If you come to Ocala for the first time, you’ll be impressed with its local color. Spectacular landscapes with hilly terrain perfectly combine with graceful horses all around. Just take a look around: all your neighbors have one or several horses (or even a horse farm). This is not a coincidence but a reason this city is known for. There are countless farms and training centers there.
The status of Ocala isn’t only spoken and local. This place has had a well-known status as the Horse Capital of the whole World since 2007.
Horses can be highly dangerous animals. Beginners often make mistakes when they are first introduced to horse riding. Both yours and the horse’s safety are important. Take extra precaution before your lesson by learning what mistakes not to make. Here are the top six mistakes made by new riders.
There is a lot to think about when you’re buying a commercial horse farm. That’s especially true when you are self-employed.
You’ll have to consider how your employment status affects your planning. This is true both in terms of what documentation you’ll have to provide a prospective lender, as well as how the land you select will affect you and your animals.
You’ll have to account for factors such as:
Having enough room for a barn or stable
Access to water
The amount of shade the property offers
Whether it’s large and flat enough for your animal(s).
Almost every parent goes through the “pony nagging” stage. It’s that stage where your child suddenly wants a pony for their next birthday and won’t stop crying until you either buy them one or let them ride one.
When it comes to the second option, most parents are often skeptical because they assume that it’s a traumatic activity. Contrary to popular opinion, horse riding is actually safe (probably even safer than getting on a rollercoaster). Horseback riding certainly brings a lot of surprising benefits on children’s development. This activity helps to keep them active while teaching them incredible social skills and life lessons at the same time. If your child has been itching to go horse riding, now’s the time to finally say yes and let them try out this fun activity.
Whether you are a newbie to horsekeeping, starting your equestrian hobby, or simply have a horse property to keep that you would like to make more sustainable, incorporating eco-conscious practices in stable management can help you reduce your expenses in terms of waste disposal, energy costs, water use, building materials while keeping your horses happy.
Eco-conscious practices that lead to sustainability can be highly beneficial for horses. These practices can optimize their health, provide them a safe and conducive environment for their growth and save you money as stable owners. You might want to kick off your change with these practices, here is a list of pro-tips:
In some extremely positive ways, a new era of horsemanship is dawning. Several non-profit organizations, some sponsored by horseracing associations and others by animal lovers, are adopting horses who have reached 20 or 25 years of age. Thus have outlived their useful working and breeding lives. Many retirees of different generations are acquiring country homes […]
Buying a farm can be a very large and intimidating purchase. With such large land sizes, getting a mortgage loan seems unavoidable. Unfortunately, getting a mortgage is expensive and difficult. Luckily, you can get a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sponsored loan with many benefits that make getting a mortgage much easier. As […]
Andalusian horses can rightfully be called royal. After all, more than one generation of European monarchs have sat on their backs, including the French kings Francis I, Louis XIV and the English monarch Charles I. The breed reached its highest dawn during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. However, there were also difficult periods in the history of these horses. These include the occupation of Spain by the Moors, the invasion by Napoleon and the Civil War in the twentieth century.
Finally found the time to reorganize the tack room in your horse property? Read these helpful tack room renovation tips for guidance. – Renovating a tack room can be a simultaneously challenging and exciting project. Unfortunately, tack room renovations are typically overlooked or continuously postponed for later. Therefore, you might be in for a lot of remodeling and repairing. Of course, the renovating possibilities may vary considerably depending on your needs, size, structure, age, and condition of the tack room. For this reason, we will explore a few tack room renovation tips to help you improve your horse property by executing the renovation flawlessly.
Many people love horses but don’t have enough land on their property to build a stable from scratch. Because of this, you might think that their dream of owning a horse can never become a reality. Nothing could be further from the truth – as long as they have an empty garage.
The garage is actually an extremely versatile place that can be used for more things than you can imagine – including being converted into a stable. We hope that after reading this article, you will know how to do it in your own garage – especially since, in reality, it’s not as hard as it might seem.
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