young horses

Hello all! I have a two-part question. I've been searching books and websites for this information and it's been surprisingly scarce if not impossible to find. I hope you can help me out! Background: My horse is two years old. I've had her for nearly a year now. She can be so sweet and soft...

Hey all. So it's spring time and that means it's time for all the babies to start popping up everywhere. I love little foals and how cute they are, so why not drop pics of all your guys cute little babies for us to drool over? Feel free to post your own foals, or foals/weanlings you plan on...

Hi! I wasn't sure if I was supposed to update my previous thread or make a new one, so I opted for a new thread. If I'm violating forum etiquette or anything, please let me know! I don't want to annoy people. Anyways, I posted a little while ago on the 22nd about my horse Ladybird, asking a...

So i bought this young 3 1/2 year old appaloosa x welsh pony as a jumper prospect :runninghorse2: she has been sent away to be broken professionally for 6 weeks and came back a few weeks ago. She was good to start with. Really responsive and alert but recently she has been becoming quite slow...

Hi folks, Does anyone have any tips for teaching a young horse to neck rein, once they have the direct reining down? It always seems to take a long time, but I can't think of a faster way of doing it (basically I apply neck rein before I direct rein until the horse gets it). Thanks!