I am soon to compete in my first Highschool Equestrian meet of the year, and I am quite nervous. I competed last year, so I know what the meets are like, but I have been without a saddle for much of the year (poor fit and couldn't bring myself to ride my gelding in a saddle that was hurting him...

So this weekend, im suppose to be taking my horse up to a womans house to ride her horse and see if she is interested in trade and so on.. {Want bored y'all with all those details that don't mean anything} So normally I wouldn't be nervous riding a "new" horse as I call it, but this mare is...

I love showing! Although I don't do a ton of it, I enjoy all of the careful preparation, the excitement of going to a new place with my horse, and the satisfaction of a great ride. But what I don't love is the pre-class butterflies. I stress an worry a great deal as I prepare to ride. What...

So basically my last eventing show didn't go to well. We got in 9th for dressage because I nearly ran into the fence, then disqualified for stadium because my horse refused once then I fell off after, then for cross country Ihad to slap my horse to go over to jumps. So now I have early show...

I don't know what it is, but every time I start getting ready for a showmanship class my nerves get the better of me. I either get really snappy or start crying. After we get our placing and are just chilling in the barn again I'm fine, and I'm fine for any other class. It's just showmanship! I...

Hi,well i've been learning to canter for a few months now and had a really bad mental block on cantering and was scared to do it after a fall when i was learning (it was on my friends horse not at my riding school,horse did a sharp turn and i was unbalanced and i fell of and got trod on,ouch)...

I have diagnosed anxiety and it seems to hit me really bad before jumping lessons. It's not even the jumping part that bothers me I don't think. I think it has to do with the fact that the horse I jump is really fresh almost all the time. It's not that I can't handle him, because my instructor...

I'm 18 and I've been riding for 5 years now and have gone to 4 different riding schools and have once a week lessons. The one I got to is amazing and I have the best instructor ever but that's not the problem. When I was a proper beginner and learning to ride the second riding school I went to...