Green vs. Finished Horses

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WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

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Access Publishing Group Executive Editor Choosing a horse depends on your level of experience. Don’t get in over your head Nancy Norton if you’re a new rider, but welcome the challenge of a green horse once you have Managing Editor enough experience. Julie Kidrowski Multimedia Developer Nicholas Liddeke Web Maestros Chet Davis Megan Ruth Print Design & Production W hen determining if you should be workseen, smelled and experienced much more in costly, but they are worth their weight in gold from by Erika Hunter, Contributor Deanna O’Byrne ing with a green horse their lives, so they are the lessons they can teach Editorial Advisors or a finished horse, first able to take care of you. They are the best Emma, Emma, Ezri, Faith, you need to recognize a new or nervous choice for someone who Hallie, Lauren, Macie, Madison, Mary, Noah, Ryenn, Sammie, Sarah where your skills are as a rider better. is just starting out. When working Staff Writers rider. If you with an untrained Christy Chajon, Jackie Emory, are a begin- or green horse, Faye Hemze, Michelle Theisen ning rider, you need to be the Advertising or a nervous teacher. You will sales@horseandacademy.com rider, hav- be teaching your Online ing a fin- horse how to be”“ www.horseandacademy.com Facebook Horse & Academy Magazine Twitter @HorseAndAcademy Horse & Academy Magazine 2001 Grand Boulevard #501 Kansas City, Missouri 64108 p: 816.423.8888 f: 816.842.1219 Horse & Academy Magazine is published every month by Access Publishing Group, 2001 Grand Boulevard, Suite 501, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, 816.471.1577. Horse & Academy Magazine is distributed free of charge in the greater Kansas City metro area with additional distribution sites in select cities of Kansas and Missouri. If interested in distributing Horse & Academy Magazine at your place of business, please contact Publisher at address above. Submissions of news, tips, stories, artwork and other relevant material are welcomed. We will not be able to return unsolicited material. Horse & Academy Magazine reserves the right to accept, reject or edit any submitted material. Submissions may be made online to info@horseandacademy.com or mailed to: Horse & Academy Magazine, 2001 Grand Blvd, Suite 501, Kansas City, MO 64108. Copyright © Horse & Academy Magazine 2012 Magazine and its contents may not be sold or reproduced in any form whatsoever without the expressed legal consent of the copyright owner. FOR SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS, including renewals, address changes, email preferences, billing and account status, email subished horse can boost your confidence and improve your riding skills. If you are an experienced rider, you may be up for the challenge of training your own horse. Older, finished horses are much better at adapting to their surroundings. When something scares them they are more likely to think The best part of having a finished horse is the predictable ride every time. A fully trained horse will have smooth gaits, seamless transitions, and be able to adjust stride, movement and cadence to help their have, training him how you want him to act, and setting the standard for the rest of his life. If you decide to train your horse, you get to watch him grow up. You get to have a hand in every second of his training, and you know everything he is capable of doing. You also know everything he has been exposed to in his life, and you know about any Illustration courtesy Dana’s Doodles. Green horses can be stubborn, playful, or skittish depending on the day. scriptions@horseandaccademy.com or write to Horse & Academy Magazine, 2001 Grand about it before reacting. rider stay balanced. Fin- injuries or bad habits. Blvd, Suite 501, Kansas City, MO 64108. Finished horses have ished horses can be more continued, see ‘green’ page 9