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How do you guys adjust training when your horses have a growth spurt? Do you treat a growth spurt different when they're not super young (say, 5 or 6 year olds with growth spurts as opposed to 3 year...

My mare turned six on Monday and I've had her just about one year. She's grown like two inches, in progressive phases of butt-highness followed by looking normal. Her butt and forehead just will not...

Omg he is SO ADORABLE all cuddled up like that!!!

I tend to buy and use my own stuff mostly, but the two things I ALWAYS forget to bring with me to the wash rack are:

1) A sweat scraper for when I'm just hosing down post-ride. I remember my own...

Well, I have a velvet Charles Owen Hampton that I bought thinking I'd wear it for shows, because I like that 70s hunter velvet-helmet look, but I'm so comfortable in the AYR8 that I school in that I...

I'm another lover of the PRI pads. I feel like they wash and wear well and stay soft. They're also a nice size -- not too big, not too small, not too bulky, not too thin. I have a bunch of colors,...

I use my blog to keep track of how riding is going. Before I had a blog, I had a notebook and kept it journal-style, with the date, a description of what we worked on and a description of what...

I would totally love to own that.



This!!!

All upper-body stuff should be fine, and you can also stationary bike with one leg. Looks a little silly, but it does work!!

In terms of healing, when I sprained my ankle, I did keep it wrapped...

Yeah...I have a non-horsey SO. He tries to be supportive, but it is really hard for him to do.

Horseback riding is not just some random hobby. It takes an enormous amount of time, money,...

I am confused about this as I thought it was the opposite way around -- tight psoas/hip flexors tilt the pelvis forward, right?

I don't like them either. I always pull on my full seats at home and then promptly take them right back off and go back to the riding tights. They feel so restrictive!!!!

I mean, if you have...

Runner's knee is slightly different than IT band knee pain and causes pain on the inside or center of the kneecap, but runner's World has a good article on dealing with IT band issues. What helps me...

I hope so! I would totally buy that. Katie Price and I have similar taste in colors, though our similarities end there...

lol. :-P I think what I mean is that with running and with riding, people pay to participate in the same events as professionals, as opposed to, like, major league baseball (I do want to recognize...

You could apply this to any level depending on how you define a "properly trained horse." Some people might see a "properly trained horse" as a horse that's second level or above, or higher. It's not...

Wow, I usually bite my tongue, but the snobbery about intro classes is infuriating. There is absolutely no valid reason to look down on having intro classes. Even if you omit beginner riders who...

I definitely feel like this sometimes. It seems like people who improve at dressage have either time, money, or natural talent, and I have none of those things. I envy the naturally gifted riders who...

I don't know about judging standards or what's being rewarded or anything, but I think 7s and 8s are defined as "fairly good" and "good" and that doesn't seem like an excessive goal. I know scores in...

I hate it!! I'm not a traditionalist, though..I just like having a different color at the neck to break up the solid color of the jacket. I might like it with black breeches if it was an all-black...

I think "inside leg to outside rein" is one of those phrases that makes perfect sense to people who already know how to ride instinctually, like instructors. To some of us, it just begs the question...

I always wore a "helmet," but it was the helmet I bought in about 1996, had been through one major fall, and was too big to begin with. This weekend, I purchased a brand-new, properly-fitting Charles...

I've tried to quit riding before. Several times, actually. Usually ends with me sitting in the horse-books aisle in Borders, bawling my eyes out like a baby. So I give up. Riding is not my talent,...

there is no "shop till you drop for the fun of it" option... :-D

I am most likely to buy something if it is unique in some way, particularly if it is colorful. I am a sucker for matchy-matchy,...

I REALLY struggle with knowing whether or not my contact is too heavy, too light or just right. I always think too light is right.

I struggle with second-guessing what I think I'm feeling, so...