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The Top 10 Beginner Horse Riding Mistakes

There is a lot to remember when you first start learning to ride a horse. These are common beginning horse riding mistakes and how to avoid them.

10 Different Types of Horse Riding Saddles

Here's a list, photo, and description of all the different types of horse riding saddles associated with English and Western riding that you'll find.

The Top Ten Benefits of Taking up Horse Riding

Whether you are adult or child, if you get the chance of taking up horse riding, there are so many benefits for your health and wellbeing. Find out more about those many benefits...

Rescued horses training to become therapy horses at CSU equine center

CSU's equine center is currently giving rescued horses a second chance as they train to be used in therapy program.

Five ways to boost your fitness for horse riding

Five ways to become a fitter, better balanced and more effective horse rider, with advice from performance coach, Jon Pitts. 

Unusual and cruel? Police pull over pickup with horse riding in the bed

Five Things: Benefits from Horse Riding

By Madelaina, age 11 Throughout the world horses play a big role, and not only for efficiency of transport or work. But they provide very beneficial education for children from the young age of three. Even grown-ups are only too welcome to experience a carefree hour or two on horseback, whether it is learning new …

Learning Horse Riding Could Boost Mental Skills in Kids

– food.ndtv.com According to a new study by Tokyo University in Japan, horse riding may help improve mental skills in kids. Mental or cognitive skills are very important for a kid’s growth and development to help him become a successful individual in the future. Cognitive skills include enhanced learning, memory and problem-solving abilities, among others.Read the full article

Horse-riding safety device brings new meaning to the term "tail light"

It may look like a bit of disco bling for the equestrian set, but the Tail Lights Rider Safety System has a very serious purpose.

14 Life Lessons You Learn From Riding Horses

They teach you so much more than how to bring home the blue ribbon.

Your Horse Is An Athlete, You Should Be Too!

Riding horses uses unique muscles and it’s important that you prepare yourself for success in the ring - even when you’re not riding. Horses are in excellent p

How to Buy a Horse Riding Helmet

Protect yourself while riding a horse by purchasing a helmet with these features and safety standards.

The family who rodeos together stays together

The Tschanz family, of Beldenville, has been riding horses for as long as they can remember. However, five years ago the family made the transition to rodeo and haven't looked back since.

Why I love . . . horse-riding and eventing

Donnacha Anhold on his passion for all things equestrian

20 Ways Horse Riding Becomes Life Itself

At first, horse riding is just like any other skill you want to learn. You put effort in and eventually become more effective as time goes on. At some point, things begin to change.

Researchers to explore why therapeutic horse riding helps children with autism

The study also examine how much therapeutic horseback riding a child needs to see measurable results and how long those results last.

Building a case for long-term animal therapy studies

I recently wrote about how important it is to design better scientific studies so that we can have even more reliable insights into the ways therapy animals make our lives better. That’s why I am thrilled about the results of a recent study showing that therapeutic horse riding has long-term, positi

Daredevil pensioner, 93, gets strapped to plane and does loop-the-loop in sky

'Before that the most dangerous thing I did was riding horses.'