I took my horse to a hunter pace in Myles Standish State Forest (in South Carver for the Massachusetts folks on here) yesterday, and wore my GoPro. My teammate and I had a fantastic time and got some great videos. I thought I'd share this gem of a clip with you though :)

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We still managed to finish in second place!

i was at the barn today -- most usefully to talk to the owner of the little tb mare -- and decided to hop on stjarni for a bareback tolt. which was fine, except that i noticed that I HAD THE REINS CROSSED UNDER HIS CHIN -- only i *hadn't* notice for about the first five or ten minutes at all!

he's such an amazing horse, and i am such a fool :)

Hello everyone, I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. Recently my boyfriend and I started leasing a new horse, a 16 year old Selle Français named Hermes. He spent a lifetime of showjumping all around Europe before our barn acquired him from a boarder who needed to sell him. So for the past year he was mounted by a trainer sometimes but mostly ( Read more... )

So, it's no secret we love snarking fellow posters. There's nothing that stirs a fire faster than someone posting a video or pictures of their riding. Forbid the person actually asks for critiques ( Read more... )

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Firstoff, WHAT? Was anyone else aware that there was a whole additional part of the Olympics that used horses? I stumbled upon this because I didn't know what a "Modern Pentathlon" was, so I clicked the link on the NBC site, and saw "fencing, riding, running, shooting, swimming ( Read more... )

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Here is a link to the original post: http://community.livejournal.com/equestrian/4932036.html

So first off, thankyou to everyone who replied to my first post.  I found all of your input very helpful. 
 I was especially interested in what some of you had to say about Parelli as a selling point. Here Parelli is a big trend, so I plan to play into that ( Read more... )

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So everyone remembers reading the Saddle Club books..I knew they made it into a TV series, but never had cable or anything ( Read more... )