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Perhaps, you watched the movie "Hidalgo" or have fallen in love with a friend's Paint Horse, and now you're wondering if a Paint Horse would be a good fit for yourself as a beginner...

Regardless of whether the stable houses the next Olympic champion or the 28yr old family Shetland, at least one of the yard horses will sport a leg wrap at some point. However, the type of leg wrap...

The bit sits in the horse's mouth and acts as an interface between the rider's hands and the horse's mouth. Horses with sensitive mouths often become unhappy and dangerous to ride unless a...

Brushing horses can seem like a lot of hard work for minimal gain. I recently had one student protest that he didn't need to brush his little Arab after riding because his horse was "mostly clean."...

As outside temperatures begin to drop, new horse owners or other interested parties may begin to worry about how our four-legged friends will fair outside in the dead of winter. Being a horse lover...

Dressage is considered the ballet of English riding. At the highest level of competition, riders wear fancy coats with tails and, until recently, top hats. The horses are as shiny as a waxed wooden...