Adjusting Girths & Stirrups Correctly & Safely While Mounted
Girth and stirrup adjustments are a normal part of riding—but doing them correctly from the saddle is crucial for safety…
Trailering Safety Tips
When you’re traveling with precious cargo, preparation is essential for a safe journey. Join Julie Winkel as she shares expert…
Ring Basics: Buffer Zone for Bipeds
If you’ve spent any time on the ground interacting with a horse, you come to respect the gross tonnage rule.…
Tack Basics: Performance & Protective Boots
Protecting your equine athlete‘s legs from a jump rail or hazards on the trail is vital for performance and longevity.…
Ring Basics: Horse and Hound
Whether you are at the barn or the show, dogs and horses come with the territory. They go together like…
Ring Basics: Treat Me Right
Allocating horse treats can be a powerful training tool, particularly for more food-motivated horses. Offering a horse a cookie in…
Barn Basics: The Ins and Outs of Stall Safety
It would seem to be the very most basic aspect of horsemanship – retrieving and returning your mount to the…
Ring Basics: Allowing For Auditors
As spectators, we want to have a front-row seat ringside during any horse event, but viewers who get too close…
Barn Basics: Mucking Like A Pro
Meet Maplewood’s barn manager, Antonio, as he demonstrates the most thorough, efficient, and economical way to muck out a stall.…
Barn Basics: Feeding the Habit
USHJA’s Emerging Athletes Program stable manager clinician and member of the EAP Committee, Nanci Snyder, shares with us her philosophy…
A Gymnastic For All Jumping Disciplines
Join Hope and Ned Glynn as they share one of their favorite gymnastics, one that enhances the performance of hunters,…
Demystifying the Inside Leg to Outside Rein
These days you hear the phrase “inside leg to outside rein” tossed around in schooling rings and during lessons with…