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Ranch Versatility – Part II
One of the things I have seen in the last few years is the growth in popularity of Ranch Riding and Versatility and people buying Reining Horses that are not quite making it in the reining world and then using them for Ranch Versatility. However, most reining horses carry their heads down below their withers. When a horse gets relaxed and soft, the head drops lower and lower. While some reining trainers like it when the horse keeps its head low, the Ranch Versatility rulebook is very clear that a natural head carriage is desired. I am seeing a lot of Reining horses used for Ranch Versatility and while these horses do well, the low headset goes against what Ranch Versatility is all about and does not work well for the horse.
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The summer season of trail riding is now in full swing
The summer season of trail riding is now in full swing. With most schools closed for the summer, people are looking for places to ride their horses. We have a special event that you, your family and friends might enjoy with their horses. Even if you do not have a horse, but have some experience riding, we can supply horses. Over the years, I have always enjoyed combining horse vacations with historical locations.
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The Magnificent Met Mounted Police Return To Olympia, The London International Horse Show
Adding to this year’s stellar line-up of entertainment, the Mounted Branch of the Metropolitan Police will be returning with their breath-taking Activity Ride, a phenomenal demonstration of skill and bravery as they negotiate hazards, portraying complete trust between horse and Officer. Expect horses jumping through a solid paper wall, fire, and many more edge-of-the-seat moments as the horses boldly illustrate their nerves of steel, in perfect formation.
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Celebrate New Year’s Eve Like The French: Gougeres
Fireworks exploding, people cheering, champagne corks popping; the familiar sounds of New Year’s...
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- CCI4*L First-Timers Take Early Lead at MARS Bromont CCIby Veronica Green-Gott
The new kids on the block are taking over in the CCI4*-L at the MARS Bromont CCI this weekend– all of our top three horses are aiming to complete their first long-format event at the
- “I Think An Awful Lot of Him”: Homebred Takes Bramham Day One Leadby Tilly Berendt
After all the fun and games of yesterday’s first horse inspection at the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials, perhaps we could all have been forgiven for thinking the event’s officials would be in a rather
- How to Follow MARS Bromont, Melbourne International and Defender Bramham International This Weekendby Sally Spickard
There is a full slate of eventing action on tap this weekend around the world, and team EN is covering two of the three major 4* events. Here’s a quick primer on how to keep
- Thursday News & Notes from Virginia Horse Center Foundationby Eventing Nation
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Full Moon Farm Eventing Foundation (@fmf.eventing.foundation) This Pride month, you can join the Full Moon Farm Eventing Foundation for a virtual LGBTQIA+ panel discussion
- All CCI4*-L Horses Through First Horse Inspection at MARS Bromont CCIby Sally Spickard
Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat: this jog report will in no way be as entertaining as Tilly’s report from Bramham earlier today. Not from lack of humor on my
- One Horse Out; Several Minds Apparently Lost Completely at Bramham First Horse Inspectionby Tilly Berendt
For those of us who live in, um, the ‘business end’ of the United Kingdom, it’s no hop, skip, and a jump to get to the Defender Bramham Horse Trials, which is tucked — as