Getting it Right: Horses and Tack

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So, without further adieu, here's the links:

Saddlery:

General English riding tack: (Hunting/ Jumping/ Equitation)

http://www.doversaddlery.com/

Horse bits: (in general—and a great site for loads of other goodies!)

http://www.equisearch.com/tack_apparel/bit_gallery/

Dressage:

http://www.dressageextensions.com/home.html

Gaited horses:

http://www.wcircle.com/home

http://grissombits.com/index.html

Western:

http://www.statelinetack.com/western-saddles-and-tack/1100/

Mexican Vaquero: (Charro)

http://www.loscaboshorses.com/HandmadeSaddles.htm

http://www.casaziasaddlery.com/charro.html

Iberian: (Andalusian, bull fighting, baroque style riding)

http://www.andalusians-for-you.com/spanish-tack.html

Medieval tack/info:

http://www.horseguild.com/Album.php

Basic training: (starting a horse under saddle)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_training

Organizations:

Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) World-wide governing body for equestrian sport

http://www.fei.org/

The US Equestrian Federation (governing body for Olympic level sport)

http://www.usef.org/

US Dressage Federation.

http://www.usdf.org/

3 Day Eventing:

http://useventing.com/

Cutting/Reining:

http://nrha1.com/

http://www.nchacutting.com/

Coaching/driving:

http://www.discover-horse-carriage-driving.com/

http://www.carriagedrivingessentials.com/index.html

Rodeo: (a “catch all” page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rodeo_events

Endurance Riding:

http://www.aerc.org/

Basic horse care:

http://www.horses-and-horse-information.com/horsecare.shtml

Horse breeds:

General:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_horse_breeds (a great site for basic breed info!)

Thoroughbreds (racing):

http://www.jockeyclub.com/

Arabians:

http://www.arabianhorses.org/default2.asp

Quarter Horses:

http://aqha.com/

Friesians: (commonly thought of as the “perfect” medieval horse for jousting—although they did little of it)

http://www.fhana.com/

Pinto horses: (yes, there is a difference between pintos and paints!)

http://www.pintohorseregistry.com/TheBreed.html

Paint Horses:

http://www.apha.com/

American Saddlebred: (the peacock of the show ring)

http://www.saddlebred.com/

Sport Equipment:

Stadium Jumping: (use this site to get familiar with types of jumps used in stadium jumping)

http://horsejumps.net/index.html

Cross country jumping: (use this site to get familiar with cross country—eventing jumps)

http://www.hunterjump.co.uk/index.php?p=1271&lang=392

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