Equestrianism

Pulling up to Windridge I was in awe at how beautiful the place was. I never in my wildest dreams could have imagined the experience I received at Windridge. I knew horses were therapeutic but not to the extent that I learned that day. While listening to our speakers I learned that horses take 3000 steps in 30 minutes and that their gait is the same as a human. Listening to Charlynn and Debbie talk about what they have built and the reason they built it is absolutely amazing. The compassion they…

Horse riding beginner's mistake We cannot avoid mistakes especially if we are beginners. Horse riding is never been easy since you are doing this with a live animal, a horse. It needs a lot of patience, proper training, and perseverance to learn something new that can improve your horse riding skill. There are some few of this mistakes happened if you are a beginner. But there is always a way to avoid this kind of mistake and improve yourself about it. It is never been too late to try and learn…

"Try your hardest, and you will do great," Kathy Steege, my riding instructor, told me. My first year of IEA at Red Acre Farm, I was in 6th grade and I was so excited to start doing more showing. I was starting to ride more difficult horses, and I was aware of the IEA team. At the time all I knew was that it was another opportunity to show without needing to own your a horse, and I wanted to join. As an inexperienced equestrian, Kathy wasn't sure if I'd be able to do the five shows permitted for…

I remember while growing up, my parents (mostly my father) would ask when I was going to grow up and “get over horses”. I first fell in love with horses when I was four-years-old because of an Australian movie called “The Rogue Stallion” (1990) my mother bought when a Christian catalog had a sale on VHSs. The movie follows Anna, a teenager whose father works with horses and is accidentally killed by a spooked horse one day. Anna’s mother wants her daughter to have nothing to do with horses,…

I was searching through Facebook one day when I first laid eyes on the horse of my dreams. The horse I had been dreaming about since I was a little girl. He was a chestnut with a huge white blaze and four white socks; in my eyes he was perfect. That day I made an appointment with the off the track thoroughbred rescue race horse reclaim to go and meet him. My mom took off work to accompany my hasty decision making. When we arrived all she saw was everything wrong with him. His tail had been cut…

Animal Project: Horse Horses have always been beside me all throughout my life. With my Aunt herself owning a barn, I had the perfect chance to become addicted to the equine world. And I took it! Ever since my first ride, I was hooked, and ended up becoming a competitive horseback rider. So naturally, I have collected a lot of information about them. That’s just why I’ve decided to share that information, and choose them to be constructed and written about for my animal project! The horse, or…

I lept out of bed, bubbling with excitement. The sun was just beginning to rise and I ran over to my parent’s room begging them to get up and take me to the barn. I threw on my show clothes and ran downstairs to the car. My body was jittering with nerves, it was my first horse show, I wasn’t sure what to expect. As we drove there I anxiously fiddled with my helmet and gloves thinking about the horse I was going to ride. She is a tall 16hh fleabitten gray mare, I have ridden her a few times…

honored for her exceptional academic and athletic excellence while remaining diligent and purposeful in her pursuit of continued improvement. Remarkably, Rachael additionally applied herself beyond normal expectations, excelling in the sport of equestrianism as a member…

Sport has a prominent place in contemporary American society. Mainstream American sport such as Baseball, Basketball, and Football are some of the most widely viewed events. In addition, sport is a highly emotional spectacle, which both unites and divides individuals. On the one hand, sport and physical culture are partially constructed by and used to construct the political and economic backdrop of America. The neoliberal society is reproduced through sport and physical culture. American sport…