Horse safety

Horses are beautiful and powerful creatures! Special care should be taken when you're around them. Check out these 26 horse safety tips for beginners.

Safety first when it comes to kids and horses! Make sure they know what horse gear they need and how to act around a horse.

Learn how to be safe around horses with tried and true equestrian safety tips. Avoid common mistakes and learn valuable lessons from other people’s poor judgment.

Whether you're sharing your passion with your kids or being around horses is something new, child safety around horses should always be a top priority. | #ihearthorses #horsebackriding #childsafety #horses #horsebackridingtips

Learn 7 ways to be safe when working around and riding horses.

Summer is here and so is the heat. Exercise caution when working your horses during excessive heat. This is a chart I found that sets some good guidelines. Always take you and your horses fitness and heat tolerance into account. Perform lighter rides and try to ride early or later in the day. Monitor sweating and respiratory rate. Overall, listen to your horse and use common sense. #safety #horses #horsehealth #health #workout #riding #saferiding

We were offered the chance to use this graphic as a info-graphic for helping kids be safe around horses. These suggestions work whether you are riding or driving. Please share other safety tips in the comments below!

One of the first things I teach my students is the proper way to hold a lead or a lunge line. Over the years I've noted that the safe and functional folding of the line back and forth across the palm has become less and less common in horse circles. In fact, one of my students came back from a large show where she had happily worked as ground crew and told me that a number of people came up to her and asked why she held her lunge line "funny." I don't know if her explanations impressed those…