Have you participated in halter or showmanship classes? These classes require you to memorize and perform a showmanship pattern, a series of movements and paces that you and your horse or pony are judged on. In a showmanship class the horse is handled from the ground, using either a halter or bridle. The exhibitor is…
Dressage4Kids, Inc. offers extensive equine scholarships and professional development programs. Some programs help young adult riders enhance their horsemanship skills and competition experience and introduce them to career opportunities in the equine industry. Other programs provide networking or financial assistance to aspiring and current young professionals to further develop their repertoire of training, coaching, competition,…
Have you started thinking about Halloween yet? Do you have a costume? What about a design for your jack ‘o lantern? Have you ever carved a horse jack ‘o lantern before? Maybe this is the year to give it a try! If you know how to use a grid to change the size of an image,…
What would you do if you learned about a neglected filly that needed help? Students at Southport Elementary School in North Carolina, came together to help a one-year-old filly named Piper. The students first heard about Piper through one of the school’s physical education teachers, Donna Michaux. Donna had attended a conference where the table next to hers belonged…
A snaffle bridle is the simplest kind of bridle for young riders. It is made up of the following different parts: cheek piece 1 (attaches to the crownpiece) crown piece 1a (attaches to the cheekpiece) browband 2 noseband 3 throatlatch 4 reins bit Snaffle bridles come in four main sizes: pony, cob, full and oversize. How…
Jockey Julie Krone was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2013. With 3,704 career wins, Krone is the leading female Thoroughbred horse racing jockey of all time. 1. Krone had 21,412 starts in her career. What percentage of those starts were wins? Of her total starts, 3,261 were seconds and 2,913 were…