Common Saddle Types – Part 2

David Sanderson Equipment, Food, Preparation & Health

It’s a good idea to know why different saddles exist and what makes each one useful for specific situations. A few weeks ago, we covered four common saddle types including general purpose, dressage, jumping, and kids saddles. If you missed that post, use this link to check it out. This week we’ll finish up and cover four more types! Hunting …

The Reason Horses Sleep Standing Up

David Sanderson All About Horses

It does seem a bit silly how horses can sleep standing up. But there’s a great reason for it. By nature, horses are prey animals – which means they are usually being hunted in the wild. Horses have straight backs, so they can’t get up quickly. If a predator gets close to a sleeping horse while it’s lying down, the …

Learn your Horse Idioms: Part 2

David Sanderson Horse Language & Idioms

We are back with Part 2 of our series on horse idioms! If you missed Part 1, here’s a link. Below you’ll find 5 more horse phrases that are (or were) part of our everyday language. Some of those phrases are more well-know and used more often – while others aren’t heard as much anymore. So here’s the next 5! …

A Horse’s Sense of Smell

David Sanderson All About Horses

Like most animals, horses have an acute sense of smell that they regularly employ to provide them with information on what is going on around them. Horses use their sense of smell in a number of different and important ways. Nature equipped horses with a strong olfactory sense that can tell the animal whether a predator is near. All it …

Flexibility: Another Benefit of Horseback Riding

David Sanderson Benefits of Riding

If you have tight hamstrings or glutes, other areas might help compensate to get you through a squat, but there is nothing to help your hips, adductors, or hamstrings when you’re awkwardly straddled over a horse’s back. Sit in that position long enough and your flexibility will improve.