Inspiring, connecting and informing the horse community in San Luis Obipso County, California – and beyond.
The darkness doesn’t have to steal your horsey-time, and it doesn’t even have to put a serious damper on your workout or training routines. Get yourself some portable light sources and some great reflective gear, and make the Fall and Winter season your best yet!
Several staging areas for trail rides in a variety of Central Coast locations are in residential neighborhoods. Those neighbors don’t want to see plops of horse poop left in an irresponsible manner. Sharon Jantzen helps us be mindful of our horse’s road apples.
Riding helmets are more commonly worn by people across equestrian disciplines and even in the trail riding and pleasure community. Helmets are seriously cool these days! Come take a look at what helmets of today offer in the coolness factor – and cool is not just with colors. Sharon Jantzen talks about how helmet design has changed over the years.
Everything had been planned, the time had been set aside, we each had a suitable horse/pony to ride, and we were looking forward to a fun, shared experience. As we planned the day a question ran across my mind, “Is the tack ride-worthy?” I checked the girth I thought we’d use with our saddle for the trail ride; it was missing a buckle! Sharon Jantzen gives us a checklist for making sure our tack is ride-worthy.
Do you have a horse manure factory in your backyard? What do you do with all that horse poo? The best management practice is to turn that mountain of horse manure into a mound of beautiful mulch through horse manure composting. Sharon Jantzen helps us understand the benefits of horse manure composting.
