Cold weather riding has its moments but over all it can be pretty nice. We own a real sweet 3 yr old and she hasn’t been ridden. Well it’s up to me to bring her along. I did a lot of the ground training late fall and now its time to get on. Believe me, when the books talk about spending time on the ground training it really works. A lot of the commands are already in place before I even got on.

When I talk about adjusting equipment, I’m talking about length of straps and finding stirrups wide enough to hold my snow pack boots. I also have been looking for a piece of sheepskin for warmth, found that as well.

There sure is a lot of gear out there for staying warm. You just have to look. But with the warm winter were having, just pick the right time of the day and its pretty nice.

Give it a try! But go slow at first; slipping on ice can hurt you and your horse.

So Stay Straight in the Saddle till next time!

MIKE