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Cavesson, Surcingle and Friends
I have unearthed more strange words in the horse world. Though, to be fair, it’s easy to do. What can be difficult is getting to the root of these words and sorting out how they came to be so common...
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The Equine Roots of Idioms That Might Surprise You
This week I’m turning my hand and mind to the world of unusual idioms. Horses, as always, play a huge role in this. I can only assume this is because horses have been a part of human life for, well,...
View ArticleCould Your Stirrup Placement be Affecting Your Riding?
#MasterclassMonday is a collaboration between Horse Network and NOELLEFLOYD.com to empower equestrians to help troubleshoot your training, master your mindset and up your game. This month’s...
View ArticleThe Do’s and Don’ts of Carrying a Stick
#MasterclassMonday is a collaboration between Horse Network and NOELLEFLOYD.com to empower equestrians to help troubleshoot your training, master your mindset and up your game. This month’s...
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Horse Behavior Is Just Horse Behavior…Or Is It?
If you own and ride horses, you spend a good amount of time sleuthing—trying to figure out why they might be behaving a certain way at a certain time or in relation to a certain something. We’re...
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The Versatile History of Horsehair
I’m not remotely musically inclined. I thought for sure when I was handed my recorder in grade three, I would finally learn to read and play music. I was wrong of course and never even got a handle on...
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A Day in the Life with Palm Beach Equine Clinic’s Dr. Peter Heidmann
Dr. Peter Heidmann is Head of Internal Medicine at Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington, Florida. As a primary care veterinarian, he sees referrals and consults on cases in Florida and around the...
View ArticleHow Keeping Your Eyes Up Can Actually Improve Your Position
#MasterclassMonday is a collaboration between Horse Network and NOELLEFLOYD.com to empower equestrians to help troubleshoot your training, master your mindset and up your game. This month’s...
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Oh Christmas Tree, How Lovely Are Your Horses
As we know horses have been helping humans do pretty much everything for centuries. Without them, we would have nothing. All over the world horses have helped shape industry and economy in cities and...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About That Kalinka Video
Last week, we posted a 45-second video of Karl Cook talking about his 5* Grand Prix winning mount Kalinka van’t Zorgvleit. Maybe you saw it on TikTok, Facebook or Instagram. Nearly one million people...
View ArticleThe Authors Who Shaped Our Childhood
I’m unsure what got me thinking about The Black Stallion the other day, but it cropped up in my mind and felt perhaps there was a story in there somewhere. Since I fancy myself a “writer” I’ve focused...
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A Horse by Any Other Name
I’ve done the etymology on all sorts of words but never the most obvious word of all, which is horse. So, we will start there. Well, that was my plan but my favourite go-to source for this sort of...
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A New Baby
My new horse is here! He’s a three-year-old Dutch Warmblood, 1250 pounds of curiosity, muscle, and baby teeth. Within three days, he knew his new name and trotted across a six-acre pasture to come to...
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Conformation and the Mystery Behind Figure 73
I’m an insecure artist and not afraid to admit to that. My weakness compels me to read the comments below my articles posted on Facebook; I want to know what people like and dislike about what I’ve...
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Teaching the Catch
Chasing a horse around while she plays bob-and-weave is fun for about 60 seconds. Then it’s frustrating. And it becomes dangerous when an ill or injured horse goes limp-loping away just as the...
View ArticleWhy Horses Crash into Fences
More than a hundred horses have died in international eventing competitions in the last two decades, according to a compilation by Horse Sport NZ. Many more have been injured. Horses frequently crash...
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How To Monitor Your Business’s Financial Health With BarnManager Pro
In the equestrian business, we tend to spend the majority of our time in the stable, leaving little time for office operations that are essential to the barn’s financial health. Continue reading for...
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Hold Your Pommel Horses
I have referred to my long list of topic ideas before. I’m constantly adding to and reviewing said list for inspiration. I’ve consistently passed over two items, pommel horse and sawhorse, assuming...
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The “Ain’t No Way” Catch
We’ve considered teaching the catch to an easy young new horse like my three-year-old Dutch warmblood True and to a more difficult new horse. But what about Ole Miss, who has refused for years to...
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The Harder Catch
In the last article, we talked about teaching a new horse to be caught. The strongest mental lesson is formed if we teach the horse to come to us, rather than allowing us to approach him. Suppose all...
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