Tag: Draft Horses
Dressage on Draft
How to choose and train draft horses and draft crosses for dressage.
By L.A. Sokolowski
Che-Moose-try
Moose came into my life when, truthfully, I couldn’t have needed him more. I found myself mid-pandemic unemployed, at my heaviest weight, and depressed. My friend recommended I start riding again, something I hadn’t done in over three years and did very much miss. However, there was no way I was getting on any average sized horse, with my then weight being well over 250lbs. So she told me to find something big enough that I would feel comfortable.
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
Afton Stables is a dressage farm on the Charlottesville side of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Afton, Virginia. We have a small herd of mostly warmblood horses, and one draft horse. That draft horse is Eoghain.
Celebrating Draft Horses! Part 3
Draft power!! This month on YourDressage, we are celebrating the mighty Draft Horse and Draft Crosses of all kinds. Dressage riders who choose Drafts...