Mountain Trail Course Comes To Flag Is Up Farms

Mountain Trail Course Comes To Flag Is Up Farms

“It was an honor to meet the Roberts family and to design and build an International Mountain Trail Challenge Association (IMTCA) mountain trail course for them,” shares Lee Bolender, Mark Bolender’s wife and co-founder of IMTCA. “The course is beautiful and we cannot...

Breaking Ice On The Trail

PREPARE YOUR HORSE TO CROSS FROZEN PUDDLES by Mark Bolender When trail riding in the winter, early spring, and/or late fall, you can expect to find frozen puddles. The crackling sound of breaking ice often catches horses by surprise, putting the rider at risk of being...

Teeter-Totter Demons

HELPING THE FEARFUL HORSE by Mark Bolender Mastering the teeter-totter is, for the most part, a simple task for the horse and will only take a few minutes. However, if it has been improperly taught it can be difficult to correct. I have had three very tough horses to...