Posts Tagged ‘ horseback riding ’

Riding Rosie for the first time

Mar 4th, 2010 | By Mary Hunter | Category: Horse Training

I rode Rosie for the first time on Saturday, and she did excellently! Rosie is a mare who I did quite a bit of groundwork with last year, such as desensitization to bareback pads and a big green ball. She’s a smart mare and a quick learner. Rosie was in a foster home for a [...]



Should You Use A Mounting Block to Get On Your Horse?

Dec 16th, 2009 | By Mary Hunter | Category: Horse Training

Here are four good reasons why you might want to use a mounting block the next time you get on your horse:
1) Using a mounting block is better for your horse’s back.
Jumping up into the saddle is quick and easy for you, but you could be putting a lot of strain on your horse’s withers [...]



Can you unsaddle your horse while cantering over jumps?

Jun 4th, 2009 | By Mary Hunter | Category: Youtube Videos

This is an incredibly impressive video. Watch the Metropolitan Mounted Police perform at the London International Horse of the Year Show in 2006. See three horses jumping in sync over a jump, horses jumping through fiery obstacles, riders taking on and off their jackets while jumping, and at the end, even taking off their saddles while [...]



Some Recent Photos of Shiloh

May 4th, 2009 | By Mary Hunter | Category: Horse Training

Shiloh is a young dun QH gelding who I’ve been playing with at the rescue where I volunteer. He spent 90 days at the beginning of this year with a local trainer who mainly uses the Parelli program. He is curious, but shy, and prior to training, he was incredibly skeptical of people. The [...]



Horses Are For Riding? (sometimes!)

Apr 15th, 2009 | By Mary Hunter | Category: Horse Training

I spend a lot of time on the ground these days. Not because I’m getting bucked off, but because I choose to. As I’ve explored different natural horsemanship methods over the past couple of years, I’ve learned about all sorts of new ways to play with a horse without climbing into the saddle– from obstacle [...]