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Horse sense (n): Common sense, good sense, mother wit. Sound practical understanding.
Kate Busa
Your instructor, Kate Busa
 

Kate's involvement with and love of horses spans half a century. The daughter of native Californians who were themselves lifelong horsemen, Kate learned to ride at the age of six and went on to participate in competitive trail riding and raising, training, and showing Arabians. Prior to moving to North Carolina, Kate served as a Lieutenant in Pennsylvania's Butler County Sheriff's Mounted Posse. Now living on New Avalon Farm in northern Durham County with her Morgan Horse, Mouse, and Appaloosa, Pawnee, she is a founding member of the Friends of Hill Forest and a member of the Triangle Rails To Trails Conservancy and the North Carolina Horse Council, working to preserve and enhance riding opportunities for generations of North Carolina equestrians to come.

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Do you have a simple question regarding keeping, training, or riding your horse, or a problem with a puzzling quirk your horse has developed? Please don't expect miracles by mail, but feel free to drop me a line, and let's talk about it. Email your question to me at:

Kate's Notes:
Exercises referred to frequently throughout the Tips and Answers below; things you and your horse should know well.
1. A Good Grounding
2. Grounded In The Saddle


Recent Tips & Answers to Reader's Questions

Handling Your Horse
   Riding Dixie (Mornings With Dixie, Part III)
   In The Lead (Mornings With Dixie, Part II)
   Dixie's Morning Workout (Mornings With Dixie, Part I)
   Danny Hates Being Ridden
   Adding To The Herd
   How Do They Get Them To Do That?
   Use All Of Your Aids
   Safety First
   Running After A Fall
   Trouble On The Trail
   Fitting And Tying A Rope Halter
   Come When Called
   Pulling Back In The Trailer
   Tying In A Busy Barn

Horse Husbandry
   To Stall Or Not To Stall?
   How Green Is Your Horse?
   Balancing Your Herd's Grazing

Barn, Paddock, And Pasture
   Drag Field Manure With A Harrow Rake
   Keeping Them Cool Without Wasting Electricity
   How To Hang A Stock Gate Right
   Water For Emergencies
   Managing Manure

For personal help and training with these or most any other horsemanship issues, Kate is available at affordable hourly rates to individuals or small groups in the North Carolina Piedmont region and south-central Virginia, and offers board plus training for horses requiring more concentrated attention. To learn more, please contact us.

 
     

 

 
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Under North Carolina law, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in equine activities resulting exclusively from the inherent risks of equine activities. Chapter 99E of the North Carolina General Statutes.