NUTRITION: Stress

Cortisol is the horse’s main stress hormone that helps manage the body’s response to stress. Stress can come from many sources – stall confinement, isolation from companions, sleep deprivation, change in environment, food restrictions, travel to strange locations, excessive training and performing, pain and illness, exposure to toxins, etc.

TRAINING: Steering

For this exercise, bridge a whip between your hands. By riding with the reins bridged with a whip, you’ll be forced to use your leg aids to guide your horse through a pattern. The goal is for your horse to steer and move laterally when leg pressure is applied behind the girth. Read now to see the pattern and start practicing.

ARTIST:
Kristy Herman