Practical Horseman

It presents step by-step training programs and showing advice from recognized experts in hunters, jumpers, equitation, dressage, and eventing, along with money- and time-saving ideas on health care and stable management.

Practical Horseman

Acknowledging Self-Doubt

From Little Rascal to Best Friend • Although Bucky may have started his rescue journey as a little rascal, his new career is to be a best friend to his adopter.

How to Keep Stirrup Irons Secure

Invisible Aids for Turning • Use the breath to fine-tune your aids.

Five Easy Pieces • Improve your show-jumping skills as you learn to feel and influence your horse’s rhythm.

CLASSIC COVERS • A look at just a few of the trainers and riders who have helped Practical Horseman with its educational mission over the last 50 years.

50 YEARS OF HUNTERS • How Practical Horseman has covered hunters through the years.

TAMIE SMITH • Smith shares her experience after winning the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event aboard Mai Baum.

2 TRAINING TOOLS FOR BETTER HUNTER ROUNDS • Top hunter rider and trainer Louise Serio shares exercises she always has set up in her ring.

14 Takeaway Tips from BOYD MARTIN • The three-time Olympian shared an abundance of training advice with a clinic winner and her friends.

HOW TO DEWORM YOUR HORSE • There are three key elements to developing an effective parasite-control program: know the parasites your horse may be exposed to, measure their presence using a fecal egg count before treatment, then administer specific dewormers at targeted times to minimize the risk of parasitic disease and resistance. Here are specifics to help guide your efforts as you work with your veterinarian.

Keeping Up with Steffen Peters • The five-time Olympian reflects on his career in dressage.

Fighting the War on Flies • Use multiple methods to help keep those pesky insects from driving you and your horse crazy.

All About Electrolytes • How to decide when the time is right to supplement these essential salts in your horse’s diet

PRACTICAL HORSEMAN’S TACK ROOM

To help move your horse sideways in leg-yield, imagine you are an ice skater …