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"What Not To Do When Your Horse Bucks Or Rears," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the Quarter Horse Facts Series:
"You want to stop a buck, bolt or rear before it ever happens. You stop it before it happens by gaining control. You gain control by practicing exercises that give you finer control of the hindquarters, better back ups, stops or turns to the left or to the right. Every day keep expecting more and keep after your horse to improve. Work to a point where you know that if he "messes up," (he startles or jumps or bucks) that you will have built in enough control that it's now something you can handle.
Your job right now, today, is to start making sure that you have that control.
Begin seeing the exercises you do not as an end in themselves, but as tests. Can your horse stop exactly there at that rock or turn precisely at the second cone? It's not (you) knowing a lot of exercises that's important - it's having exact control over your horse's body parts throughout the exercises. If you're doing an exercise that calls for a halt at a certain point, and your horse misses by three steps, then it's telling you that you don't have the control you need of a certain body part. Practice until you can stop when and how you say. Passing that test is your proof that you have control - and that's what staying safe later (when things get hairy) is all about."
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Stop Bucking Study Course
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A sample from Day 5:
"Get the idea? Fixing your horse will most likely take a sort of cocktail mix of applied concepts and exercises. It'll also take thought, consistency and dedication, after all this is a living breathing animal we're talking about. It'll have its own ideas of how to spend the day. It'll have good days and bad days. Read this article "Why Does My Horse Still Have This Problem?" It discusses the idea of being consistent in greater detail.
Fixing the bucking horse typically requires the use of five specific tools. In preceding segments we've covered methods to teach your horse to give to the bit (Day 3); we've connected the reins to the hip (Day 1 & 2), learned to "turn off his emotions" with the Head Down Cue (Day 4) and enhanced our ability to turn with the serpentine covered yesterday. This leaves one major tool to create today in the form of speed control.
Ever see a horse rocket backwards off a trailer? Know why they do that? Because they've been taught to get on but not off. Duh. Same goes for a horse that bucks when he lopes: We've been so set on "going faster to get into a lope" that we've simply jammed him into going forward without a thought to whether all that "jamming" didn't cost us some loss of control. Like the horse that hasn't been taught to unload, this horse didn't get the "shut it back down" lesson. (If he had, you could shut him down the split second he humps his back and the incident would be a non-issue.)" - Print out from home
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"Horse Track, Outdoor Arena & Equestrian Lighting"
By Kimberly Quang
Outdoor lighting for horse arenas and equestrian facilities are becoming more sophisticated every day. In the old days, horse arenas and outdoor rodeo arenas were lighted with outdoor flood lights, halogen lights or simply mercury vapor barn lights. These forms of outdoor arena lighting did not have the lumen output or performance to properly illuminate arenas, holding pens, stables or horse training areas. In fact, all of these light sources are outdated, ineffective and inefficient. The foot-candle specifications for lighting equestrian and rodeo arenas are 50fc for Class 2 and 30fc for Class 3.
Most equestrian facilities have large creosote light poles that can be easily retrofitted with modern arena lighting metal halide fixtures. Sometimes these lights have brackets designed to mount on walls or buildings. Metal halide is a type of light source that energy efficient, and produces a very bright light with good color rendering. It is part of the high intensity discharge or HID category of outdoor lighting fixtures. Metal halide fixtures are fast becoming the new standard in outdoor arena lighting. By using metal pole adapters and metal halide box floods existing outdoor horse arenas can be updated and brought to life. This can often be accomplished without modifications to the existing electrical wiring. All our horse arena light fixtures come standard with multi-tap ballast. That means you can hook up the arena lights to 120 volt, 208 volt, 240 volt, or 277 volt systems. A typical 1000 watt metal halide fixture wired to a 120 volt system pulls approximately 8.5 amps. That same light only pulls 4.25 amps at 240 volts. It's always a good idea to discuss modifications to your arena lighting with an electrician or someone who is familiar with calculating electric loads before ordering.
To make your selection of outdoor arena lighting simple and easy we have put together some basic lighting kits. The heavy duty mounting brackets are designed for use with 6" to 12" wooden poles. All the fixtures can be rotated and pivoted on site to properly aim the lights as needed. We recommend that you use the following guidelines for selecting a wooden pole lighting kit:
250 watt fixtures are designed for a 20 foot or less mounting height
400 watt fixtures are designed for a 20' to 30' foot mounting height
1000 watt fixtures are designed for a 30' or more mounting height
Of course, if wooden poles are not what you had in mind for your upscale equestrian facility, commercial lighting poles and fixtures can be used for a more architectural and refined look. These professional outdoor commercial arena lighting kits are more durable, offer steel and fiberglass lighting poles, and are better suited for larger equestrian facilities.
Several outdoor arena pole types, mounting heights and wattages are listed below:
Round Straight Lighting Poles
Round Tapered Lighting Poles
Square Tapered Lighting Poles
Straight Square Lighting Poles
20 foot Outdoor Horse Arena Light Kits
25 foot Outdoor Horse Arena Light Kits
30 foot Outdoor Horse Arena Light Kits
Custom Decorative Lighting Pole Kits
Decorative Custom Lighting Pole Kits.
Whether you have an established equestrian facility or working on your plans for a new outdoor horse arena, the lighting professionals can give you a hand. They have experience with all types of outdoor lighting facilities, from simple parking lots to custom rodeo arena lighting.
About the Author: To learn more visit our horse track & arena lighting section or read more about horse track & arena lighting.
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