Checking your saddle stirrups for cracks and tears is an important part of saddle care to prevent an accident while riding your horse.  Bryan Biggs of Veach Made Leather Works shows you how to check out your saddle stirrups and gives you tips on how to keep your...

If you have every been working your horses with tarps, you know wind can change the situation rapidly and Foxtrot Urbane member Hope Kohout thought she had it conquered, until she didn't.  The Kohout's Credit monthly challenge was inspired by Hope in effort to not...

It's getting closer to spring and the horses are shedding their winter hair, offering a hot commodity for the birds.  Yes, that's right, we said birds.  Looking around the other day, I couldn't help but notice all the green beginning to appear in the pastures.  The...

What do you look for when you are buying a Missouri Fox Trotter for trail riding?  Some people buy a horse for color, some for size, some for bloodlines, and some for gait. While all of these are good reasons for purchasing a Missouri Fox Trotting Trail Horse, for...

Several Missouri Fox Trotter Horse owners and enthusiast began the Regional Fox Trotting Horse Foundation (RFTHF).  This dedicated group of individuals wanted to see the Missouri Fox Trotter grow, with a positive impact on sustaining the breed. Whether you need...

Backing my Missouri Fox Trotter horse up should be easy, but there is a back story to this named Fancy.  My wonderful friend loaned me a horse so I could ride while my own horse was recovering from stifle, later diagnosed as EPM. She came with past problems, but...

Do you own a Missouri Fox Trotter and feel like you're on an island?  I have heard people say this who own and love Missouri Fox Trotters, but live in areas where there aren't other Fox Trotter owners.  This beautiful breed of horse is so multi-talented and some of...

Foxtrot Urbane members have set some high goals for themselves and their Missouri Fox Trotters this year.  The versatility of the breed and the comfort of the gait makes them a great horse for any age.  We are seeing more and more that these horses are going out...

Missouri Fox Trotters are a gaited breed of horse, but you are finding more people that are participating in classes that have predominantly only seen quarter horses.  This is Foxtrot Urbane horse Lou's Priceless Pride otherwise knows as Louie.  Yesterday, Louie...

"Riding For The Unconsciously Incompetent" This title certainly applies to me, and really all of us from time to time. I never realized it before but because I was  unconsciously incompetent about so many things with regard to my horse and riding, it "fed my...

Now and then in the human life, we experience a hump. A hump blocks forward progress. Fancy and I have made amazing progress. I realize she is a most amazing Missouri Fox Trotter horse. She is smart and an athletic gaited horse. She can do anything if asked...

Below is The Learning Pyramid.  It displays how we learn.  You may have also heard it referred to as "the learning curve".  You may even recognize a description of yourself therein.  It describes where you are in you riding.  Sometimes it even describes where you...