Like the elephant in the living room, there is an ever-present but unspoken subject that affects every horse-person: Where is the boundary between right and wrong in our relationship to horses. About five thousand years ago mankind embarked upon a journey that continues to the present: the domestication of horses. By domestication, I mean, a […]
For at least five-thousand years, the equine world revolved around herding, hunting, farming, freight, and war; and was considered a man’s domain. The secrets surrounding training and riding these huge beasts were carefully passed from man to man since long before Greek General Xenophon wrote his book on the handling and care of warhorses over […]
Does your horse toss his head, lean on the bit, rear, gape his mouth, go above or below the bit, refuse to perform, bolt, rear, buck, refuse to be bridled, or switch from sweet on the ground to monster once you are mounted? Have you resorted to stronger bits, flash nosebands, martingales, spurs and […]