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It can be pretty intimidating when your horse spooks in the carriage. Employing the right strategies can keep a simple spook from boiling over into a full-blown runaway. This article gives you the tips and tricks get past the spooks and keep them from turning into something worse. -
There’s more to getting a horse straight than meets the eye. It involves communication, timing, and balance. Getting your horse straight leads to better accuracy and movement in all of your horse's gaits. Learn more through this downloadable article.
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Of all of your horse’s movements, the walk is the most important. That’s because it’s your horse’s foundation upon which all other gaits are built upon. Learn more about the walk, and how to improve it in this 7 page downloadable article.
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For many carriage drivers using public roads is a fact of life. This article gives you some tips on how to stay safe on the road while working your horses.
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Contact is one of the most important principles in carriage driving. Contact is the connection from the driver, through the reins, to the bit, and ultimately the horse, that allows communication to flow between the horse and driver.
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A great warmup is critical to a great performance. Learn how to create a warmup routine that sets you and your horse up for success.
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It doesn’t matter if you handle one rein in each hand as a rider, or all four reins in your left hand as a four-in-hand driver, there’s one rein that is, and always will be the most important rein. That one rein that can make all of the difference for bending through turns, square halts, or picking up the correct lead. It’s the outside rein.
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Long lining is easily the most valuable tool that I’ve ever learned and continued to develop as a horse trainer. This invaluable tool has helped bring horses from green broke to elegant mounts for both riding and driving. You may never lunge a horse again once you've learned to longline!
Get this article for free when you purchase the online class Long Lining 101!
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Lengthening is more than just a movement that a horse is, or is not capable of. It's a coordinated movement of balance and impulsion. Learn more with this in-depth article.
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The half halt is one of the most critical tools in your carriage driving reinsmanship. A well defined half halt can improve your horse's balance, engagement, and movement in all gaits. But what is a half halt, and how should it be implemented? This 12-page downloadable article explains the half halt in detail, and how to train one into your everyday driving. *Get this article for Free when you enroll in the online class "Building A Half Halt."
