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

Sporthorse Care

Excellent Releases with Minor Stirrup Adjustments

Lengthening the Rider’s Upper Body and Legs • Help your horse connect through his body.

U.S. PARA-DRESSAGE POWERHOUSE • Team USA delivers its best-ever performance, while all Paralympic equestrians demonstrate their ability to triumph over adversity to achieve athletic greatness.

Effective AIDS • Communicate with your horse successfully by timing your aids to the sequence of his gaits.

KEYS TO SPORTHORSE LONGEVITY • Three top eventers provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the wellness programs they use to keep their sporthorses happy, healthy and performing at the top of their game.

OFF THE RECORD

AZURE

SEA OF CLOUDS

A Love Story

IS YOUR SPORTHORSE SHOD PROPERLY FOR THE JOB? • Four guidelines and other factors to consider in order to keep horses sound

Elisa Wallace and Zephyr Win Inaugural Mustang Classic • The five-star eventer continued her tradition of training mustangs by claiming top honors at the English-focused competition.

Strangles • How to spot signs of this respiratory infection, then take steps to treat it and contain its spread.

PRACTICAL HORSEMAN’S TACK ROOM

SOLUTIONS • To encourage your horse to seek the connection and reach into both reins when asking him to stretch forward and down …