Ask The Experts

Julie Winkel explains the importance of understanding why a young horse may freeze when another comes up behind him and ways to overcome this behavior.

Bernie helps clarify what "deep heels" means in riding and why they are important.

Linda Allen explains how to develop a "feel" for what your horse needs to work on when riding.

Rob Gage shares his favorite exercise to teach a horse to keep cantering and stop breaking to the trot.

Karen Healey gives us an insightful look into why horses swap leads behind at the canter and exercises riders can do to prevent the swap.

Julie Winkel gives a member an exercise to get her horse to lengthen his stride at shows where he tends to get nervous "bottle up."

Linda Allen explains how track, pace, and balance are often more important when it comes to finding the right take-off spot to various types of jumps.

Bernie Traurig, Julie Winkel, Geoff Teall, Stacia Madden, Karen Healey, and Jim Wofford share their thoughts on the common habit of posting the canter.

Linda Allen shares exercises on the flat to help a Thoroughbred that is great at the trot but gets unbalanced and on the forehand in the canter.

Geoff Teall gives a member tips on how to get her horse to respect her.

Linda Allen discusses the factors that go into determining what height a young horse should jump.

Julie Winkel explains how a rider’s position affects the horse’s jump and where you should be at the five phases of the jump-approach: takeoff, flight, landing, and departure.

Julie Winkel shares exercises to engage a horse's hindquarters and strengthen their back.

Rob Gage shares his exercise for teaching horses to do a solid one-piece flying change.

Linda Allen shares her insight on how a horse’s jumping form can cause muscle soreness.

Linda Allen shares her insight as to why a horse might shake its head on an approach to a jump and how to fix this issue.