Today I not talking to you about training horses, but want to tell you about my new short story Mountains, Desert & Forts – Crossing Rajasthan on Horseback which has been published in the Equestrian Adventuresses Book Series Horse Nomads. Horse Nomads is already book number five of the series and it includes a couple…
Month: April 2021
Ponying Horses
Today I want to write a bit more general about one of the training methods I strongly believe in: Ponying along horses. Ponying a horse means leading a horse alongside the horse you are riding. The horse which is ponied along is also called pony horse (in racing the term is used for the horse…
Trotzkopf – When a Young Horse gets frustrated
Everyone who has raised children, knows temper tantrums. Some children have them occasionally while others have them regularly. It depends on the individual child and its character -there is not much you can do about that- and also a bit on how good you are at parenting. With horses it is very similar. Some horses…
The First Step Towards Riding
What is the first step towards riding your young horse? It is actually teaching him to stand still in a certain spot. Without him standing still, how can I even think of mounting? Of course, I could force him to stand still by having another person holding him, but I have long stopped using force…
Knowing When to Stop
Rajmani is well again and I have been working with him since Tuesday. As expected, the injury was minor and despite a little mark, nothing is left. Today I decided to teach him the command for canter on the lunging rein as I have up till now only done walk and trot with him on…
Introduction Raj Ambika – Training a yearling filly
Today in the morning I worked with another of my youngsters, our filly Ambika and I was thinking that she knows almost the same things as Rajmani and how much easier it is to train a young horse you have had all your life. So I will talk today about training a yearling and introduce…