Training a horse to respond to the rider's legs is crucial for dressage, side passing...

Western style boots for horses offer protection from the cannon bone and the foot, and they also...

Bridles and bits used on colts are either a Hackamore or a Bosal, and they are used to train young..

The German Martingale bridle attaches to the girth and uses a pulley-type system to pull on the...

Western-style saddles differ for team penning, barrel racing, roping, reining or cutting, as each...

Western horseback riding usually requires using the neck rein to steer the horse instead of the...

Western horses are trained to come off the smooth snaffle bit.

Lead changes should be done in a way that keeps the horse calm and quiet, applying pressure with...

A horse can be trained to transition speeds gradually through association when the rider hums...

Neck reining is used in Western horseback riding, which applies pressure to the side of the horse's.

Transitioning from a walk into a lope requires picking up the hands softly, pressing in with the…

Getting into the equestrian sports begins with reining, which is a category accommodating all levels

A set of circles in reining is judged by looking for a horse that is willfully guided through the...

Warming up horses before a show requires tuning in to the horses' needs, concentrating on areas...

When exercising horses, warming them up before the exercise and cooling them down afterward is...

Feeding competition horses requires working with a local feed mill or local feed store to formulate.

Lodging for horses should be well-ventilated with windows, kept clean and dry and kept well-stocked.

Finesse and showmanship when showing horses takes years to master, but well-trained horses appear...

A rollback is judged by seeing a horse run down, stop hard, turn a 180 degree circle and go back...

The components of spinning or turning a horse that are judged are the start, the turn itself and...