Hello everyone! I'm starting Western riding lessons tomorrow and was given a pair of paddock boots. I want to be able to use them, but don't want to be doing the wrong thing. Is this something I shouldn't do or does it really not matter?

Hi fellow horse lovers! I really need advice. I have taken the winer off from riding and am going to be starting it again in the spring. When I start riding again I will be riding at a different barn- this new barn offers lessons in both Western and English, whereas the one I went to previously...

Howdy - I joined to learn - Iv'e got to catch up with my 11 year-old daughter who's passion for horses would blow your mind! We recently aquired our first horse - an 18 year old gelding - Strawberry Roan that is believed to be ½ Saddlebred ½ Mustang.

I'm not new to riding, though I haven't ridden in a while, and I'm looking to buy a horse in the near(ish) future. I'm sixteen, female, fairly short. I can ride all gaits, and ride bareback, i have very little experience with jumps, and prefer hacking to menages. the horse would need to be...

Hi guys, I'm new to this website. :) So, I started riding around January, but I've wanted to ride for my entire life. At my boarding school, I get to ride maybe 3 or 4 times a month. I just started learning the sitting trot in March (seems a long time ago, but a lot of the lessons we couldn't...

I've been studying [lots of books + online videos] cutting horse training & cattle ranching for about a year now so I know a good deal of the terminology and am familiar with, what I understand to be, the proper practices of the discipline but, only in THEORY with very little real-life-hands-on...

Hi! As disclosed in my username I'm new to breed showing and could not be more lost when it comes to the different terminology used on show bills and to register for classes (non-pro, novice, amateur, youth, etc.) I'm 15, and this will be my first year showing MApHA and GLApHC. I have no ApHC...

In walk- 10m circle 15m circle 20m circle Collected Very confident In trot- 10-20m circle Jump 60-70cm 2ft 3 Very confident (learning leg yield) In canter- 20m circle Jumping 60-70 Confident but not the best at it I ride a 7yr old lazy pony so it can be hard to get her to canter she is my...

Hey, So I'v been riding on and off throughout my life, much of which was hacking and took riding up again at University earlier this year. I had never jumped until now (apart from one awful attempt which we wont count). I'v had four jumping lessons at uni and was wondering if anyone could help...

I am currently competing intro at events and placing in the top two. at jumper shows i do 2'7 and i place in the top 5's. I'm starting off my eventing season beginner novice in May. i hope to school alot during the summer and hopefully compete novice in the fall. my pony is going strong but he...

Okay, so my rant is about myself letting someone ride my horse, and now I think it's a huuuge mistake! Apologies, it's looooooong! Let me set the scene as it were: -I rent a couple of acres of a much larger field (of which I can make my own, do what I like as regards to fencing, stables Etc)...

Introduction Last September, my girlfriend Kaitie expressed an interest in picking up riding again. She had taken riding lessons for something like 10 years when she was younger, but eventually had to give up taking them after her instructor moved too far away. I was excited to see her ride...

Hello, I was wondering what is the exact definition of a novice rider. I will be entering... Novice Rider Equitation o/f 2' Novice Rider Hunter o/f 2' Novice Rider Equitation Could somebody define these classes thuroughly please? What does u/s mean? A few of the classes have that in their...