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  For Dressage Competitors, It’s Time To Strap One On!

  It’s official. The USDF has ruled mandatory helmet rules for competitions. Some are against and many, especially since Courtney’s terribly unfortunate accident, are for it. This HorseGirl rides with a helmet and recommends students to do the same. Below are the rules that, as stated, will start at the top of March this year. So whether you like it or not, get ready to strap one on for safety! Effective March 1, 2011, the following rules apply to Dressage Competitions [...]

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  Now Vegetarian Equestrians Can Go Vegan In Their Clogs, Dansko Vegan Pro!

  Now it’s possible to be almost 100% vegan in your stable lifestyle. Step right up to the Dansko Vegan Pro! Famous for delivering a comfortable and supportive design, Dansko has gone one step (tehe) further with these 100% animal-free shoes. They are made entirely of vegan materials yet share the exact same construction and frame as the original us horse folks have grown to love around the yard, at competition and around town. These work with or without socks so [...]

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  No Egg-cuses On The Road To Sustainability

  How is this blog post about horses or HorseGirlTV®? It’s about lifestyle and a massive part of my life and daily lifestyle is with horses and HorseGirlTV® here at the farm. It’s a personal long term goal to reach sustainability. This is not to say a lifestyle looking to end of times, armageddon, type routine but starting with simple things that are not so hard and piece by piece transform a disposable life into a renewable one. Yes, this is [...]

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  A Great Panty For Horse People

  I’m often approached to try products and do enjoy the opportunity to test new and existing items on the market and I blog about many that are either innovative, practical or just plain kewl for the horse world. I was contacted this past year about trying some neat panties called SkiVvys and they are one – just plain cute, two – super comfy and three – a great panty for riding for a variety of reasons. I wanted to share [...]

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  The Cutest Horse Sign Ever

  I was just given the cutest horse sign ever. When showing this to my husband his quick and witty response was “I didn’t know I was on the market even.” Hah! Thanks Lyndsay! It’s adorable! Send in your favorite horse sign or saying as this would make a fun collections to publish to all the fans. You can send your favorites to http://www.horsegirltv.com/?page_id=1668 and thanks for sharing!

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  J&N Structures Amish Modular Barn Pressure Washing

  We’re still as excited about our J&N Structures (http://www.jandnstructures.com/) stable as the day it arrived and was installed in a mere 3 hours but it was in need of a tiny bit of TLC so we had it pressure washed recently and it’s almost as good a new. Once the weather dries out a bit, we’ll get a new coat of stain on it to continue to protect it. I smile almost every time I look at the stable thinking [...]

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  Let It Snow. Let It Snow. Let It Snow. Well, We’d Prefer Not.

  The day after Christmas we had a fabulous dusting of snow. Hansel was able to get out in it for a bit and wander around but it fast became icy so it was an inside keep warm kind of day. Snow is beautiful when you’re sitting in a ski lodge or in front of the fire with a good book and while our Attwood Equestrian Surfaces GGT custom blend dressage court is mostly all-weather, we do have to draw the [...]

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  Recommended Winter Riding Breeches

  Mary Ellen from Durham, North Carolina emailed in and asked, “Hey Angelea! I was wondering if you would recommend any specific winter riding breech? I am going to get some once it gets closer to winter, but I’d like your opinion on which winter breeches I should get.” I thought this best to answer via the blog since we can share it with everyone and fall is fast approaching. I’ve personally never found breeches made for winter wear all that [...]

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  What Are Some Fun Games To Play With Your Horse?

  Lindsay from Houston, Texas emailed in and asked me, “What are some fun games to play on and off your horse, with your horse?” I thought this too neat of a question to simply reply only to her so I’m blogging about it to share with everyone. I was a young girl in 4-H near Houston, Texas myself and my 4-H group would play lots of fun games at the end of our horse shows. My two favorites were egg [...]

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  Kathleen Dodds, You Might Think This Is Crazy But…

  Kathleen Dodds, horse lover, blogger, trail blazer and adventure seeker, has been kind enough to start sending us regular postcards from her horseback journey CROSS COUNTRY. Yes, you read that correctly, she is riding cross country on horseback. This horse girl thinks it’s just too neat and we’re really happy to share this experience with her through her great postcards. Here’s the awesome wild horses on the front of the card we just received from Cokeville, Wyoming! And here’s what [...]

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  International Licensed Dressage Trainer, Geoff Butler

  We were honored recently to host internationally licensed dressage trainer, Geoff Butler here for a clinic at the farm. Geoff is a great person, talented rider/trainer and a great sales agent based in Holland. Considering it is December, the weather was surprisingly coorperative. Everyone that rode with Geoff this time around is looking forward riding with him again in June when he returns! What a welcoming sign the night before the clinic. A beautiful sunset across the arena… For those [...]

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  Reining The Fundamentals Of Judging

  Thanks to the recommendation of Mike McEntire (http://www.mcentirereining.com/) for this great new DVD that just arrived. It’s called “REINING the Fundamentals of Judging” from NRHA and I can’t wait to watch it. Mike had an older copy he was kind enough to sit down with me and watch a bit of so I could get the basic idea of what perfect maneuvers are. It covers the definition of reining, maneuver scoring, penalty application and scoring live runs. You can buy [...]

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