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Caveat Emptor – Let the buyer beware: How to Avoid Mistakes When Buying a Horse
Buying a horse can be a complicated and confusing process. It is important to know what kind of horse you are looking for and have a plan laid out before you begin shopping. The article below discusses some tips to help your horse buying experience.
Whether you’re buying your first horse or your 21st, it is both an exciting and scary process. You have dreamed of the day when you could own this horse, and you want everything to …
HorseQuest Learning Lesson: New and Prospective Horse Owner’s Lesson
The New and Prospective Horse Owner’s Learning Module is comprised of a series of lessons designed to introduce new and potential horse owners to the basic care and management of horses. Materials provided in these lessons will help individuals determine how interested they are in horses and to what extent they want to become involved. The sections within this lesson include:
- Horse Ownership Considerations
- Costs of Horse Ownership
- How to Feed a Horse
- How to Select the Right Horse
- How
Competitive Western Horse Events
Competitive Activities
Many people choose to enjoy their horses in competitive events. These activities can be either individual or team events. Some are judged by a set of written rules and specifications, and other competitive activities are timed events. Each activity has it’s own rules, and most have organizations that plan the competitions at the local, regional, national, and sometimes international, level.
Western Competitive Activities
Some of the western competitive activities available for horse owners include:
- Horsemanship
- Western Pleasure
- Reining
Benefits of Horse Ownership
Physical Benefits of Ownership
There are many benefits to involvement with horses, for people of all ages. Equine activities may encourage physical activity, for people of varying abilities. For example, simply walking out to a barn, grooming a horse, lifting a saddle and riding may provide more physical activity than many people typically get, especially in our era of computers, television and more sedentary lifestyles. For those who don’t want to ride, grooming a horse, cleaning stalls or feeding may …
Competitive English Horse Events
There are many different competitive events and disciplines available for horses and their riders. One of these many disciplines is english riding. While english may be used in reference to saddle horses and other gaited horses, this article refers to english as activities ridden in the hunt seat or hunter disciplines.
There are several english activities. These include:
- Dressage
- Eventing
- Hunter Jumping
- Show Jumping
Dressage
Dressage is a competition which evaluates the horse’s training, responsiveness and obedience to the rider. …