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Dressage Through the Movements: Tips for Riding Through a Dressage Test
For anyone striving to do well in dressage, these tips can help you be ready to ride a solid test for your certification, or just for a dressage test in general.
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Horse Feed Stall Fixes for Pony Club Events
Melissa Dabadie, Chief Horse Management Judge, offers some tips on how to get your feed stalls set up in an organized manner.
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20 Tips on Turnout and Turnback Inspections and the Horse Inspection
Melissa Danadie, Chief Horse Management Judge, offers tips and tricks to help make turnout, turnback, and horse inspections a breeze.
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Festival Education 2021 Workshop Preview
Join us at Festival and learn from our many inspiring clinicians!
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No Stirrups November for Intermediate Riders
In order to ride without stirrups at a rising trot, you must develop your balance plus enough strength in your core and legs. This takes regular weekly practice. Riding without stirrups has many great benefits. It will build your leg strength, increase suppleness, and help you develop a secure and independent seat, which is a goal of all riding disciplines.
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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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USPC Horse Management Certification and Resources for the H-B Level
You love horses and might just want to ride… but understanding them and learning to take care of them can be just as rewarding. The United States Pony Clubs (USPC) is known for its Horse Management curriculum. At the national levels, we have two certification levels that require practical in-depth knowledge of horse care and teaching: H-B and H-A Certification. The H-B Certification covers Horse Management knowledge and skills that demonstrate increasing awareness, education, and competence in the care and handling of horses and in teaching those abilities to others. It reflects the theory and study as well as the practical aspects of unmounted horse management that can be expected…
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