Equestrian Sports

  • Improve Your Dressage Test Instantly With These 3 Easy Steps Just over 10 years ago, I used to be out at a dressage or eventing competition almost every weekend, but since married life, kids & my own business have come along I don't get out as much as I used to! Anyway, I have a dressage competition coming u...
  • Smile...It Really Isn't That Painful! I've just spent the last few hours sorting through a few thousand pics that a friend took at Equitana back in 2010 - in case you don't know, Equitana is a big, 3 day 'horse expo' that they have in Australia every year. You'll find everything there...breed...
  • The Best of British Equestrian Vaulting Equestrian vaulting is becoming more and more popular these days, and it's little wonder really. Vaulting combines horse riding with gymnastic activities, all done on a moving horse - some people would liken it to doing circus tricks on horses! When yo...
  • Horse Riding Games – Fun Horse Riding Games For You And Your Horse Horse riding games are a lot of fun. They sure beat doing circles in the arena all day! Not to say that you shouldn’t be doing some nice, steady arena work some of the time, but it’s not good for you or your horse to do it every day. This is where hors...
  • Rare Footage of the Eventing at the 1976 Olympic Games in Bromont Now it's not very often you see videos like this from the 70s! You can learn a lot from watching footage of other top class riders - how they ride the cross country course, how they attack each different jump and much more! This great eventing video...
  • Melbourne Cup Day – Some Interesting Melbourne Cup Facts & Figures Today, the 1st November 2011, is Melbourne Cup day so as I’m in Australia I thought I’d better give it a mention! I don’t really follow the horse racing much so I won’t be stopping to watch the race this afternoon or placing any bets, but I have found out...
  • Horse Tail Braiding Instructions - A Simple Step-By-Step Video Guide A braided tail on your horse always looks neat at a show, but if you haven't done it before it might seem rather confusing on how to get started. Maybe you have done some horse tail braiding before, but it always ends up looking something like the end ...
  • Preparing For Your First Horse Show – Part 1 Welcome to Part 1, in a 2 part series on how to get ready for your first horse show. In Part 1, we look at what you need to do a few weeks or months before hand, & in Part 2, we’ll look at the week leading up to it. Your first horse show is underst...
  • How to Barrel Race - Your Complete, Step-by-Step Guide While I haven't done barrel racing properly at a rodeo, I've done it quite a few times at local gymkhanas & had a blast...& done some not too bad times either :). Not surprisingly, barrel racing is by far the most popular of the timed events in th...
  • 7 Steps to A Happy, Relaxed & Successful Horse Show How many times have you been to a horse show and seen people standing by the horse trailer arguing? I know I have, and in fact I’ve even been one of those arguing once...when I was in my slightly moody and uncooperative teenage years! Something I’m no...