Horse Training Stories, Videos and Books

There are lots of great ways out there to learn about horse training. I want us to be able to share the things we've learned with each other.

What has worked -- and not worked -- when it comes to training horses? What kinds of problems have you had? What have you learned?

Lots of horse crazy girls want to learn from you too!

Here's a helpful website I've found: Horse Sense And More - Learn How to find, buy, care and maintain a horse for less.

Visit my horse training video page to watch videos with tips and techniques.

Do you have a great horse training story to share? Please do!! Did your horse or pony have some bad habits you had to help them change? Do you have a funny story about working with your horse? How about things that worked (or didn't work) for you?

Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...

Just Jesse-A best friend breaks your promises,a boyfriend breaks your heart.But a horse will break its leg to save your life 
okay, so i geuss you could say that jesse was more an angel to me than a horse. He was my best friend, my friend Tori had just moved away and i was lonely....

Kaimanawa Rescue. 
My training story is short but enough to get me into remembering that I helped 1 pony change a whole town.

Shaddow the little Kaimanawa standing over ...

Appy Magic 
When I was five I started riding english. At first thought it was the best in the world. But four years later something changed my mind. It started when ...

Horses on Beaches 
I was riding on the beach with a horse named Kim. Kim was very old. A horse named Cookie was too close behind Kim, and Kim started kicking at Cookie.

At ...

Promise the young horse 
When me and my cousins wanted to ride Promise she wanted to roll all the time but she did not! Think goodness.

The First Time I Saw My First Horse 
The first time I saw my horse was at my riding lessons. My instructor had set me up to ride a new horse. This horse's name was Joe Dee. This is a fast,...

Mate 
Mate isnt my horse but i think he is a great horse i jumped for the first time on him his trick is that you rub his withers and push on his front legs ...

Minis Rule! 
This is actually a continuation.....but if you ever wanna know more about miniature horses and how to care for them, I can suggest http://minihorseQ.webs....

Good Ol' Raj 
So, on friday, December 26th, I was putting a hood on my horse, when my trainer went to get her horse out of the stall next to her. When she was walking ...

Sam 
I got a call about (5 or 6 months ago)barn asking me to come ride this pony that was on trial for someone else! I agreed to come. The pony was very hyper ...

Wanting to know more 
Hey, this website is great for me to do whats right for me to train my horse. Im 13 and i look after a welsh pony who used to bite but since he has been ...

SORRY 
I don't have a story, 2 out of 12 paragraphs was good, keep it up, millions of people will visit this website!!!;)I promise.

TEAMWORK 
TEAMWORK. That's the key word. You and your horse need to come together as one and trust each other. This may sound like I got it from a movie, but it'...

The long Journey. 
It is about a girl who goes to a riding school and she has not been on a horse ever so this is her first time and she meets new friends and she meets new ...

My First Pony 
Well i got this little hackney pony for $800 his name was Spirit and he had never been in a barn before. it took a whole year to train him to do English ...

Hudni 
My 1 1/2 year old horse Moe, keeps walking out of the electric and barbed wire fence, we've put her in a different pen close to where we can keep an eye ...

You Understand me?? 
My parents thought it would be cool to let me go to a 2 day long h.show! So I trained for it at least 3 hours long. When I got there I put all my stuff ...

help!! 
My horse is two years old and i am trying to teach her how to wear a halter and so I rub it to her back. She is scared to death apparently but she wasn'...

Can you help Katherine with her horse? 
Katherine emailed us with this question. Can you help?

"Do you have any tips on how to get my horse to keep his head down when I put on the bridle?...

Big Break Through! 
Ok folks this is a long one so hang tight! My eventing horse Chief was not always SO amazing, he had been abused!:.. Chief was fed cow food (which is bad ...

Join Up with Gypsy 
Join up is what a leadmare does in the wild with another horse wanting to join the herd. It builds strong trust between horse and rider. How you do it ...

A Brat But Cute 
This is a completely true story about training my horse Phantom. First of all Phantom is a Chestnut Quarter Horse who is about 15 hh. He has four white ...

Storm, the Runaway Pony!!! 
One day, when I was at school, my friend Megan and I were walking out of the school at home-time, together. Megan had horseriding and I wanted to go and ...

Intelligent Horsemanship with Kelly Marks 
Kelly Marks is an amazing horse trainer. She works with the famous "Horse Whisperer" Monty Roberts and has become one of the best trainers in natural ...

Crazed Horse! 
I used to train horses/ponies when i was 14 and my mother had got me a new project. Rocky was a HUGE paint Horse. he was abused when he was younger. Well,...

TIPS FOR RIDING AND TRAINING YOUR HORSE !!! 
Hello. I love horses LOADS!
My list of best things ever-
1. Horses
2. Riding Horses
3. Watching Horses
4. Caring for horses
5. Reading about horses
...

Starlight 

Starlight – A Buckskin Gelding

Starlight, who was originally called Pretty Boy, is Carole's horse. He's a gentle and affectionate horse, totally ...

Horse Isle 
In horse isle, I have a black pony called Shadey Moon. I love it very much, but I need more money to get all the riding gear. I wish you could catch one ...

Loading into the Trailer 
my pony ace is a 19yo welshXmorgan with an adorable star on his forehead. he loves to eat. =) haha .he did everything. jump, canter, walk, trot, gallop,...

Please help and comment! 
I've been riding for about 2 years now, once or twice a week. After about 1 and a half years, i had a bad fall, and I lost most of my confidence. Although ...

Henrietta, Emily, and Lucy's day to take care of a foal 
Henrietta ate an apple and brushed her teeth. Then she dashed outside to her horse, Moon Glow.

'Hey girl,' she said holding up the girth, 'Time for ...

The mean gelding 
on the day i started riding lessons out at Paffrath Barb was full of dirt because she had the mean gelding in the indoor arena first i was riding in the ...

Cribbers!!!  Not rated yet
One of my horses is a terrible cribber... for those of you who are not sure what this is, it is when a horse bits and braces on an object and sucks air ...

It feels great flying.  Not rated yet
My mares name is Astaria pronounced A-sta-ri-a.
She was always frisky and always ran away from me in the paddock and always refused jumps so when mum ...

Another Fall   Not rated yet
My Brother was riding his mare and was of course not listening and he had spurs on and she HATES them. So he started to ride her and was not listen to ...

Horse Help Please!  Not rated yet
I don't know where to put this on this website and am having SO MUCH trouble with this problem...
Well...

My dad met a customer willing to give me ...

my first time horse riding  Not rated yet
i was riding on the road and when i trotted i nearly fell off. ive been going for 2 weeks now its soo cool. i go to trent stables

Cowboy  Not rated yet
Cowboy is a pony we were playing with him and training him he jumped sticks and we lodged him .Before we sold him yesterday.

my stall? is my horse happy???......  Not rated yet
..... i dont know!!!!!! can u help me???? PLZ

ok sooo i have a thoroughbred/paint cross 4yr old mare named Piper! i luv her to DEATH! i just have had ...

How do you train a hard horse???  Not rated yet
Well my friend is training a horse and I moved so I cant help her anymore. Well the horse wont walk backwards. So how would you get a horse to do that?...

Vica and Scooter  Not rated yet
I was teaching at a horse camp at a local college and there was this adorable little girl named Vica there. She was only about 3ft tall but of course, she ...

Saving Sammy  Not rated yet
i was ten when i moved barns with my coach, the owners had brought in a truck load of green horses for a Korean riding school(??????). There was Glory,...

My horses Dancer and Winchester... The Untrained  Not rated yet
Howdy (I mean it). I'm Autumn. I'm 11 years old and have a love for horses.I also play on horseland and i love it sooo much i have over like 90 horses ...

My first horse Lily!!  Not rated yet
We went on holiday to a place called sondela and saw this pretty horse called lily she was for sale and was R15 000 so of course my father says ok we will ...

Cantering.... again also including jumps  Not rated yet
I was at my lesson taking up and when i tried to put the bridle on lilly she moved.
I was like "What?"i tried again and it worked.I mounted up and she ...

silver the real silver penny  Not rated yet
i got my horse silver from the spca in grassy park, he is only 3/4 we think he was broken too early but any way i got him and he was extremely naughty ...

my wild playtime  Not rated yet
I was in school and a man came looking for his horse. One hour later a big bay shire came running on to the school field. Mr. Barington had to get a carrot ...

the great train  Not rated yet
my mom told me i was getting a horse he was no ordinary horse he was mean and wild i had to try to ride him but every time i did i either fell and cracked ...

pippi horse tranning story  Not rated yet
Well when we started tranning my horse she was a 3 months old but all we were shoshollizing her we had her about 1 year old put a halter on her she ...

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