Chelsey H asked:


I just started riding a new horse. Yest. I took him to the outdoor arena. I began trying to lunge him on his lead a little because he was excited. I had to stop, because his halter was getting loose. He was better, so I rode him. He was good at the beginning, so I encouraged him. Probably 10minutes later, he started tossing his head, and sidestepping. I tried getting his attention and asked him to go forward. But he would back up and groan. He then trotted to the gate, and when I tried to make him turn, he’d groan and start jumping on the spot. I stayed on, and got him to turn around but then he just went back to the gate, and starting acting up. I think he started doing this because he heard other horses neighing. It was around supper time so maybe he was hungry. I got off, and tried lungeing him again, but he just stood and faced me with his head up. I think this is a respect issue, so what can I do? also what are the proper techniques for lungeing? Do you need a lunging whip?
I thought you were supposed to stand square, and look directly at them?

horsechika72 asked:


I love horseback riding and I would like to build the muscles required to become a better rider, but I don’t have my own horse. I ride about once a week, but because it is so expensive I can’t ride more then that. I also play volleyball, which help wiht some muscles, but they’re not quite the same ones. I’ve also checked into Exercise Machines that are supposed to be horse simulators, but they are extremely expensive (Around $2,000). Any ideas as to what I can do?

Jeff and Lori asked:


We’re going on a 3 hour horse ride while we are on vacation. Is there anything we can do to prevent being so sore?
We are getting in the car and driving about 5 hours after the ride. I know that isn’t going to help.