Budget Equestrian
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Being A Better Rider Day 17 – Using Ground Poles Yesterday I showed you how to make your very own ground poles. So today, we are going to put them to use! You can use ground poles for your schooling, even if you are not a jumper. Using ground poles have benefits for all riding, …
Making Ground Poles Today is a little bit different. We are taking a break from being in the saddle, and we are going to be giving your horse a well-deserved day off too. Today we are going to be making ground poles. I love days like today. Because today we are going to be building …
Pamper Your Horse Day 15 Being A Better Rider Challenge We have been riding for a few days now in our being a better rider challenge. And even though I would LOVE to ride every day, sometimes I just don’t have the time. But horses still need to be care for on a daily basis …
Improving Your Horse’s Balance – Day 14 Being A Better Rider Challenge When we work on having better balance, our horse’s need to be balanced too. So that is what day #14 is about. Today we are going to work on improving your horse’s balance.
Improving Your Balance – Day 13 Of Being A Better Rider Challenge Yesterday we had a rest day for our horses. Sorry, you probably did a lot of work yourself, but it was worth it, right? Today our horses will be back at it as we need them today!
Rest Day For Your Horse – Busy Day For You Well it’s another day in our being a better rider challenge and I know we haven’t been doing extremely strenuous work outs with our horses, but they are still work outs. So today will be a rest day….for the horses. But for me, (and possibly …
Going Bitless – Day 11 Of Being A Better Rider Well it’s another day in our being a better rider challenge and today I wanted to share with you my thoughts on going bitless. About a month ago I had posted about my thoughts on bitless bridles. This is something I had given some very …
Creating A Warm Up For You And Your Horse Welcome back to day #10 of the being a better rider challenge! Since we are spending more time riding our horses now, I thought an important part of our riding session should focus on our warm up. So today we are going to be working on …
Getting Bucked Off – Day 9 Being A Better Rider Challenge I really thought hard about not putting this into our challenge. But it happens. So I thought I would share with you my experience of getting bucked off my horse.
Becoming A Better Rider Day 8: Riding Without Stirrups Hopefully you enjoyed yesterday, because we are back at it again today! This will be another exercise under saddle. So go ahead and get your horse groomed and tacked up, and out to your riding arena. You can go through the steps we did yesterday, walking …
Becoming A Better Rider – Day 7 Today is our 7th day of our becoming a better rider challenge. How is everything going so far? Are you still in? Are you developing good habits? Remember, every step you take toward this is a victory, so even if you have been with your horse for more …
Day 6 Tacking Up Faster Now that we are almost a week into this challenge, I have decided it’s time to focus on getting on our horses. And when we are getting ready to ride, how long do we spend actually tacking up our horse? Sometimes I find myself getting lost in my own tack …
