This article is part of BestHorsePractices’ Focus on Fitness. By Maddy Butcher Years ago, I was staffing the Evidence-Based Horsemanship booth at an event when a renowned colt starter approached us and declared that something must be categorically wrong with his horses. They always veered […]

Editor’s Note: Shelley Appleton is a new guest columnist for BestHorsePractices. Her articles are part of a body of work dedicated to horsemanship knowledge and self-improvement called: Learning to Connect. Appleton is a lecturer at the School of Pharmacy at Curtin University in Bentley, Australia, […]

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We have a huge selection of articles dedicated to Rider Fitness Read features from an exclusive group of horsemen and women: Dr. Steve Peters Randy Rieman Ellen Eckstein Amy Skinner Jim Thomas Martin Black Russ & Marsha Jones, accomplished riders from Wolverine, Michigan Confessions of […]