Our columnist takes a look at how horsemen have created their own language.

Every day on farms and racetracks, at shows and events, all across the United States and Canada, horsemen and horsewomen utter remarks, questions and phrases that make perfect sense to them but might just as well have been spoken in Swahili to an outsider.

Our columnist points out that a rider’s success largely boils down to how many hours he spends in the saddle.

There are several diverse groups of riders who all know, to varying degrees, that in order to become better they need to ride more hours than they currently do.  

Our columnist believes an early, structured focus on style, position and effective riding could benefit young eventers.

Our columnist analyzes one of the most common jumping faults—and how to avoid it.

During the summer of 1961 I was working as a very lowly assistant trainer of Morgan show horses at the Green Mountain Stock Farm in Randolph, Vt., when I drove down to South Hamilton, Mass., one weekend to watch the Wofford Cup, then the U.S. National Championship Three-Day Event.