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I’m a novice horse rider, and flexibility is becoming an issue for me.
I took a yoga class at school, and I was the least flexible in my class of 25. I can’t even touch my toes.
Are there any books you can recommend that illustrate some stretches I can do?
How can I improve my flexibility? You [...]

Training a horse to do balanced walking with a rider is important in horse riding. Learn more about horse riding balanced walking with tips from a horse trainer in this free horse riding video.
Expert: Kathy Kentala
Bio: Kathy Kentala has been a horse enthusiast since she was six years old. Kathy owns the Bee [...]

i know how to care for ahorse and ride fairly okay..can trot and canter but sometimes still get it wrong, looking to loan a horse but the lady says her horse is a good all rounder but not for a novice, you need experience…what u think? am i too crap a rider?
If you [...]

I’m ordering 3 books to help me along with my riding and horse skills. (I take lessons twice a week but my instructor doesn’t speak much english so I’m not getting the information and theory I’d like to)
1. A book to help me in general: I’ve heard only great things about Centered Riding by [...]

This is a trailer for a DVD which is available to buy here
http://www.horseheroshop.com/prods/showprod.asp?pid=16594
After two years of basic training, Dablino (age 5) is a dressage horse is in the making. Systematic schooling, step by step, now focuses on the improvement of the half halt, distinct transition within the paces, lateral movements and flying changes preparing for [...]

I took some of my students to a schooling show this weekend and noticed that in the Novice Horse and Rider classes there were kids competing that I knew had qualified themselves and their horses for Youth Nationals… a very high level of competition.
While my students are just starting out in Canter classes, these more [...]

I have been riding for about a year(would of been longer if there had of been a riding school around before last year) most of my family have something to do with horses i’ve been around horses pretty much all my life(although not riding them just brushing them sometimes since there racehorses) i have my [...]

This is a trailer for a DVD which is available here http://www.horseheroshop.com/prods/showprod.asp?pid=16593
A healthy upbringing and responsible handling which fosters positive experiences – these are the basic requirements when it comes to producing a calm and reliable riding horse which is able to achieve it’s full potential. In this DVD the classical training programme is followed [...]

Well I am currently horse hunting (very exciting!) for my first horse (but im not buying till spring). I am 15. But, I am not a typical ‘first horse’ beginner novice type – I would like to compete seriously, BSJA and do eventing and ponyclub. At the moment, I have been riding for about 5 [...]

So i am thinking of entering my first show with my horse. It is a schooling type show, and it says that novice classes are defined by any one rider/horse combination having not won any three or more first placings.
Its my first show, but i now how to ride and everything. would i HAVE to [...]