Between not being able to move your fingers and toes, mud-caked ponies, and frozen water buckets, winter is a long, drawn-out season. In this post, I’ll be talking about how to prepare your horse for winter! Ahh yes, winter. The time of the year where the only upside is that you get to pet exceptionally…
Do you ever look at a top rider and think to yourself: “Every movement is just so graceful”… and then you’re envious because you feel like a sack of potatoes every time you climb into the saddle? Well in this post, I’ll be talking about how to get a sturdy lower leg as an equestrian!…
A little hint: equestrians love to spoil their horses! In this post, I’ll be providing a holiday gift guide for equestrians! Christmas 2016: I had recently bought my first horse and was excited to see what kind of horsey things my parents got me. I ripped through my gifts and at last… a lunge line…
It was August 2020 when I first pondered on the idea of starting The Valiant Equestrian. I had always wanted to test the limits of my brand, and this aspiring idea took its liking to my day-to-day life: so I got to work. How it began… What exactly made a valiant equestrian? What would be…
Fear can be exceedingly present in many equestrians’ lives. Horses are needless-to-say very large animals who can be intimidating at times (especially if you’ve had bad experiences with said horse before). In this post, I’ll be talking about how to overcome fear as an equestrian! In the spring of 2019, I climbed into my thoroughbreds’…
Let’s face it, we’ve all been there: climbing onto the lesson horse, sweat beading on your brow while sliding into the saddle. It’s your heavy day and you’re about to participate in an hour-long lesson – yikes. Checking for a leak every couple of minutes while your trainer has their back to you isn’t ideal,…
It’s no secret that horses are exceptionally pricey at times… even more so when you, the rider, need equipment as well. In this post, I’ll be talking about ways to save money as an equestrian! Horses do an outstanding job of constantly fluctuating the monthly costs. And Whether you’re a young equestrian who doesn’t quite…
The hardest thing an equestrian will ever experience is losing a horse – whether having to sell your horse or saying goodbye through unfortunate circumstances. Woefully, horse owners will have to go through this at one point or another. In this post, I’ll be talking about how to move on from a horse. At 13…
It’s that time of the year again… a single breeze can send your thousand-pound animal 10 feet into the air – spooky season doesn’t JUST mean Halloween after all. In this post, I’ll be talking about what to do when your horse is fresh. At my old barn in the Appalachian mountains, the silo by…
Every equestrian has dealt with a lame horse at one point or another, whether an abscess, a thrown shoe, or a pulled muscle. And if you have yet to deal with this, you will soon enough haha. So in this post, I’ll be talking about things to do when you can’t ride your horse! I…