A riding instructor is a whole lot more than someone who teaches riding. They are a continual source of information and guidance, a question answerer and problem solver. Often a riding instructor is a mediator between parent and child, explaining options and finding solutions to the clients’ needs.
A riding instructor guides students through the processes of learning, preparing and competing. She or he teaches you more than how to ride a horse. She teaches you the rules for safety, rules for competition, sportmanship and horsemanship.
The riding instructor helps you prepare for horse ownership by teaching you how to care for for horses, from cleaning hooves to condiitoning muscles. Your instructor may be the person who helps you choose your horse purchase.
Riding Instructors have an awesome job that is loaded with responsibility. A good instructor can help you on your way to a lifetime of fun and success with horses, while a bad instructor can leave you wishing you’d never tried to ride.
The Riding Instructor web site is to a resource that will answer questions and provide guidance for instructors, trainers, students and parents in areas that pertain to the horse business, competition, horse care, riding styles, associations and organizations, horse purchase, equipment, books and media and many other horse related areas.
Barbara Ellin Fox is the web administrator. She has 43 plus years of experience teaching riders of all ages and interests. She’s a certified graduate instructor for the Potomac Horse Center in Maryland and owner of Fox School of Horsemanship (established in 1969). Barbara has spent years working with Pony Club, equestrian camps, horse shows, rallies and events and is committed to helping instructors and riders to reach a high level of profeciency in their chosen field.
Barbara’s other web sites are:
http://ushorsemanship.com – a blog about U.S. Horsemanship history and current issues
http://www.ushorsemanship.net - a web site supporting the US Horsemanship blog
http://www.barnmice.com/profile/BarbaraEllinFox - a horsey social networking site
http://www.foxschoolofhorsemanship.com – a web site for the Fox School of Horsemanship
EMAIL bfox@theridinginstructor.net
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