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No Stirrups November for Beginners
No-Stirrups November is trending right now. Are you ready to give it a try? The benefits of riding without stirrups include strong legs, suppleness, and a more secure and independent seat. It’s also good to practice riding without stirrups so that you’ll be prepared in case you lose a stirrup while riding.
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Horse Treat Tips
Many people enjoy feeding their horses treats. Treats are a nice way to reward your horse after a ride and can be useful as a training tool. Here are some tips to treat your horse safely.
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Tips for Riding a Spooky Horse
A calm, effective and confident ride during a spook can help the horse go from being anxious and worried to confident, secure, trusting the rider. Here are some tactics to help a spooky horse.
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Equine Land Conservation Resource and American Trails Offer Private Equestrian Trails Webinar
Equine Land Conservation Resource (ELCR), in partnership with American Trails (AT), will be presenting the free webinar Successful Models in Developing and Maintaining Private Equestrian Trail Systems on July 30, 2020from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Pacific Time). The webinar, sponsored by Aretes Structures, will spotlight how three different communities have developed and maintained successful equestrian trail system on private land. Privately owned land is the most at-risk component of our equestrian landscape. Boarding barns, competition venues, trails, hunt fixtures and hayfields are being lost every day as a result of development, misunderstanding of liability issues by new owners of land, and rising demand for land around urbanizing areas. Access…
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My Experience with the North American Youth Dressage Championships
by Hannah Irons My name is Hannah Irons (C-1, dual member Tidewater and Seneca Valley Pony Clubs, Delmarva Region) and I am going to share a little bit about my experience competing at the North American Youth Championships hosted by Old Salem Farm in New York. This was Bella and I’s first year at this level and it is my goal to come back to this show next year with more show experience and confidence in the arena. I have been an active Pony Club member in the Delmarva Region for over 10 years and I am now a USDF Bronze and Silver medalist. I stay quite busy training horses…
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Goldilocks and the Twelve Riders
By: Kim Baierl Goldilocks and the twelve riders sound like it could be an equestrian-themed fairytale. Well, if you have been fortunate enough to ride with or audit a Daniel Stewart clinic then some of your dreams may be coming true. Daniel has a way of creating enthusiasm and telling a story to provoke focus and learning and to inspire the desire to “make the rest of the ride the best of the ride”. Harts Run Hunt and Rolling Rock Pony Club hosted the animated clinician at Double Springs Farm for a “Pressure Proofing” clinic over fences. Daniel began the clinic addressing all of the riders and auditors with his…
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Cross Country Speeds and Timing
Time is both important and unimportant to a rider on cross-country. For an event rider, knowing speeds and time in your head can be the difference in mere seconds. At the lower levels, time is one of the least important parts of the round, as the rider should be trying to be in control and safe. At the top levels, time is of the utmost importance as it can mean moving up or down in placings. The good news is this is something that can be explained and taught. If a rider practices this enough, eventually they can develop a “clock in their head”. This will help them at all…
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Festival is Coming! Got Racket? Got Polocrosse!
Basic Info: Qualify at your Regional Rally and meet the following criteria: Fine Print: • Age as of January 1, 2017, certification as of closing date of qualifying rally. Entrant must have competed in the qualifying rally at the certification required for that division/discipline. • All Championships Competitors must be in compliance with USPC Policy #1002, Member in Good Standing. • B/H-A/A competitors are invited to compete with the permission of the RS
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IMGE Recap 5
Early in the fall the International Mounted Games team went to Australia to visit and compete representing the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. The following blog posts are recaps from some of the members of the team. Enjoy! For more information on this or any of the International Exchanges offered in Pony Club, click HERE IMGE 2016 essay by Cathie Mcleod When I was young in Pony Club, I always heard about the cool things you could do if you stuck with it. Right about the time I joined Pony Club, a member of my club was invited to be on the Inter-Pacific Exchange team, and hearing about her adventures…
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Festival is Coming! Tetrathlon Multitaskers!
Are you an overachiever? Run, swim, ride and shoot? Qualify for Pony Club Tetrathlon at Championships in Kentucky this Festival 2017! Basic Info: Qualify at your Regional Rally (or a neighboring region’s rally) and meet the following criteria: Fine Print: • Age as of January 1, 2017, certification as of closing date of qualifying rally. Entrant must have competed in the qualifying rally at the certification required for that division/discipline. • All Championships Competitors must be in compliance with USPC Policy #1002, Member in Good Standing. • C3, B/H-A/A competitors are invited to compete with the permission of the RS
