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Tame That Wandering Eye: Why Finding the Right Coach Is Like Finding the Right Spouse
The right coach can make all the difference, whatever level you ride. Illustration by Karen Rohlf. You hear about it all the time: How so-and-so used to ride with him,...
How to Improve Your Riding Performance in Just 30 Minutes, 3 Times a Week, for 9 Weeks!
Are you out of breath after a long trot session? Are your muscles sore the day after a lesson? Are there some days you’re just too tired to clean the...
5 Tips to Train Your Horse Turn-on-the-Haunches
In the book COWBOY DRESSAGE, readers not only discover the story of how and why this new discipline has secured such an avid and expanding fanbase, they also learn the movements...
From Struggling to Sit the Trot to USDF Silver—Here’s How
A lot of things can happen in 10 years of riding. Common goals shared by most riders are to have improved their seat; advanced the training of their horses while...
Quick Horsemanship Tip: 6 Steps to Roll a Leather Lead Like a Pro
In the bestselling WORLD-CLASS GROOMING FOR HORSES, professional grooms Cat Hill and Emma Ford show us dozens of horsemanship tips and top techniques to give our horses at home the same...
4 Years After a Book Exposed Harmful Effects of Tight Nosebands, the World Finally Wakes Up
Last week, The Guardian released the findings of a new study that finds horses are stressed by tight nosebands. “Researchers studying the physiological impact of nosebands on horses competing in...
Do Horsepeople Need a System of Initiation? An Exclusive Interview with Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling is more than a horseman. He’s a global brand with a tremendous international following—over 1.3 million on Facebook alone and YouTube clips with views also in the millions. He is...
Earth Day 2016: 5 Easy Ways You and Your Horse Can Save the Planet
Back in 2009, TSB teamed up with green-living horsewoman and writer Lucinda Dyer to create the first book of eco-conscious tips and ideas for the equestrian community. ECO-HORSEKEEPING was called a “handy,...
Is Barbie Built to Ride?
It’s no secret that if the traditional Barbie doll was a real woman, she would be 5’9” and weigh 120 pounds, with approximate measurements of 38″-18″-34″. The average woman’s...
George Morris on Dart-Throwers, Scandalizing Readers, and Having Fun with His Ghostwriter
George Morris’s hugely anticipated autobiography UNRELENTING The Real Story: Horses, Bright Lights, and My Pursuit of Excellence has been officially out for about a month and is a red-hot bestseller. Morris knew...
Rule Your Ride with Your Visual Powerline
In WHEN TWO SPINES ALIGN: DRESSAGE DYNAMICS author Beth Baumert explains the four physical “Powerlines”—Vertical, Connecting, Spiraling, and Visual—that she says enable us to become balanced and effective in the saddle. The...
Talk Live with Linda Tellington-Jones & Dr. Allen Schoen
World-renowned authority on animal behavior and creator of the Tellington Method Linda Tellington-Jones invites members of the public to join her and her popular Online Book Club for a conversation...