Unlike other sports, where you need to change into the appropriate clothing; stretch; and then get started with your workout, horseback riding starts and ends with caring for your horse because without them there is no sport.  My riding routine begins with changing in to breeches, essentially tan leggings with a knee patch to better […]

What does falling from a horse really feel like? Until you fall, you are bound to be both curious and terrified of the unknown so in today’s blog post I will describe my own experiences to you.  When I was younger and less experienced, I fell off more than a few times before getting really […]

  Instead of planning to fall, equestrians learn to ride. From the very beginning, new riders learn how to read a horse’s emotions so they can predict when a horse might feel threatened and begin to act irrationally.  Riders also learn a “basic-balanced-position” and this is the most stable position to be in even in […]

I think part of what makes the thought of riding a horse so scary for most people is not only working with such a large creature but the possibility of falling off this large creature. Did you know that equestrian helmets are actually quite different from bike helmets and most equestrian competitions do not consider […]