Riding Horse

Equestrian Association horse show last year. The horse show was on April Sixteenth, and took place in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania. The show was Western Zone Finals. For a rider to qualify for Zone Two Finals, they must acquire at least fifteen points in five or less horse shows. The Interscholastic Equestrian Association, also known as IEA, is for middle and high school students. IEA promotes good sportsmanship, fair competition, and exposes young riders to equestrian sports. IEA horse shows…

hippotherapy (therapeutic horseback riding) at Milestones in Independence, KY. After 3 years of year-round riding, his balance, posture, leg strength and social skills have improved. He often talks about riding at home, but also interacts well with his trainer and other students while in the ring. Philip is attracted to all animals, but his connection with the horses is something special. When Philip was temporarily using a wheelchair after a surgery, his therapy horse, Wonder, wouldn't let…

worked with the horses. Over those three summers, I have learned a lot about horses, their behaviors, and their reactions to various riders. To sum up what I have learned, when you show your horse that you care for it, they will pay you back several times over. My first excperience with this was late in my first summer. I was assigned a horse named Stumpy. Stumpy had been in an accident that left his tail short and seeded in him a mistrust in humans. When I first started riding him, I…

website the first thing I saw were people riding horses! Automatically I became more intrigued thinking this could really be it, my chance to do something for someone else. Reading on I realized this was not just any old barn when I scrolled past the volunteer section. Volunteer for what? Little did I know, at the time, this would be the place where I would spend the next two years of my life and counting. It is called Pegasus; Pegasus Therapeutic Riding…

Coyote Hills Horse Rescue in the middle of October of 2014. I started because it would be a new experience and I love new experiences. Now, I continue to volunteer because it showed me that I am a hard worker, it made me very interested in horses, and showed me what I want to major in college. Work at Coyote Hills is not always easy. There are about twenty-five to thirty horses there that have to be given hay and water daily and fed twice every day. Stalls have to be cleaned, and horses must be…

prominent memory has been of horses. I remember my first encounter with a horse, I instantaneously developed a deep fascination with the animal. I devoted my life to horses. My thoughts were entwined with anything horse related. I used horse terminology as a way to critically think and solve arithmetics in school. Twelve years later my infatuation with the animal proved true when I was asked by the University of Virginia Riding Team to join them as a sophomore in highschool. Horses were my…

In the summer of 2014 at a horse show located in Stittsville Ontario called Fiddlers green. After showing all day and being exhausted, tired, and worn out, my show team and I found out that day we had qualified for trillium championships, this is a horse back riding competition in eastern Ontario. The show team from the barn I rode at in Braeside Ontario, consisted of my sister, a friend named Stephanie, myself, and are coach Julie. I remember feeling overwhelmed with excitement and joy, as…

Looking for a new horse can be quite a challenge for some people. Whether they’re looking for a performance horse, a trail horse, a companion, or a lawn ordainment it all depends on many different attributes. In my life I have rode quite a variety of horses. I was first trained in English riding where I showed in local horse shows and 4-H. Soon after I was trained to jump small jumps. I then moved on to western riding where I continued to show along the way. Along with western riding I did my…

one of the largest horse stables?Horses are very interesting animals and should be treated nicely because horses are very smart. Horses are like people they need food,water,and a home just like us. so you should always treat horses nicely. because not all of them have nice homes. Did you know The Clinton park stable holds 39 horse carriages and 78 horses? There are 68 horse carriages altogether in new York city. so the Clinton horse stable holds more than half of the horse carriages. The…

As my horse walked below me, kicking up dust with every step, a sense of determination washed over me. I could do this. I kicked my heels into my horse’s side and shouted the command to trot. She tucked her head and switched gaits, but the next thing I knew I was facefirst in the dirt, feeling a sharp pain shoot through my jaw and tears brimming in my eyes. At nine years old, there was no way I was getting on a horse ever again. That isn’t to say that I cut off all contact with horses, of…