to get a lot of blisters and rubbing along my heels right now with breaking in my new tall boots. I've been wearing short socks (I know bad idea lol). So, I...
  9. Arabians and Part bred Arabians
    Does anyone here ride an Arabian horse western style? I've never seen it done but I might "lease" an Arab from my dad's friend; he's calm and I can ride/hangout with him in exchange for helping with chores :)
  10. Eventing, Cross Country, Fox/Trail Hunting
    Hello everyone, My husband and I are doing a mini honeymoon this year till we can afford our big honeymoon trip to Ireland and he's wanting to take me to watch three-day eventing (as it's my favorite type of event :)). I would love some suggestions for pro level three-day eventing competitions...
  11. Equine related Surveys & Questionnaires
    !!📣EQUESTRIAN FRIENDS📣!! Please could you all have a look and complete this this survey on behalf of a friend about equestrian products on the market, and your riding lifestyle! This would be highly appreciated!🏆 Please share about as the more data we get the better the results will be!📮 Hope...
  12. Training, Performance Problems advice & queries
    Hey everyone, So, my horse is perfectly developed regarding his back muscles. But, when lunge him, I notice that is neck is not as developed. He struggles to carry himself. His former owner didn't invest on proper flatwork. As soon as he saw that he was a great jumper all he cared about was to...
  13. Training, Performance Problems advice & queries
    This is an extremely curiosity-related question, lol! I just can't figure out how horses are trained to go forward when they are kick/squeezed, and how they are trained to respond to clicks. For some reason, this question has been bothering my brain for quite a while and I can find no info on...
  14. Horse Talk
    Hi all, Just wondering if you have any tips or anything that you do while unable to ride for a while. Any activities you do to practise positions and motions? This is coming from a beginner rider so anything helps. Thanks
  15. Gaited Horses
    So I really liked doing this with warmbloods and thought I would put this out here lol. I personally LOVE gaited horses, they are SO smooth and easy to sit / post to (in my opinion at least). This girl who rides one of the gaited horses at my barn, his gaits make her seat look quite wonderful...
  16. Riding and Barn Wear
    Hi, going horse riding soon. The place where I'm going horse riding doesn't have boots available, would hiking boots with heels work? Thanks
  17. General Riding queries
    Hi, Just wanting to know, what do you do when riding/meeting a new horse? What should you know about their tack/ behaviour? What should you do before getting on? What should you do before even meeting the horse? How should you meet the horse? This is in the context of a family friend owned...
  18. General Riding queries
    It’s always often very important to plan your next ride on your horse or maybe for your kids or a guest. If you didn’t do so before i guess it’s never too late to begin now. It’s best to be prepared and that includes your ride time! Planning and preparing your rides helps to increase...
  19. New and Returning members, introduce yourself here
    I’m new here and it is a pleasure to be amongst y’all. I’m an old equestrian though, have been into horse culture since i was an infant, born into a ranching family introduced to by my grand daddy. Today our fields consist of several breeds, imported ones too, however the Appaloosa and...
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