”You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know”
First – here’s great a note from Pete about his use of
The Horse Library. Pete is the Officer-in-charge of the
Oneida County Sheriff’s Mounted patrol. Besides other
honors, Pete went to the North American Police Equestrian
Championship in Kingston Ontario in Sept. 2008. All 3 of
his horses placed in top ten out of 179 entries!
1. Are You Trying To Out-Box Your Horse?
2. Pulley Bridle Success
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1. Are You Trying To Out-Box Your Horse?
I was going through some notes and
I ran across something J.J. Rydberg
said a while back.
Have you ever ventured into something only to realize
that you “don’t have a clue” what you got into?
I have. Multiple times. I tend to be one of those
who will jump into something by saying “let’s try it,
we’ll figure it out. Thousands of others are doing it
okay and we have at least average intelligence, to we can
learn it as well.”
In rodeo competitions, the rider chases a calf.
The horse zooms up next to the calf,
and at the right moment, the cowboy slides off his
horse, onto the calf, and the wrestling match begins.
The horse is trained to do run up to
and along side the calf so the cowboy
can do his thing.
But what if you’re not as good at riding
a horse as these guys?
MEAD – A weeklong journey across Nebraska had over 100 horseback riders making stops in Prague, Malmo, Wahoo and Mead before traveling into Omaha for the River City parade on Sept. 26.
It’s the time of year for some good old-fashioned horsing around with the family — literally. A horseback ride through the forests and hills of Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs provides just the right outlet for reconnecting with the area’s natural rhythms that accompany the change of the season.
Event organizers hoped to raise $15,000 Saturday
On the afternoon of July 28, Harvey Firestone went horseback riding with family members.
The ninth-annual Connecticut Ride for the Cure, a horseback riding fundraiser for breast cancer research, is Sunday at Tyrone Farm in Pomfret. Â
A Philadelphia jury has awarded $2.36 million to a boy kicked in the face by a horse at a program famous for involving inner-city youths in horseback riding and polo matches. Plaintiff Pharaoh Williams and Williams’ mother, Callie Williams, of North Philadelphia, sued Work To Ride Inc. — a nonprofit created in 1994 to provide urban youths with activities centered around horses — for the broken …