Treasure Coast Horse
Serving the equestrian community of Vero Beach, Fort Pierce, Pt. Saint Lucie, Stuart and Palm City in Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties.
May 14, 2012
Reserve Your Spot Today! Smart Social Media for Horse Professionals 2012Date: Today, May 14, 2012
Time: 6:00 pm Pacific - 8:00 Central - 9:00 Eastern
Place: Simulcast - attend via your phone or computer
Speakers: Elisabeth McMillan and Chad Mendell
May 14, 2012 - More than 55% of horse professionals said in a recent EquestrianProfessional.com survey that they gained new customers through social media during the past year. Social media has also helped spawn several new online equestrian business models, improved communication channels for associations and horse councils and created more opportunities for horse professionals to expand their offerings and develop additional income streams. More info... May 14, 2012
Circle Tires for Smooth Runs and Fast Times
Barrel Racing
Whether training, maintaining or problem solving with your barrel horse you will be using different tools to reach your goal. Keeping an open mind, we are able to add more tools and resources to our toolbox. My training toolbox is full of drills and exercises that target the moves we need to execute a barrel pattern. I use exercises to train young horses, maintain and enhance the horses in the seasoning process and to sharpen up and strengthen the experienced horses. One of the drills I use to cover all of these bases is a drill I like to call “Circle Tires”. Essentially, we are circling tires, but it isn’t that simple. When done correctly and precisely it can actually be quite challenging.
Setup:
Place tires in a circle that is approximately 50 ft across. You can give or take 10 feet depending on what you have room for. I like to use bicycle tires because they are easy to move around and don’t get full of water like cars tires do. Use 5 – 8 tires to make your circle depending on what you have room for. Try and have the tires at least 20 feet apart. The closer they are to each other the more challenging it will be. More info... May 10, 2012
Do Your Riding Muscles Remember What It’s Like To Be in Shape?
Getting ready to ride a green three-year-old stallion is not the best time to focus on the fact that you haven’t ridden a horse in six months.
But there I stood, half chaps and helmet in hands, waiting for my turn to ride the colt I was considering buying while the seller rode him first.
How did I get there? I can jokingly blame it on the flu, which is what I wrote before about how I got started on my new horse search.
I didn’t intend to end up looking at a stallion, but he had passed all the other criteria, and I’m told that being a stallion can be remedied with one quick surgical procedure. More info... May 3, 2012
Does your horse like to nip? Do you want to know how get him to stop?
Do you want to know how get him to stop?
Brace yourself — not for the bite, but for a natural horsemanship perspective from Pat Parelli on why horses bite and what to do about it.
And surprise, it’s probably the opposite of what most people would normally do!
Horses That Bite
by Pat Parelli
HORSES WITH A TENDENCY TO NIP USUALLY HAVE A HIGH PLAY DRIVE
While watching horses play with each other, you’ll notice they do things like push with their bodies, rear up, strike, kick, and BITE. More info...
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