4 Ways to Teach Horsemanship to Students of all Ages

In my book, anytime we teach horsemanship it’s a good way. In this post I talk about 4 different ways to include horsemanship in your teaching program. All

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What I Read | The Riding Instructor

We all have “go to” sources where we read about horses.  It could be a book, website or periodical and each type of riding has it’s own selection.

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Horsemanship Life Skills Your Child Will Use as an Adult

I love the fact that riding horses is a healthy physical outdoor activity, but the life skills learned through supervised horsemanship carry farther than becoming fit. By supervised

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Get Your Child Involved in a Character Building Horsemanship Program

Ask any horseman and they will tell you the character building benefits to a child who becomes a horseman over flow the feed bucket. The character building benefits your

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Horsemanship – Guest Post by Roger Hannington

For some time I’ve struggled with the problem of how to introduce certain books to readers of The Riding Instructor. My friend, Roger Hannington, solved this problem for me

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Beginner Riding Instructor – What’s Your Value?

I’m neither for nor against riding instructor certification because after all these many years of limited certification in the U.S., I’m convinced that certification has little to do

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