Winter Boredom Busters for Riders
- Posted by Alayne Blickle
- Topics: Blogs, Horse Industry News, Smart Horse Keeping, Winter Care
Would you like some mental strategies for you, the rider, to help you through the winter blahs? Here are some of my tips:
Research and sign up for clinics or lessons coming this spring. No clinics in your chosen field? There might be clinics out there in other disciplines that might be of interest to you. For example, I audited a Pilates for dressage riders clinic in early February. I am a reiner but I believe good riding is good riding and there’s usually something in any discipline that I can learn from.
Research a new discipline. There may be other disciplines that you and your horse might benefit from, such as Western dressage. I now have two retired reiners that I am considering doing Western Dressage with. Western dressage will be less stress for the joints but still a challenging, learning opportunity for both my horse and me. I have located an instructor in this field and have signed up for an introductory lesson with her later this month
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6 Responses
re: Winter Boredom Busters for Riders
I enjoy coming up with patterns to ride when weather permits. "Riding the alphabet" is a quick & easy way to change things up. I’ll pick a letter of the alphabet to ride much like a pattern. For example: "B" Ride the long
re: Winter Boredom Busters for Riders
I enjoy coming up with patterns to ride when weather permits. "Riding the alphabet" is a quick & easy way to change things up. I’ll pick a letter of the alphabet to ride much like a pattern. For example: "B" Ride the long
re: Winter Boredom Busters for Riders
Great ideas! I enjoy hearing what others have to add to this. Thanks all!
re: Winter Boredom Busters for Riders
We don’t have snow, but have lots of rainy muddy days, so I schedule grooming days, and give my horses massages. They give me a work out and my horses like the attention.
re: Winter Boredom Busters for Riders
A friend of mine introduced her horses to soccer! One gelding picked it up immediately and even in a small area he can kick and play with the soccer ball, sometimes even bouncing it over for my friend to kick back to him. Video on YouTube,
re: Winter Boredom Busters for Riders
I find cleaning tack is enjoyable. You then have verything clean and inspected ready to go when the weather is good.