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Maintaining Speed Over Double Mini Mounds and Hills
Patience and Time Leads to Success by Mark Bolender Photo courtesy Mark Bolender In any equine discipline, a consistent cadence with forward motion is a desired skill. This skill does not come easily...
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Mastering the Balance Beam
An Exercise in Focus by Mark Bolender Photo courtesy Mark Bolender Trail challenge and mountain trail are based on real situations found riding on the trail. Certain obstacles simulate these working...
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Back to Basics
Reduce Injuries with Skills, Training, and Common Sense by Mark Bolender Photo courtesy Mark Bolender Mountain Trail has its hazards and there is potential for injury in many areas. We trainers and...
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Magic for Sale!
Training Takes Hard Work, Not Stuff by Mark Bolender Photo courtesy Mark Bolender Magic for sale! I have a Mountain Trail video that will make your horse perfect on every obstacle. I’ll sell you this...
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Looking for Something to do with Your Horse?
Try Mountain Trail By Mark Bolender Summer is upon us and calendars are overloaded! It’s hard to choose which horse events to attend. Deciding where to go and what to do with your time and your spare...
View ArticleBolender Horse Park Hosts Halloween Mountain Trail Schooling Challenge...
What’s better than some Halloween fun with your horse? It’s easy to social distance while competing at the famous Bolender Horse Park in Silver Creek! Join us for our Halloween Mountain Trail Schooling...
View ArticleTrail Obstacle Problem Solving with Mark Bolender – Overcoming the Teeter-totter
The teeter-totter is a very popular obstacle at many trail challenges, and it’s one of the more difficult ones. That’s because most people do not teach their horses how to deal with the ground moving...
View ArticleTrail Obstacle Problem Solving – Master the Water Box
The water box is a fun obstacle that’s a crowd-pleaser at competitions. But it can be tricky to train a horse to calmly walk through it—let alone do a 360º turn inside! If we break down these scary...
View ArticleTrail Obstacle Problem Solving – Master the Swinging Bridge
Some of the prettiest pictures and coolest maneuvers in mountain trail are done on the swinging bridge. It’s impressive to see a horse do a 360 as it sways or turn and back up the other side. An image...
View ArticleTrail Obstacle Problem Solving – Mastering Logs and Poles
Half a point may not sound like much, but boy can they add up! In Mountain Trail competition, each time your horse nicks a pole it costs you half a point. You lose even more if they try to step around...
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