I have always loved doing arena work and training in an arena, probably because I haven't had much access to many nice arenas. My riding education was mostly learned on trail rides; not many of the people I knew were into showing, so I was pretty much on my own with that. However, there are many horses out there who are solely trained for show, such as dressage horses, jumpers, hunters, and Western show horses. All they ever see is an arena, and although this is the preferred way of training ...
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Below are some pictures from my Hocking Hills trip this weekend, it was a fun day! Stay tuned for more posts regarding Sierra's progress, we just took a small trail ride around the house this morning and she did really well! She's a powerful little horse, and also very smooth, so she was a joy to ride. We were only out for about 2-3 hours, so it wasn't a long ride, but it was nice and cool during the morning hour so it was enjoyable. Stay tuned for more updates!

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