You Too Can Ride!

Private horseback riding lessons in English equitation, hunter/jumper, dressage and Western. Most important, you'll have FUN! You Too Can Ride! You too can ride!

Whether you're just learning to ride, want to improve your skills, resume riding after years away from competition, or learn a new riding discipline, I'll help you make it happen - quickly and safely. I have 40 years of experience in riding, riding instruction, and horse training in Hunter/Jumper, Dressage, Cross-country, and Western. on Long Island has first class lesson horses for adults and chi

08/02/2023

06/15/2023

The RELEASE is EVERYTHING@

Bill Steinkraus told THM in 1983: “I cannot stress too much the vital importance of restoring all aids to their normal state as soon as the horse has complied with them. Once the horse has gone forward, ease up on your driving aids; once it has shortened, open your fingers again enough to reward. It is very common to see exactly the opposite: the rider gets the horse to come back once, but never releases his closed fingers again, and spends the rest of the hour hanging in the horse’s mouth, or, having gotten the horse to go forward, spends the rest of the day with his legs stuck halfway through the horse. The reason you want your aids to be effective is so that you can teach the horse to respond to them more and more sensitively – and so that you can use them less and less."
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2021/08/four-showjumping-masters-part-2-william-steinkraus/

How your horse's vision differs from yours

06/15/2023

Great article!
-- "Why does my horse spook?"...

How your horse's vision differs from yours If you want to shape your horse’s performance and gain his trust, you need to understand how he sees the world.