Tom discusses the reasons to use a curb chain and the types of curb chains he likes to use.

In Part 2 of teaching your horse to guide, Billy shows you a few exercises that he does to soften the horses face to be able to guide better. Billy also shows you how he gets his horses to…

Ttouch for Your Students: As a Ttouch and Feldenkrais practitioner, Pamela Beets brings Linda Tellington-Jones’ Ttouch techniques to a practical level, teaching instructors how to utilize…

Franco Bertolani talks with us about key tips he has for training a deaf horse. He tells us how to make sure the horse has great communication with your legs and hands. Check out Franco’s…

Several training videos from different disciplines, presented by USEF (U.S. Equestrian Federation), including: Pathway to Para-Equestrian Dressage, with Rebecca Hart, Muriel Forrest, Michel…

How to execute the pulley rein on a horse to stop in an emergency.

Reining Basics for Riders of All Levels: See exercises in which all levels of riders can participate to develop fundamental reining skills. Features tips for improving rider performance as…

Tom talks about using a cavasan on his horses, what kind he uses and why they can be helpful.

This is a sample first trot lessons for beginner horseback riding students demonstrating the 15 minute lesson format used by participants during a Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA)…

Reed explains the basics of how to clean out a horse stall and the difference between good and bad shavings.

Abby Mixon discusses with us how to look smoother in the show pen. Check out Abby’s video.

Tom goes over what he thinks is the best ground to work on for a reining horse.

Lesson Exercises for Various Level Riders: Teaching group lessons to riders with a wide range of riding abilities is always a challenge.

Go in the Loomis Ranch barns with Bob as he elaborates on Part I, showing you himself what his conformation theory is all about in Part II of our series on Bob Loomis’ Trapezoid Theory. See…

Tom talks about the screens that he puts down during winter to keep his arena warmer, and to keep the wind down.

Tom instructs Rookie Rider, Shawn Stratman, on the proper techniques to a good spin and how important the start of the turn is in organizing the whole maneuver, plus the best way to avoid the…

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Sarah explains on keeping everything soft and simple while working with a young horse and then with time and persistence everything will start to fall into place. Sarah also talks about how…

Mark goes over when he likes to stop working with his horse and call it a day. He also believes that the first five and last five minutes of training your horse are the most important.

Tom demonstrates how to properly lead a horse in and out of a stall.

Special Thanks to Shorty’s Caboy Hattery!

The system of evaluating animal body conditions has been used by livestock producers for a long time. The more popular system used in the horse industry is the Henneke System first presented…

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Daniel talks about the progress a 2 year old horse has made coming into its 3 year old year, and what it might still need to work on.

Equi-Stretch® Strengthening and Stretching Techniques Level Two is a specialized extension of the concepts introduced in volume one, Strengthening and Stretching Techniques for the Rider.

Tom McCutcheon answers the question, “How to teach a horse to keep its front end moving during the stop”

Martin Muehlstaetter tells us and demonstrates how he starts teaching horses to back-up. Check out Martin’s video!

With all the riding Tom McCutcheon does, how does he keep from getting his butt chapped? Tom answers this in the latest “Ask Tom Anything” video.

How to Safely and Effectively Pick Horse's Hooves

Debbie talks about how to teach your horse to counter bend, or also known as reverse trotting. This exercise has a lot of benefits to teaching your horse can can help many of your reining maneuvers.

Tom takes you through his choice of bits for the various stages of training.

This safety tip brought to you by the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) deals with correctly and safely fitting sports medicine boots, bell boots and split boots on your horse.

How to Pony A Horse Safely brought to you by the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) and Teresa Kackert

Tom McCutcheon discusses what should be considered when purchasing a reiner for the first time.

Mark goes over how to be aware of you and your horses surrounding while riding. he also says use the horses gifts of knowing what is going on around them, and to support them if they get scared.

Tim McQuay got started in reining in the 70s, earning his first National Reining Horse Association money in 1978 at the NRHA Futurity in Columbus, Ohio aboard Band Of Glo to a 13th place…