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 • VOL. 52, NO. 1, SPRING 2024

Love and Horses

Evaluating Progress • Flashback: Read a favorite review of a Second Level combination.

Passing On the Skills That Matter • Five-star eventer Sharon White remembers Jim Wofford and the lessons he taught her.

“YOU CAN DO BOTH” • Pan American Games gold medalist Caroline Pamukcu stresses that equestrians can achieve balance between their emotions and their goals.

JUMP AN S-CURVE LINE • Hunter rider Lexy Reed and trainer/rider Vanessa Brown show you how to navigate this track-riding exercise.

MASTERCLASS WITH INGRID KLIMKE • This German Olympian’s “freely forward” mentality is powered by passion for the horse.

Cavalletti to Strengthen and Supple

‘It’s OK to Have Mistakes’

Eliminate EXTERNAL OBLIQUE TIGHTNESS • This common often overlooked problem that can cause performance issues has a simple solution.

Rescued Hearts • The Transformative Journey of Thistle and the Lifesaving Work at Longmeadow Rescue Ranch

Katie Dinan on a Winning Mindset In the Jump-Off • This show jumper shares how she and Brego R’N B took the forward distances to win their first five-star grand prix.

Thrush • How to deal with this common infection of the hoof

PRACTICAL HORSEMAN’S TACK ROOM

SOLUTIONS • To help you understand what the horse feels when you sit crookedly in the saddle …